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There are a couple of ways that your question can be interpreted; so I'll answer it in two ways.
1. First, Shakespeare wrote his plays in blank verse featuring iambic pentameter because...
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Iambic pentameter does not symbolize anything. It is a rhythm. It was introduced by playwrights like Christopher Marlowe and the University Wits.
The rhythm is quite simple---de DUM,...
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Another example of the difference between the use of iambic pentameter and prose for a specific purpose in a play is seen in Hamlet. Hamlet, as the prince of Denmark, speaks in iambic...
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