Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Made Easy)

I like Shakespeare, but find his language hard to decipher at times. Standard texts have footnotes to help you to understand how he uses certain words, but after looking up a few dozen of these, I find myself starting to lose the thread of the story line. The "Shakespeare Made Easy" approach has been a godsend for me. Now, whenever I run into a difficult passage, I can glance over to the other side of the book and read the same passage in plain English. A light bulb blinks on, and I say, "Aha! That's what this means!" Unfamiliar words are instantly translated for me as I see them in the context of a passage which I now understand fully. I've read Julius Caesar three or four times previously, but never so fluidly and with such enjoyment and understanding as I just did with the help of the "Shakespeare Made Easy" book.

Very useful to have the old version on one page and the modern version on the opposing page. My 10th grader also enjoyed reading the background information in the introduction.

I loved comparing the orignal to the modern, we read it in class and wrote essays on it. Okay book but awesome edition. It's a classic therefore get it but I wouldn't read it for a fun run, unless bored. Get it so you can have a piece of history and be able to understand it!

Every one of the plays in this series is marvelous. I bought every single one. I'm a Shakespearean scholar, and STILL was enlightened by these books!

Adapted version

Surprisingly, our kids (teens) LIKED THIS!Our kids liked William Shakespeare!Heck... I am going to write this again because it just feels so good: OUR KIDS LIKED SHAKESPEARE!!!!!LOL... I still can't believe this!

THE TRANSLATIONS ARE FAB! Whenever I was completely lost in the Shakespearian language I could just look at the other page and translate for myself. It helped me soooo much!!

Great book thanks

Excellent book and excellent quality