Consider any passage of the play in which there is a shift from ...

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Consider any passage of the play in which there is a shift from verse toprose, or from prose to verse. What is the effect of this shift?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Indicate a passage that you consider memorable for its poetry. Does thepassage seem introduced for its own sake? Does it in any way advance the action of the play, express theme, or demonstrate character?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

• To be a bit tautological, the general rule is that prose is used to express the more prosaic elements of the playfor instance, a good deal of the dialogue between Iago and Roderigo. But there are many such shifts within individual scenes, and you should focus your students attention on grounding their responses in the precise particulars of the passage that they choose.

Answer to Question 2

• Many a passage in the play could be cited for its poetic beauty, but, in our judgment, there is hardly a speech in the entire play that does not also perform at least one of the functions specified in the question.