Answer:
1a) They are plays.
2b) Shakespeare wrote using verse. Many of his characters speak in it.
3c) Shakespeare often writes long and complex sentences.
4d) Shakespeare uses a lot of poetic and rhetorical devices.
Explanation:
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1a) They are instructions to actors as to what to say in the performance of the play. They are best understood when they are watched, not when they are read.
2b) What this means is that there is a rhythm to their speech and sometimes Shakespeare bends the syntax to fit the rhythm. So, instead of having Richard III say "buried in the deep bosom of the ocean" he has him say "in the deep bosom of the ocean buried," moving the verb to the end of the sentence.
3c) Many people nowadays expect sentences to be short and simple.
4d) They are what make his words sing. But song lyrics and narrative prose these days hardly use these devices.
