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) 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.
