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The point is that Shakespeare is like a foreign language. In order to learn it, we need to understand every word, then practice until we feel comfortable.
On the simplest level, this will enrich their lives and give them a lifetime of pleasure.
I have staked my life as a writer on the proposition that the arts make a difference in how we see the world and how we conduct our lives—how we view charity to our neighbors and justice to our communities—and Shakespeare, as the greatest artist in the history of our civilization, has worlds to teach us as long as we have the tools we need to understand him.
