Sex And Violence In Jacobean Literature
The word Jacobean derives from the Latin word Jacobus, which means James. King James I was known as King James I of England, the VI of Scotland, and the son of Queen Mary, and Lord Darnley. He was born on June 19, 1566 at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. He grew up very differently from the average child. He was raised by various people, including humanist, George Buchanan, and Peter Young. Both of these men had a strong influence on James’ later life. His education consisted of Presbyterian and Calvinist political doctrines.
Through the years James became particularly fond of learning, poetry, and plays, especially, in the works of Shakespeare, and Jonson. He was described as highly intelligent. Showing his knowledge of literature …show more content…
In fact, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states that, Elizabethan literature was carried over to the reign of King James I. Themes and patterns were similar in both reigns. Jacobean literature, however, started to have a distinctive characteristic, which was drama. In Elizabethan plays and literature most of the work was focused on the idea of humour and the everyday human situations. In the jacobean era masques, and plays focused on the society they lived in, and dramatised stories, full of sex and violence. All the themes of jacobean literature are strongly shown throughout present day entertainment. For example, some of Shakespeare's plays contained masques-form of entertainment with music, dancing, singing, and acting out a story. Broadway is a prime example of a masque. Many of the plays performed on broadway are musicals of different stories. Like the masque, it has dancing, singing, and acting.
On the other hand, sex is also commonly used in present day entertainment. For instance, a common thing said in this industry is that sex sells. Woody Allen states that, “I don’t know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.” On February 13, 2015, the movie 50 Shades of Grey was released. Within the first three days, the movie produced $81.7 million. This book by E.L. James is also the number 8 best selling novel. It sold a record breaking
Through the years James became particularly fond of learning, poetry, and plays, especially, in the works of Shakespeare, and Jonson. He was described as highly intelligent. Showing his knowledge of literature …show more content…
In fact, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states that, Elizabethan literature was carried over to the reign of King James I. Themes and patterns were similar in both reigns. Jacobean literature, however, started to have a distinctive characteristic, which was drama. In Elizabethan plays and literature most of the work was focused on the idea of humour and the everyday human situations. In the jacobean era masques, and plays focused on the society they lived in, and dramatised stories, full of sex and violence. All the themes of jacobean literature are strongly shown throughout present day entertainment. For example, some of Shakespeare's plays contained masques-form of entertainment with music, dancing, singing, and acting out a story. Broadway is a prime example of a masque. Many of the plays performed on broadway are musicals of different stories. Like the masque, it has dancing, singing, and acting.
On the other hand, sex is also commonly used in present day entertainment. For instance, a common thing said in this industry is that sex sells. Woody Allen states that, “I don’t know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.” On February 13, 2015, the movie 50 Shades of Grey was released. Within the first three days, the movie produced $81.7 million. This book by E.L. James is also the number 8 best selling novel. It sold a record breaking