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Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters, while commoners often spoke in blank verse or prose?
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Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter for the dialogue of noble characters, while commoners often spoke in blank verse or prose?

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Iambic pentameter was used for nobles in order to make them appear more put together and sophisticated.  Commoners were made to use blank verse/ prose because it would seem less educated, as they were in the plays.
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