Why are shakespeares plays considered difficutlt for modwrn students to understand

They use very difficult words and hard to understand speech patterns. They use words that we, in modern day, don't use anymore. Not to mention the timing of certain phrases and/or words.

1. It uses different words than we are used to. 2. It phrases  sentences oddly. 3.And words we are used to have different meanings in old English.

Explanation:

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the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)