The fairies (oberon, titania, robin), the lovers (hermia, helena, lysander, demetrius), and the nobles (theseus and hippolyta) speak in rhymed verse or blank verse. however, bottom and his friends speak in prose (no rhyme or rhythm). how does this create different tones for the different scenes? 1 the important scenes use lines of rhymed verse to produce a formal tone, while dreamlike scenes use lines of blank verse to produce an informal tone. 2 the lines of bottom and his friends are prose, which creates a formal tone to reflect the real world, while the lines of the fairies are rhymed verse, which creates an informal tone to reflect the dream world. 3 the lines in prose create a formal tone in the scene, while the lines in verse create an informal tone in the scene. 4 the lines in verse create a formal tone in the scene, while the lines in prose create an informal tone in the scene.