Monday 10 June 2013

Iambic Pentameter

Usually in Shakespeare's writing he has ten syllables in each line, by stressing every alternative syllable it gives us a better understanding of the text and what should be emphasised in each line. 

E.g duh-DUH duh DUH duh DUH duh DUH duh DUH


How happy some o'er other some can be!
Through Athens I am thought as fair as she.
But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so.
He will not know what all but he do know.
And as he errs, doting on Hermia’s eyes,
So I, admiring of his qualities.

By highlighting these specific words/syllables, it gave me a better understanding of the characters mood in this monologue and her jealousy towards Hermia in this scene.

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