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    Elizabethan Economics

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    Economics in Elizabethan Times London was Europe’s most dynamic city at the end of the 16th century. It had grown from approximately 120‚000 people in 1550 to 200‚000 in 1600. (In comparison‚ Paris had only 70‚000 people in 1600.) And London’s growth had paralleled that of England‚ which had doubled in population between the 1520s and the 1640s. The English economy grew even more rapidly: agriculture prospered because of the significant increase in demand for food‚ and London became the leading

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    Gender Roles: Shakespearean and Modern During the Elizabethan times‚ there were many issues facing common people and William Shakespeare. An important issue that played a part in everyday life for Elizabethans‚ whether rich or poor‚ was the difference between men and women. Gender roles have been debated throughout history and are changing everyday. Although modern American gender roles are much more defined and different than Elizabethan times‚ if Shakespeare were to live today‚ his writing

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    Elizabethan Times- Othello

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    The Venetian society in which the Shakespearean play‚ Othello is set in is a clear representation of the writer’s context. The values‚ attitudes and beliefs that Shakespeare reveals in the opening and closing scenes of Othello‚ are the exact to the ones accepted by the Elizabethans of the sixteenth century. With the limited number of Black people being around‚ in Othello we can see the racist remarks that are being made upon one‚ as well as the resilience to accept one within a society. Even though

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    Eric Estrada Mrs. Gourde English 1 27 March 2016 Music in the Elizabethan Era “How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night. Like softest music to attending ears!” (Shakespeare 772). In this quote‚ Romeo is referring to him and Juliet talks about their love as if it was sweet‚ soft and pure as music. Romeo’s quote might well be referring to someone playing the lute‚ which was the most common of the instruments back in the Elizabethan Era‚ because of its soft‚ tender‚ and sweet sounds it produced

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    Elizabethan Knights During the Elizabethan era‚ 1558 to 1603‚ knights played a huge rule and were very important. Becoming a knight was not was not easy at all. They were important when protecting the land and the people. Without knights there would be no one to protect the magnificent Queen and also others. Knights were very interesting and important to the Elizabethan era and impacted the civilization in many ways. “Becoming a Knight took years of training‚ during which a young man learned how

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    dramatic conventions of revenge in Elizabethan theater. All revenge tragedies originally stemmed from the Greeks‚ who wrote and performed the first plays. After the Greeks came Seneca who was very influential to all Elizabethan tragedy writers. Seneca who was Roman‚ basically set all of the ideas and the norms for all revenge play writers in the Renaissance era including William Shakespeare. The two most famous English revenge tragedies written in the Elizabethan era were Hamlet‚ written by

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    In the Elizabethan era women were portrayed as less than equals to men. Male seemed to be the dominate gender and women were to be seen-not-heard. They existed within a patriarchal society. As a feminist himself‚ Shakespeare shows through his plays how women are ill treated and powerless; yet possess more intelligence than the male characters. This is why Shakespeare creates overwhelming female characters; which is evident in Shakespeare’s "The Taming of the Shrew"‚ where the lead female character

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    Role of Elizabethan Women - Education - The Nobility The Elizabethan era brought the Renaissance‚ new thinking to England. Elizabethan women from wealthy and noble families were sometimes allowed the privilege of an. Education. The girls of Noble birth were invariably taught by tutors at home and Elizabethan women were taught from the age of five‚ or even younger. Various languages were taught including Latin‚ Italian‚ Greek and French. Music and dancing skills were essential for Elizabethan women

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    Base of Society As Lyndon Baines Johnson says‚ “The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude‚ the hopes‚ the ambitions‚ and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled. So‚ unless we work to strengthen the family‚ to create conditions under which most parents will stay together‚ all the rest — schools‚ playgrounds‚ and public

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    Elizabethan Era Women

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    The Elizabethan Era was a time in history with many important contributions that still affect life in the world today. Is it ironic to say that while having a queen‚ the rest of female citizens had very little rights and were discriminated against? The answer is yes‚ during this time period‚ like many others back in history‚ women were viewed as subordinate to men. They were denied rights that men had and were basically owned by their husbands. Most women that lived in Elizabethan England were underestimated

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