1) When it comes to Shakespeare our truncated attention spans might make it difficult to understand the complex structure and language within his work.
2) A contemporary of Shakespeare's may have understood the language in his works because they lived at the same time as him.
3)Â Â Many readers like the phantasmagoric scenes in Shakespeare's plays because they are dreamlike or surreal.
4) We get a vicarious thrill out of reading fiction because it provides us with imagined interpretations.