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Have you ever sat and watched the Spanish channel, not understanding anything that is being said? I have. You get so caught up in the actions you don’t even realize you don’t know the language, but you follow the plot quite easily. You can almost swear you know what they are saying, even if you only catch every tenth word or so. If I asked you to read a book written mostly in Spanish except for every tenth word (and you don’t know Spanish, of course) you wouldn’t have a clue what was going on and would lose interest rather quickly. The same may happen for Shakespeare. I believe there are many advantages of watching the movie of Romeo and Juliet over interpreting the book. Body language and voice tones are a major factor in determining a character’s traits