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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
That's what I was trying to say, only I did not do it near as well. Reading say Romeo and Juliet is not about learning what it was about; who the characters are and what happens to them. Sure one could learn that just as well from a film, or as someone suggested, Cliff Notes. It is about becoming a better reader, expanding vocabulary, and learning to understand all the nuances.
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As well as learning to appreciate the work of the man who was among the greater writers of English ever to put pen to paper.