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Is there a place online where I can read Shakespeare plays that also have a modern translation next to the text?

The only websites I can find require payment.

>> No.17349466

>>17349458
Shakespeare's already in english brother

>> No.17349475

>>17349458
Just get an annotated edition, anon. There is an Oxford Shakespeare or something on libgen, use that one. It is great, I'm an ESL and I can read it.

>> No.17349609

>>17349475
Can't find one for Titus Andronicus

>> No.17349614

>>17349609
Get the complete works or something. It is Oxford Shakepeare something complete.

>> No.17349619

>>17349609

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=45832870FE82F001238399697CEA20FC

>> No.17349689

>>17349619
Thanks I will give it a shot.

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17350167

>>17349458
>Shakespeare
BOOOORING

>> No.17350202

>>17349475
This, and watch a performance of the plays too. If you're struggling with the language, watching good actors convey the gist of what is said through tone of voice and body language is very helpful. His work was meant to appeal to everyone, even the groundling plebs who would've struggled with the fancy language as much as your average high schooler would today

>> No.17351266

no

>> No.17352226

>>17350202
Bro this is /lit/ you donkey not /drama/

>> No.17352293
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17352293

>>17349458
The No Fear Shakespeare books are exactly what you're looking for. Some are on b-ok, not sure if all of them are.

Macbeth: https://b-ok.org/book/5902544/e49d94

Hamlet: https://b-ok.org/book/11290194/156f3a

>> No.17352920

>>17352293
Thanks. I tried to read >>17349619 but I still found it difficult to comprehend the text.

No Fear Shakespeare looks a lot more like the kind of thing I'm looking for.

>> No.17354146

This is the nofear website. It is exactly what you are looking for:

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/

It has the original verse on the left, and it written in plain-english on the right.

>> No.17354155

>>17349458
lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

>> No.17354174

>>17349458
BIG WILLIE is both modern and English. but if you need graded, get No Fear Shakespeare.

>> No.17354293

>>17354146
No Titus Andronicus?

>> No.17354479

>>17354293
Not sure if the website has all of them.

Could try this for a rough translation:
https://www.shmoop.com/titus-andronicus-shakespeare/act-1-scene-1-translation.html

Or you could check out "Titus Andronicus In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) (Classics Retold Book 27)" by Bookcaps on Amazon for a more thorough translation.