No Fear Shakespeare makes me very afraid
Back when I was in school and had to read Shakespeare, we really had to read Shakespeare (we also had to walk to school in 5 feet of snow, uphill both ways. Kidding, I’m not that old). The most help I had was the Cliffs Notes. Definitely no internet. The text was also given to us by the school and we were required to read that specific edition.
Today is a different story. Kids who are required to read Shakespeare have the internet and many editions of the text they can buy (schools seem to make kids by their own books these days). One of the editions is called No Fear Shakespeare (aff link), which has the Shakespeare text on one side, and then a modern-day English translation on the other. From my own observation and estimate, this is by far the most popular version of Shakespeare out there.
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