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Q: Why did Shakespeare have the nurse speak blank verse?
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What might Shakespeare be indicating about the nurse's character by having her switch between prose and blank verse?

Prose equals silly, stupid, or mad. Blank Verse equals wise and serious. The Nurse is capable of both.


What characters speak in blank verse?

Shakespeare had most of his characters speak in blank verse. He went into prose when the characters were of a lower class, or where the character is comic. For example, the Porter in Macbeth speaks in prose, when the rest speak in verse. The witches have a tendency to rhyme as well.


What was Shakespeare's blank verse composed in?

Shakespeare's blank verse was composed in blank verse, which is to say unrhymed iambic pentameter. Unless you want to know where he did his writing to which question nobody knows the answer.


Where does shakespeare use blank verse in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar?

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, how often does Shakespeare use blank verse


What is the verse called that Shakespeare wrote in?

Shakespeare wrote a lot in blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter.


Which type of poetry did shakespeare often use in his plays?

Shakespeare and his contemporaries often used blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) for the dialogue in their plays.


How many syllables does Shakespeare blank verse have in one line?

All blank verse has ten syllables per line.


What is the name of the verse that Shakespeare wrote in?

Shakespeare wrote a lot of dialogue in his plays in blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter.


What style of writing did shakespeare use in his plays?

blank verse


What is Shakespeare's verse?

When we talk about Shakespeare writing in verse, we usually mean blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare also wrote poetry in rhyme, both in his plays and in his poems.


Does Bottom or Titania use blank verse?

Bottom uses prose while Titania uses blank verse in William Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Blank verse is often associated with the nobility or characters of higher social standing in Shakespeare's works, while prose is used for characters of lower status or for more casual speech.


Shakespeare was the first to use blank verse?

No; while Shakespeare wrote many of his plays in the form of blank verse, using unrhymed iambic pentameter, he was not the first to use this form. The first appearance of blank verse appeared in Henry Howard's Æneid, and Christopher Marlowe was the one who brought rise to the blank verse in Elizabethan English literature.