Question

The purpose of paraphrasing Shakespeare’s text is to

change the setting to modern day.
make the language easier to understand.
correct possible mistakes in the original plays.The purpose of paraphrasing Shakespeare’s text is to

change the setting to modern day.
make the language easier to understand.

Answer 1

The primary purpose is to make the language easier to understand.

Paraphrasing rewrites the original wording in clearer, more contemporary language while keeping the original meaning. Changing the setting to modern day is an adaptation or modernization (a different task), and “correcting mistakes” is an editorial/textual-emendation task done by scholars/editors, not the main goal of paraphrase.