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I can only speak for myself, but the writings of Shakespeare (written for the "masses") speaks to our inability to communicate in the "King's English." Teens mock their reading lists, particularly Shakespeare, because they are stubborn about stepping into a language that requires a great deal of attention.
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It's not a language that requires a great deal of attention, it's a language that takes a great deal of attention to us. Shakespear wrote his plays for the uneducated and illiterate masses, to claim students dont understand him because they are stupid does not hold up. It's a different language than what we speak today, that's it.