Why did Shakespeacters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?

A. To show that Shakespeare respected the nobility and held the lower classes in contempt
B. To demonstrate his own intelligence and prove that he was also a part of the noble class
C. To make the noble class sound silly and snobbish so that the commoners in the audience could laugh at them
D. To create a distinction between the educated nobility and the coarse lower classesre's noble chara

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Why did Shakespeacters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?

 		A.	To show that Shakespeare respected the nobility and held the lower classes in contempt
 		B.	To demonstrate his own intelligence and prove that he was also a part of the noble class
 		C.	To make the noble class sound silly and snobbish so that the commoners in the audience could laugh at them
 D.	To create a distinction between the educated nobility and the coarse lower classesre's noble chara

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

D