#MISSING_WORD-1042Select Missing WordCore & AcademicEasy

Question 43

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Listen to the recording: When we examine the layout of Elizabethan playhouses like the Globe, we find a unique social convergence. The wealthy occupied the sheltered galleries, while the working class, or groundlings, stood in the open pit. This mix dictated the texture of the plays. Shakespeare and his contemporaries included complex philosophical soliloquies for the educated ear, yet punctuated them with physical comedy and puns to hold the attention of the standing patrons. To remain commercially viable, a dramatist had to weave a narrative that effectively engaged ...
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