fun to read by yourself. annoying when you have to study it for a level. honestly though, as with any other play, you really have to watch an adaptation as well. especially with shakespeare, since the english he's writing in is so different from the english we speak today (i wouldn't call it an entirely different language but it has different grammar and syntax rules, different words and spellings, different punctuation conventions. i will die on this hill.) it helps you visualise everything.

also somebody get hamlet a therapist and let him kiss horatio