Pre 20th century writing is difficult to understand for me because i am not used to reading it and it contains very elevated and archaic vocabulary that i do not know. Often while reading i have to look up words and phrases so i feel that writing an essay with pre 20th century literature would be very difficult. i am very nervous about having to read pre 20th century writing on my own and write an essay on it because i feel that i will run out of time while trying to understand it.