HELP THIS MAKE NO SENSE As you read longer speeches, keep track of the subject, verb, and object – who did what to whom.
In the clauses below, note the subject, verbs, and objects.
ROSS: The king hath happily received, Macbeth,
The news of thy success: and when he reads
Thy personal venture in the rebel's fight… (Macbeth I, iii)
1st clause: The king hath happily received, Macbeth,/The news of thy success:
SUBJECT – The king
VERB – has received
OBJECT – the news [of Macbeth's success]
2nd clause: and when he reads/thy personal venture in the rebel's fight,
SUBJECT – he [the king]
VERB – reads
OBJECT – [about] your venture

In addition to following the subject, verb, and object of a clause, you also need to track pronoun references. In the following soliloquy Romeo, who is madly in love with Juliet, secretly observes her as she steps out on her balcony. Track the pronoun references (Note that the feminine pronoun sometimes refers to Juliet, but sometimes does not.)
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who* is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her* maid art more fair than she:*
Who: ___juliet

That thou her:

She: