Reciting vs. Reading

I think that reading a play is different than reciting a part of the play because when you recite, you get to read aloud the genius words of the author/playwright. Reciting actually lets you feel the emotions that the playwright wants you to feel. When you recite, you are relly understanding the concepts that the playwright/author is wanting you to understand and also they are giving you the go ahead to make presumptions and educated guesses on why the character is doing what they are doing.

When you read a play you have to try to describe the emotions that the character is feeling to yourself. When you read you are basically just skimming through the work and not really paying attention to the words that are basically spelling out the problem and the solution to you.

I am ready to read Shakespeare because I love his work even though some of it is based on other works by different authors. I love reading Shakespeare outloud because I fully understand what he is saying and what the characters are saying. He deals more with plot and characters than with the storyline and the denoument. I also love hearing his work read outloud by other people because I can get a take on what they feel when they read and what they want to bring to each character they play.