>Long verbose walls of text not only during soliloquies but during dialog
>A lot of redundant detail in dialog
>Lines obviously stretched to be in iambic pentameter
>Have to read most paragraphs twice to understand what people are talking about
>Archaic language
How am I supposed enjoy this, /lit/? I know the stories are good underneath this.
>>9434486
You could always try those "OMG Shakespeare" books or "LOL Shakespeare" it's one of those. They're exactly what they sound like.
Don't read it twice, or try and translate it into modern english, just enjoy the poetry of the old language and style.
>>9434486
>he thinks he's supposed to read Shakespeare for the story
>>9434486
> archaic language
He did live 400 years ago, what do you expect?
> why'd ya hafta be Romeo, senpai?
> that bird complains too much, init
>read Shakespeare
You're doing it wrong.
>>9434486
>>Have to read most paragraphs twice to understand what people are talking about
>>Archaic language
Everything was fine until this
Poor bait
>>9434786
this
>not watching a comprehensive review of Shakespeare's complete works by your favorite booktuber, preferably a female with a bookshelf full of Barnes & Noble decorative hard cover editions.