1. First, Shakespeare wrote his plays in blank verse featuring iambic
pentameter because that was the style of the day. Think of it as a way
for an author to show off--and it really is quite impressive if one
thinks about it. There are very few authors who can create characters
and plots as rich as Shakespeare's and write their lines in a consistent
meter.
2. Secondly (I think that this might be what you are asking), when
Shakespeare's characters speak in verse (iambic pentameter), they are
usually the noble (aristocratic) characters, and their speech represents
their high culture and position in society. If you simply look at one
of Shakespeare's plays, you can often tell when the commoners are
speaking because their lines will go from margin to margin (this is
true, too, of nobles who are acting like commoners--whether they're
involved in evil schemes, losing their minds, or are drunk!). In
contrast, Shakespeare's other characters' lines should sound and look
different to you--they should sound "sing-songy" and should look like
poetry with uneven lengths.
A good example of this is from Othello. When Iago is speaking to his
peers or to those in position of authority over them, his speech is in
verse, but when he is plotting and talking to Roderigo (especially at
the play's beginning), his lines are not in iambic pentameter--this
represents the bawdy nature of his speech and, in truth, the baseness of
his character.
Answer:
B. Once more I looked up Women, found 'position of and turned to the pages indicated.
Explanation:
Virginia Woolf wrote her now famous extended essay "A Room of One's Own" as a speech for a women's college in the University of Cambridge. In it, she details and describes how women figures are important for the literary world and even the authorship of novels or written works but women aren't allowed or found to do so. Instead, they are 'supposed' to be confined within the four walls of the house and concentrate on maintaining the household issues. Thus, she began writing for the betterment of the women, their inclusion in the same opportunities in the writing scene. Though they may also have the same talent as that of their male counterparts, they are still denied the rights, encouragements and opportunities to be able to write on their own. So, she claims that <em>"a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". </em>Thus, the sentence from the essay that best supports the thought process Woolf employs in conducting her research for the essay is
Once more I looked up Women, found 'position of and turned to the pages indicated.
Nonlinear will best describe a characteristic of postmodern literature
