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Hello my name is Adam and I’m here to tell you how Shakespeare uses language to keep his audience interested in his plays.
Dramatic devices:
Dramatic devices occur a lot in Shakespearian plays. One of the most used devices is called dramatic irony. This occurs when the reader knows a secret, but the characters in a play do not. Therefore, the words or actions of a character carry a special meaning for the reader, but are understood differently by the character. The characters are blind to facts, but the reader is not. This technique increases the tension as the audience anticipates the revelation of facts that only we knew.
For example, when Lady Macbeth reveals to Macbeth her plot to kill King Duncan, she says “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it…”
Another example is when Macbeth had planned to kill Banquo. Only the audience knew about his plan and no one else. This also anticipates the revelation of secrets that we only knew.
This is why dramatic devices are key to keeping an audience interested in plays.
Language:
Shakespeare’s language was very fascinating to the audience that read his plays. One of these is the rhythm in his language
For example metre is used quite often in the play Macbeth.
Yes;
As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.
If I say sooth, I must report they were
As cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they
Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe:
Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds,
Or memorise another Golgotha,
I cannot tell.
But I am faint, my gashes cry for help.
DUNCAN
So well thy words become thee as thy wounds;
They smack of honour both. Go get him surgeons.

Notice how the end of the first stanza goes de Dum de dum dum and the first line follows with the same rythm. This is metre.
Another example is this;

My name is Adam if we put this in metre it would be

A DAM
This is spondaic because the A is stressed and the dam isn’t. If you put this into a phrase
It would be / ‘ / ‘ / ‘
Adam watches catfish
That is a spondaic monometer.
This is language helps getting the audience interested in his plays

Character:

Character really helps people get engaged for sly and cunning to loyal and happy. It can also help because sometimes the reader can relate to a character. It can also help in plot twists

For example in the beginning Macbeth is a valiant solider and is loyal to his friend and king of Scotland; king Duncan. But later in the play his desires take him over and then kill his best friend to become king of Scotland. His character changed from loyal and valiant to selfish and deceiving. This proves that one character change can change the whole plot to a story. Another example is Lady Macbeth. She was a strong and powerful woman who then in then in the later play became a weak and traumatised lady that then committed suicide due to stress.

This is why character is so important to the audience and to the story plot.

Narrative techniques:

Narration is very important because without it we couldn’t know what was going on. But sometimes the narrator lets you imagine where someone is or what someone is .unfortunately I don’t know what this technique is. Also sometimes the narrator gives suspense for example when Macbeth sent three murderers to kill macduffs wife and son we, only get told that the son dies but as soon it’s the mothers turn the narrator says exeunt and gives suspense to the reader.
Also the narrator tells us where something is happening which tells the audience if it will be calm or dangerous. This is sometimes a form of pathetic fallacy. For example when Banquo is about to die rain appears. Rain represents sadness; this tells the audience that something bad is about to happen.
This is why narrative techniques help the audience stay engaged in all of Shakespeare’s plays throughout the whole thing.

Theme:
Theme is very important so the reader knows what he is reading. If the reader wants to read a tragedy but instead reads a comedy he/she won’t be very pleased. Sometimes Themes are the ideas that Shakespeare explores dramatically through the experience of his characters, and they define the play. There are common themes in all of the plays, such as appearance and reality, but in addition to those, each play explores its own issues, which are dramatised in the language, the actions of the characters and in the setting.

The three witches are seen throughout all of the play, but do we know they are real. They could just have been Macbeth’s imagination. This example shows theme of appearance and reality.
This also helps the reader get engaged in the plays

in conclusion shakespare keeps his audience intrested in his plays by using various different kinds of language devices