- The first thing you have to do is to read until you see a mark of punctuation and do not pause before seeing it. So, you should read from punctuation mark to punctuation mark for the meaning.
- Shakespeare generally uses subjects after verbs. So, in an inverted sentence you can try to change the sequence of words like putting subject at the beginning of the sentence.
- In long speeches, keep track of the subject. (You can easily get confused in such speeches.)
- As we have seen in Macbeth, Shakespeare generally uses metaphors to tell something in a VERY unique way - which is really difficult to understand sometimes -
- ALLUSION! He again uses it frequently. (Remember Tarquin example while Macbeth is walking through Duncan's room.)
- The other thing is get used to his some left out letters in frequently used words such as: o'er, ne'er, 'gainst, do't, taken, etc...
- The last thing is his archaic words as thee, thou, thy, etc.
For further explanation and examples you can look at this website.
I hope it is helpful for all of you :)
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