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Why did Shakespeare's noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?

Why did Shakespeare's noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?
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Why did Shakespeare's noble characters speak in iambic pentameter while commoners spoke mainly in blank verse or prose?

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To create a distinction between the educated nobility and the coarse lower classes.
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