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The key to understanding the classics, especially the idiosyncratic language of Shakespeare, is having a good teacher.
I've had teachers that couldn't teach their way out of a wet paper bag. They made novel studies dry and boring (how does one make Aurthur Miller's The Crucible, boring?).
Reading Shakespeare, Austin, Dickens, etc. can be a very interesting (if not exciting) exploration of language, history, story-telling, etc. It is all in how it is presented.
Regardless, it does take work on the student's part. In some cases, a lot of work. But isn't that the whole point of school? To do some work. School like life should not be easy. It should challenge.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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