Why read Shakespeare? - What do you get?

Mack presents many answers to this question. His first answer to this question is that as you learn to read Shakepeare, you learn to read the world. Because his works (and I think most works) are considered a mirror of our world it gives the reader a opportunity to reflect upon the their world and begin to understand how to interpret people and situations as they would in a story. The scond answer is that Shakespeare allows us to get to know ourselves and where our ideas come from. Many of our owns traits are found in Shakespeares characters. We can follow them and learn from them because we relate. He also says here that many of our ideas can be traced back to Shakespeare's writing, and having that origin point is important. Another point he makes is that reading Shakespeare is like a skill and no matter what your profession is, this one is universal. It can help you no matter your major of profession because it is a skill that aims to sharpen the mind. Mack's last point states that reading Shakespeare helps you learn about the head and the heart. You can begin to understand how they are connected. Why you have feelings, have others had these feelings, and what did they do about it are all questions that can be answered once the connections to Shakspeare are made.