The Globe Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz Analysis
There is a myriad of historical ideas that surprised me during this reading. My top three surprising historical highlights are The Globe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the Spanish theatre, corrales. Throughout my whole learning experiences, I have never come across the corrales. Usually, I would learn about how Spanish is very religious based and how they are very well-known for discovering New Worlds. I would always hear Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan. I never really learned about the Spanish theatres nor dramas. I did not know that they had to license their plays and that they have an expiration date on them. I thought they were allowed to perform plays as long as it’s religious based and in the church.
Another historical
highlight would be Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. I was shock that a female, and most importantly a nun, in that era is able to write a play. Considering that a few centuries ago, gender roles were very critical and not many women can or is able to do things men can. Well, people assumed that men are for labor and women are for household chores. I really do wonder if Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz changed the views of women in playwrights. Did she possibly influence the females to start writing plays instead of always acting? Also, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz also changed my view of the church. I am not underestimating the power of the nuns, nor the church, but I just find it overwhelming how she surpasses two typical stereotypes. Like, imagine the first early playwright in the New World is a female and a nun. It has really been the beginning of the New World in that era.
Furthermore, I find the historical context of The Globe the very interesting too. For me, The Globe is just famous for performing Shakespeare’s plays. However, I actually did not know the history of theater. I think that it is pretty cool how it was built from the dismantlement of The Theatre. All because of a contract that James Burbage and Lord Chamberlain’s Men wanted to break free from. It is amusing how they found a loophole, and this loophole seemed like a formed of revenge taken in action as well. I wonder if placing The Globe in the south of The Theatre’s location was some kind of revenge mark.
Another historical
highlight would be Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. I was shock that a female, and most importantly a nun, in that era is able to write a play. Considering that a few centuries ago, gender roles were very critical and not many women can or is able to do things men can. Well, people assumed that men are for labor and women are for household chores. I really do wonder if Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz changed the views of women in playwrights. Did she possibly influence the females to start writing plays instead of always acting? Also, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz also changed my view of the church. I am not underestimating the power of the nuns, nor the church, but I just find it overwhelming how she surpasses two typical stereotypes. Like, imagine the first early playwright in the New World is a female and a nun. It has really been the beginning of the New World in that era.
Furthermore, I find the historical context of The Globe the very interesting too. For me, The Globe is just famous for performing Shakespeare’s plays. However, I actually did not know the history of theater. I think that it is pretty cool how it was built from the dismantlement of The Theatre. All because of a contract that James Burbage and Lord Chamberlain’s Men wanted to break free from. It is amusing how they found a loophole, and this loophole seemed like a formed of revenge taken in action as well. I wonder if placing The Globe in the south of The Theatre’s location was some kind of revenge mark.