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Why did Shakespeare use I am DIC pentameter for dialogue of noble characters?
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Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters?
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters while commoners often spoke in blank verse or prose?
To show the difference between an educated, refined noble class and coarse, crude commoners
Why did shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble character while commoners often spoke in prose?
This was because, generally speaking, the noble characters had noble things to say. The plebes were given jokes or other silliness. Blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter, makes things said in it sound more noble; it emphasizes the nobility of the statement. These statements are not only poetic because of their rhythm, but because of the imagery and figures of speech they employ. However, if a noble character went insane or stopped saying noble things, Shakespeare would start to write their dialogue in prose.
How did Shakespeare create a distinction between the educated nobility and the lower class?
by having noble characters speak in iambic pentameter, while the lower classes spoke in plain blank verse or prose.
When was The Two Noble Kinsmen written by shakespeare?
about 1614
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters?
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters while commoners often spoke in blank verse or prose?
To show the difference between an educated, refined noble class and coarse, crude commoners
Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters while commoners often spoken in blank verse or prose?
To show the difference between an educated, refined noble class and coarse, crude commoners -Apex-
Why did shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble character while commoners often spoke in prose?
This was because, generally speaking, the noble characters had noble things to say. The plebes were given jokes or other silliness. Blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter, makes things said in it sound more noble; it emphasizes the nobility of the statement. These statements are not only poetic because of their rhythm, but because of the imagery and figures of speech they employ. However, if a noble character went insane or stopped saying noble things, Shakespeare would start to write their dialogue in prose.
How did Shakespeare create a distinction between the educated nobility and the lower class?
by having noble characters speak in iambic pentameter, while the lower classes spoke in plain blank verse or prose.
Which Shakespeare character speaks in poetry?
Most noble characters (ie kings, queens, esteemed members of society) speak in iambic pentameter, a metered form of poetry. However, less esteemed members of society (workers, grave diggers, etc) spoke in unmetered prose.
Why did shakespeares noble characters speak iambic pentameter commoners?
Blank verse is iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme. If commoners speak in blank verse (and they do), they necessarily speak in iambic pentameter. Occasionally they speak in rhyming iambic pentameter too. It is not the nature of the speaker, but the nature of what they are saying that determines what form the lines will take. Blank verse gives the impression of measured, well-thought-out speech. It conveys seriousness and wisdom (or the appearance of it). Prose is more appropriate for utterances which are funny, stupid or insane. When characters like King Lear and Othello go insane, they start talking in prose when they spoke in blank verse before. The characters who are written as funny or stupid in Shakespeare's plays are often workmen or servants, as a result of social snobbery. Middle-class people who show signs of nobility, like Romeo and Juliet, speak in iambic pentameter, heck, even in sonnets!
When was The Two Noble Kinsmen written by shakespeare?
about 1614
How many plays write Shakespeare?
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (38 if you count The Two Noble Kinsmen).
Who helped Shakespeare write the Two Noble Kinsmen?
John Fletcher
What was Shakespeare's place in society?
He was a gentleman--not a noble, but superior to the hoi polloi.
Why did Shakespeare's noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?
Blank verse is iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme. If commoners speak in blank verse (and they do), they necessarily speak in iambic pentameter. Occasionally they speak in rhyming iambic pentameter too. It is not the nature of the speaker, but the nature of what they are saying that determines what form the lines will take. Blank verse gives the impression of measured, well-thought-out speech. It conveys seriousness and wisdom (or the appearance of it). Prose is more appropriate for utterances which are funny, stupid or insane. When characters like King Lear and Othello go insane, they start talking in prose when they spoke in blank verse before. The characters who are written as funny or stupid in Shakespeare's plays are often workmen or servants, as a result of social snobbery. Middle-class people who show signs of nobility, like Romeo and Juliet, speak in iambic pentameter, heck, even in sonnets!
