Why read Shakespeare? - The Most Convincing Argument

I feel that the most best argument that Mack proposes is A Time for Developing Interests. He tries comparing Shakepeare to music, there's music you like and music you don't like, and there is music that you're uncertain about but after giving it a chance you start to warm up to it. What was once strange to you becomes interesting. I think Shakespeare is just like that. The first time I read his work it was because I chose to, and boy did I struggle. I read Romeo and Juliet and A Mid Summer Nights Dream. Sure I had to read sections over multiple times and maybe I didn't understand it all the time. But after I got over how much I hated myself for choosing to read Shakespeare I came to see that his work had some very interesting aspects to it and was more interesting than I had originally concieved. Sure, I had to watch a movie and read SparkNotes to understand what was happening sometimes but in the end it was worth it because I left the experience with a new interest. If I hadn't read it then I don't know if I would appreciate Shakespeare the way I do now.