Lost in Translation?

While searching for critical reviews and strategies for understanding Shakespeare I came across this nicely organized site called www.enotes.com which I found useful.  I particularly liked the clarity in the segment explaining methods for understanding the language of Shakespeare.  Check it out.  This website is also one that will list a side-by-side modern translation with the original text, and appears to have several plays that can be seen thus.  I found particularly useful the explanation of the double entendre as it is a concept that drenches the text of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” which is a derivative work of Hamlet by Tom Stoppard.  More on this to come…