At the beginning of this semester, I was disappointed with the mandatory Shakespeare class I needed to take. Before, I had always begrudged reading anything by Shakespeare. But after taking the class, reading six of the plays, and learning all the complicated components included in his writing, it is no wonder I never liked the plays before when I would barely be reading the material.
I even am starting to use some of the ideas and tools in my own writing; like trying to mix in the comic elements in between the intensely dramatic scenes in order to lighten the load for the reader. Another thing I have discovered is that I have been trying to give certain characters idiolects. I don't know if this will work, or if anyone would even notice something like that, but its certainly adds extra significance to the writing.