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A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare employs various stylistic devices to enhance character speeches. Oberon's speech in Act 4 uses alliteration, assonance, iambic pentameter, similes, and...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare uses blank verse to differentiate between characters and social classes. Nobles and characters of higher status primarily speak in blank verse, reflecting...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Characters use prose and verse to reflect social class and emotional intensity. Prose represents the "rougher" speech of lower classes, while upper-class characters use poetry, particularly iambic...

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