Why did Shakespeare's noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?

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by Arfa

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seriously Cody, that's wrong! its to create a distinction between the educated nobility and the coarse lower classes.

Rsgmon answered Nov 24, 2018

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