How Does Shakespeare Compared To The Modern World
Shakespeare's world compared to the modern world
By: Boston Williams
There are many difference and similarities within the world we live in today and the world that Shakespeare lived in. The literal, physical playhouse was different in many ways, the crowd shares some similarities and quite a lot of differences. The rights between the people now have also changed and the way we have organized the playhouse. Some of these differences are extreme and some are very little and have hardly changed at all. We will now compare the two time periods.
First of all, the playhouse is different in many ways, but a few main ones need to be brought up. The playhouse back in Shakespeare's time was not as technical and advanced as ours today is. In the article, "Not of an age, but for all mankind," by Douglas A. Burger, it says, "There were no artificial lights, no conventional seats and no fancy rigging." Unlike in today's society where we have all these special stage props to help bring the play to life and to give the theatre some pop. People like to be entertained and that is what we have made and for ourselves in the twenty first century. However, the physical properties of the playhouse are not the only changes that have occurred throughout …show more content…
A lot has changed from those times, yet there are still some similarities. Back in the Elizabethan age people were segregated by their wealth depending on which seat they could afford. The people that could cough up the least amount of money would get to stand in the pit right in front of the stage, while the people that give a little more could get better seats with a cushion. This can still be seen in today's playhouses, as the seats more towards the back are less expensive and the seats next to the stage are the most expensive. However, there is a huge difference between the behavior of the crowd of Shakespeare and the crowd of today's
By: Boston Williams
There are many difference and similarities within the world we live in today and the world that Shakespeare lived in. The literal, physical playhouse was different in many ways, the crowd shares some similarities and quite a lot of differences. The rights between the people now have also changed and the way we have organized the playhouse. Some of these differences are extreme and some are very little and have hardly changed at all. We will now compare the two time periods.
First of all, the playhouse is different in many ways, but a few main ones need to be brought up. The playhouse back in Shakespeare's time was not as technical and advanced as ours today is. In the article, "Not of an age, but for all mankind," by Douglas A. Burger, it says, "There were no artificial lights, no conventional seats and no fancy rigging." Unlike in today's society where we have all these special stage props to help bring the play to life and to give the theatre some pop. People like to be entertained and that is what we have made and for ourselves in the twenty first century. However, the physical properties of the playhouse are not the only changes that have occurred throughout …show more content…
A lot has changed from those times, yet there are still some similarities. Back in the Elizabethan age people were segregated by their wealth depending on which seat they could afford. The people that could cough up the least amount of money would get to stand in the pit right in front of the stage, while the people that give a little more could get better seats with a cushion. This can still be seen in today's playhouses, as the seats more towards the back are less expensive and the seats next to the stage are the most expensive. However, there is a huge difference between the behavior of the crowd of Shakespeare and the crowd of today's