Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 13 AIL 1242 short lesson, about 20 seconds
When a Play Drops Into Prose
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The idea
Shakespeare moves between verse and prose within a play, often giving prose to lower-ranking characters, to comic scenes, or to a character whose composure has gone. A shift from verse to prose is visible on the page and is worth noticing before reading for sense.
In practice
A shift on the page, before the sense.
Where people slip
The shift itself carries meaning.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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