have you ever read work from Shakespeare

I have actually read several of Shakespeare's plays. I have to admit that reading his plays are difficult to understand at times. However, I have to also admit that I really do enjoy reading his plays all the same. They are very interesting to read. At least, I find that they are.

I was first introduced to Shakespeare in an English class in high school. Reading Shaekespeare is not an easy task. The language is so different from what is usually read. I learned a great appreciation for the works of Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is my favorite to read. People who can't appreciate reading Shakespeare are missing out on great world of litersature.

Yes, "Hamlet", "A Winter's Tale", "Romeo and Juliet", and several others that are not coming to my mind right now. "Hamlet" is my favorite.

Native English speakers study Shakespearean Literature as part of their curriculum to understand it and yet some of them would confess that they could never figure out his language. I think those who can understand Shakespeare's work are really brilliant and bright people. I did attempt to read but never moved beyond first page!

I remember trying to read it in high school and had the same problem. Many of the students would purchase a book that had a "translation" of the play. For example, the left side of the page would have the original Shakespeare work and the right side of the page the literal meaning.

i love shakespeare's books and poems.it's hard to understand yet beautiful to read and listen to.he's great!

I was an English major so I've had to read some Shakespeare for classes. Funny enough, I never read Hamlet. Didn't read it in high school and when I got to college all the professors assumed everyone had read it before. But, I've read King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and a bunch of poetry. It was difficult at my first reading. But, to me, Shakespeare is a breeze compared to the untranslated Canterbury Tales.

I have and like you I don't totally understand it. So it takes the pleasure out of reading. I also write myself...alot of poetry and I find some of his writing too hard to figure out. I think reading should bring us joy...not confusion!

I have read, watch, and hear the Romeo and Juliet.. What a nice piece

Years ago in High School I chose a class on Shakespear to fulfill my English literature requirement. We read many of his plays: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Merchant of Venice, the Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer's Night Dream, the Tempest. I really enjoyed them all, but no, they are not easy to understand. I don't believe he created his own words, rather that the meaning of the words has changed over time. So that something that would be clear and obvious in 1600 would be incomprhensible today. I now live in Italy and at one time I think RAI was showing some of Shakespear's plays with the option of hearing them in English for people who wanted to improve their English. I thought the idea was absurd since Shakespeare is difficult for native speakers to understand, let alone the poor learner of English. I found Shakespear much easier to understand in Italian than in English, at least the Italian version had a modern translation.

no i have not read any work of shakespeare..but i would love too is it available online?

I read one of his works and it is the Tempest. I read it because it was my project-based learning and I had to do a drama on it with my classmates. I also found it difficult because it was written in the old way English was written. However, I finally understood it with the guide from my English literature teacher and had the drama done successfully. I like his work a lot. His works are very typical English literature works. They are full of symbolizations. The characters in his works can still apply to people living in our time and this is the most amazing bit I found from his work and this makes me admire him very much because the characters are very lively under his writing as he had described every tiny bit of the characters making his works being able to reflect the society at his time as well as our time.

The time I read Shakespeare when I was in grade 9. My class read Julius Caesar and learned how Shakespearean language. We also watched movies such as Shakespeare in Love. We had quizzes, tests and exams on Julius Caesar.. too.

In literature I've read lots of Shakespeare's work. Most of it is actually pertaining to nature, lovers. When reading you don't have to analyze it literally because some phrases and words is really different.