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Originally Posted by HarryT
I think it's pretty essential to have a version with footnotes, since a great deal of the language and allusions won't otherwise be understandable to the typical modern reader.
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So, do you know of any e-book versions that have at least SOME footnotes? I don't need a whole debate about whether Shakespeare used "nunnery" in the religious or very non-religious sense, but it was nice to know when I was reading along in high school that "nunnery" could mean "brothel" as well as "convent" in that period of time.
I understand that Shakespeare wrote for entertainment for the masses, but I'm a Twenty-first century American and I just don't "get" some of the references. I'm sure Shakespeare wouldn't get phrases like "Master of my Domain" or "shrinkage" since he hasn't seen Seinfeld, either.