Shakespeare, Scary? Nah.

Okay, so we're supposed to be reading Shakespeare and whatnot. It's really cool, but the language is kind of hard to understand.
So our English teacher had us look up some sites to better help us understand his way of writing, since some students find it intimidating and/or scary. (Whilst I, on the other hand, think no such thing.)


Site #1
I think this first one I stumbled upon is pretty good. I actually think it may be the best. It's full of... Well, it looks like translations, but that's wrong. It just explains some of the words he uses and the way he uses them. It also explains wordplay and many other things.

Site #2
This site is also pretty good as well, I think. It explains how Shakespeare used words like thee, thou, art, ay, etc. It also explains the usage of all the other words we see daily, but that are used differently.

Site #3
This one is not as good as the other two I found, but it explains how to read his plays.

Site #4
This site is not as good as the first two, either, but it gives some pretty good strategies at how to understand Shakespeare's language. It also says something about all the words Shakespeare made up, which from my understanding is over 1,500.

Site #5
This whole website is dedicated to understanding Shakespeare, not just the linked page. It includes some of his sonnets and plays, as well as understanding them better.


Another thing, I commented this onto Sara Snoeyenbos's blog: 

I want to read this book now. You made it look pretty interesting!