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Verse, although it closely mimics the natural rhythms of English speech, is still unnatural. Its rhythms give a sense of gravity, power and intensity. The words take on more potency from the regular rhythm. But sometimes this is not what Shakespeare wanted to convey. Where the person speaking was saying something silly, or was poorly educated, or was losing his grip on reality, then the irregular and much more natural rhythms of prose convey this much more effectively. Remember that "natural" in Shakespeare's day was not a compliment--to call someone a "natural" was to call him an idiot. The Renaissance attitude was that artifice improved on nature, and make things, and people and speech better than nature. Nevertheless, some extraordinarily potent dialogue in Shakespeare was written in prose, such as the masterful Act IV Scene 6 of King Lear, which moves from prose to jagged irregular verse to regular blank verse and back depending on how sane the King is at any one moment.
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Shakespeare used prose in his plays to create a contrast in style and rhythm. Prose was typically used for common characters or moments of everyday life, while verse was reserved for nobility and heightened emotions. This allowed for a dynamic range of expression and a way to differentiate between characters and their social status.
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What kind of diction does Shakespeare use in Julius Caesar?
Shakespeare's diction was blank verse, rhyme and prose.
Shakespeare's plays are mostly written in?
prose
What are the prose written by William Shakespeare?
proses are a type of sayings.
Who was the leading prose writer of the English Renaissance?
William Shakespeare
Who was a famous prose writer and politician of the Elizabethan age?
william shakespeare
Why is Shakespeare's prose called language of love?
because of the beauty of his words
What is a prose in Julius Caesar?
Prose in general is just any line that isn't poetic. Generally in shakespeare this means it isn't in the meter that the rest is in.
What effect is created by the scenes between hamlet and polonius being in prose?
The prose in this scene is a series of puns and slang language. It is possible that Shakespeare did this to emphasize the playfulness in the scene while also illustrating how much Hamlet disliked Polonius with the use of insults.
Who usually uses verse and in what circumstances?
In Shakespeare, verse is usually used by important and serious characters, whereas the less important and comic characters use prose. This is not invariably the case (The play Much Ado About Nothing is almost all in prose) but usual.
Poetry can make use of prose?
prose, rhyme, rhythm
What did working class people speak in in Shakespeare's plays?
They were more likely to speak in prose and less likely in poetry. Of course, all types of characters speak prose sometimes.
Prose writers can not use?
Prose writers cannot use adjectives and adverbs to prettify their work.
