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Compare the relations between older and younger men in the following extracts pay close attention to the use of dramatic language and the opportunities offered by the text for different emphases in production 1 Henry IV 24109-62 Bevington ed pp 182-6 and As You Like It 2327-77 Brissenden ed pp 131-3 The two extracts differ dramatically in their approach to the relations between older and younger men In summary the As You Like It scene is serious and moving conducted in verse concerned with issues of faithfulness and uses Biblical references for metaphors The scene from Henry IV is humorous conducted in prose concerned with betrayal and falsehood even if it is set in a farcical context and refers to common sayings in its metaphors and oaths Both scenes examine the comparison of an old world to the new to different levels of significance The potential exists in both scenes to perform them in opposition to the audiences expectations - comic elements could be introduced into the As You Like It scene and the Henry IV scene could be darkened in places The extract from Henry IV is conducted in prose throughout its use can be allotted by social distinction for superior characters to inferiors or it can be used by one of high status to another as a calculating insult In this case though it is appropriate for the surroundings of the Eastcheap tavern and is used among persons of varying status to express their friendship Hal effectively moves between the prose world of Eastcheap and the noble world of exalted blank verse The use of prose in the tavern is simply a different register and does not necessarily make it an inferior form Falstaffs prose often seems to speak more truth than the elevated language of the courtiers The use of prose here also has the effect of increasing the pace of the scene and the brisk exchanges of
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