Asides and Iambic Pentameter Examples of asides and iambic pentameter are most commonly found in William Shakespeares

multiple sonnets and plays. Asides are for the audiences benefit in the production of plays. In most of Shakespeares plays asides and iambic pentameter are used to emphasize the characters emotions and actions. Both asides and iambic pentameter make Shakespeares plays and sonnets unique including Julius Ceaser. An aside is when a character talks to him or herself for the audience to hear and the other characters on stage not. The audience retrieves information that other characters do not know. Asides are used in theater and characters perform this action. An aside is almost like a soliloquy but slightly different. There are multiple examples of asides in Shakespeares Julius Ceaser. An example found in that play is when Brutus says, That we are now only like friendsoh Ceasar -makes my heart ache., in Act 2,Scene 2. This is an aside because when Brutus said that it was only intended for him to hear as he was quietly saying this to himself. Only Brutus and the audience would obtain this part of the play. That was one of the many asides in Julius Caesar. Iambic pentameter is found in almost all of Shakespeares sonnets to express the poems rhythm. Iambic pentameter is measured in multiple syllables. In iambic pentameter each line of the play or sonnet has 10 syllables or feet 5 stressed and 5 unstressed. There are many examples of iambic pentameter in Shakespeare's works. One is, Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!, in act 3, scene 2. When you count out the stressed and unstressed syllables youll realize there are 5 of each so it follows the iambic pentameter rules. Most of Shakespeares literary works include asides and iambic pentameter immensely.