/lit/ - Literature

>AP English Lit
>Kid thinks the ambiguities in Hamlet are proof that Shakespeare was a bad writer
>"A good writer wouldn't have left those questions unanswered."
>Fucking future engineering majors, thinking everything must have a right or wrong answer

So, let me start by saying I don't really like Shakespeare. I'm open about this, and I get many flacks for it. However, one day, a friend of mine said 'you don't like him because you can't understand him' and I said 'sort of, yeah.' That's a fucking challenge though, so here I am now, just starting to read the entire collected works online. And I'm already grinding my teeth at the pace I have to read to make sure I'm not missing anything, since he writes like no one I read, or for that matter have ever really read, and I've read numerous classics and taken a number of honors level literature classes. So what can I do to speed things up? Is there an annotated version so I can clarify things, or one which retains the meaning but has been modernized in its language? If not I am still going to read it, however this would make things far less tedious.

tl;dr: is there an easier way to understand/get through Shakespeare's works?

I'm not sure if this is more /lit/ or /tv/, but I need some movies that are simply retellings/heavily based on classic lit. For example:
The Lion King - Hamlet
Easy A - Scarlet Letter

You're a high school English teacher; what books would you teach your students?

Let's discuss Shakespeare for a bit. What are your favorite plays/sonnets of his?

>>557281

THIS.