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                    textbooks that present the reader with       but  however  far  we  may  travel,
                    a   contemporary      translation    of      human  emotions  were  the  same  and
                    Shakespeare’s  work  set  beside  the        will  forever  remain  the  same.  The
                    original  texts.  This  allows  important    emotions      of     love,    treachery,
                    speeches  to  become  a  lot  more           suspicion,  revenge,  sadness  have
                    congenial  to  the  learners  and  hence     rolled  down  from  times  immemorial
                    teachers  would  not  meet  the  blank       and  it  forges  a  connection  between
                    faces    after    they     deliver    a      Shakespeare and us.
                    Shakespearean  dialogue.  Textbooks
                    with      contemporary         English       So,  I  beseech  thee,  not  to  be  infirm  of
                    translations help the students to grasp      purpose!
                    the essence of the dialogues and with
                    its perusal, understanding Shakespeare       Show everyone that you are crafted of
                    isn’t difficult anymore.                     ‘sterner  stuff’  and  let  your  ‘vaulting
                                                                 ambition’  direct  you  to  endeavour
                    Once     we     start   understanding        some of the above ideas. The wealth
                    Shakespeare,  the  acceptance  for  his      of  resources  and  materials  at  our
                    dramas comes easily enough. In fact,         disposal  in  the  21st  century  means
                    the  echo  of  his  dramas  becomes          that  it  is  not  all  difficult  to  keep
                    enchanting  and  the  plays  arouse  our     Shakespeare simple.
                    interest.   Shakespearean      dramas,
                    poems, and sonnets hold a mirror at
                    our face as to how far we have come,



































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