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My son had the same feeling about Shakespear. "Dad, why do they have to talk like that?!? I can't relate to that at all and it loses my interest before I even get started!"
So I took him to 'see' Macbeth,' (which is my personal favorite) but done as a modern military story, i.e. the characters were wearing modern camo clothing, helmets, etc., but using the same wording as was written. The witches looked like 'bag ladies.' He was sucked into the story from the opening scene.
He had formed a mind set about Shakespear that locked out reality simply because of the language. If you doubt this can happen just imagine this; how many of you realize that Thoreau was being incredibly humorous in his writing of 'Walden.' Most people think Walden is dryer than dirt! It's actually very, very funny once you realize that Thoreau was being quite tongue-in-cheek much of the time!
Stitchawl
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