One literary technique Shakespeare uses is assonance. All the guys names end with a while all the girls names end with o. This creates a divide between the genders, but at the same time it creates a connection between each character within the certain gender. Another is diction. His choice of words is based upon a completely different time period and is therefore foreign to us. While it may be hard to understand sometimes it seems much more noble and much less vulgar than todays language. A third would be sentence structure. His indented format and run-ons and short sentences are an important part of his works. To me they leave a lot of room for how his speech can be interpreted.
Comment:I aslo wrote about the name endings but I thought that they were more for the separation/connections of characters. I didn't think about the foreign side.
I think that you meant to say that: "All the guys names end with O while all the girls names end with A." Sorry, I just had to point that out. I think you have made some very good points. I agree, especially about Shakesperian language being more noble sounding and less vulgar than todays language.
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