<p>Is it better to read hamlet in original text rather than modern text?</p>
<p>yes …</p>
<p>Read both of them.</p>
<p>Definitely get the one that has the real page and then the “translation” on the other side. If you read only the “translated” side you will miss important details such as similes and metaphors that you wouldn’t catch in the “translated” text</p>