Style of Shakespeare in Structure

The structure that Shakespeare used is the foundation of his writing. He came up with an idea of having two writing styles.

The first style would be for all the important characters. They would speak in verse. This would make the heroes more heroic, the baddies more evil and royalty more regal. He didn't have close-ups, or cool music. He used verse!

The second style would be for everyone else, particularly if they are funny. This would be prose. It is easier to be funnier in prose than in verse. This is not to say that all the rich characters speak in verse and all the poor people speak in prose. That is not always true.

The two styles have different effects. Since he didn't leave a note explaining why he used verse sometimes and prose other times, we have to decide for ourselves.