Shakespeare s England
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Elizabeth s England, Elizabeth, The Tavern, Merry Old England, Holiday and Festivals, Plague and Death, Referat, Hausaufgabe, Shakespeare s England
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referat- the superstition, romeo and juliet, elizabeth i, shakespeare england, a midsummer- night s dream- referat
referat- the superstition, romeo and juliet, elizabeth i, shakespeare england, a midsummer- night s dream- referat
Referat
Shakespeare‘s England
Facts about Elizabeth‘s England (1558 – 1603)
Ø At the time of Elizabeth I > about 5 million inhabitants
Ø Four fifths of them lived in country as farmers
Ø Land mainly consisted of forest, grass and fields
Ø Wool had become main product
Ø Country was rich in fruit of all kinds
Ø Full of wild animals
Ø Main food: meat and bread
The English inns
Ø The best ones in Europe
Ø Service > excellent; clean beds; heated rooms
Ø People could order whatever kitchen and cellar might offer
Ø à great security
Ø Travel in Shakespeare‘s time was an adventure
à Included In Shakespeare‘s Henry IV, Part I
The Tavern
Ø especially numerous in London
Ø Place of recreation for townspeople (Englishmen’s club)
Ø Mermaid` was the most famous of all London traverns (actors, poets, etc .. )
à Shakespeare mentioned the tavern in his sonnets / dramas
”Merry Old England”
Ø Dancing, music, poetry, theatres, sports and travels > expressions of joy people had
Ø A lot of balls
à Romeo and Juliet met there for the first time
Ø Most excellent music in Elizabeth’s England
à Shakespeare’s plays are full of lovely songs and many allusions to the Elizabethans´ love of music (‘Twelfth Night‘)
à Today there are revival records of Elizabethan music
Holiday and Festivals
Ø Christmas is the merriest, maddest time of the year
Ø From December 25th until January 6th the population was in carnival mood
Ø Carol – singers went from door to door
Bear – baiting
Ø Popular amusement in England for many centuries
Ø Bears were used for fights in arenas
Ø Many people came to see the unbelievable cruelty
Ø bears had to suffer a lot
Ø Shakespeare refers to bear – baiting when Macbeth exclaims:
Ø =>„They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly,
But, bear – like, I must fight the course.“
Plague and Death
Ø Death was no stranger to the Elizabethans
Ø They got used to public executions
Ø During the plague in 1593 / 1594 more than 10.000 persons died of it
Ø Heaviest damage to human life was done by the plague
Ø In the visitations of the plague the Elizabethans saw the working of an unknown power
Superstition
Ø Played a big role in the lives of the simple people
Ø They believed in the existence of witches and ghosts as in the Middle Ages
à Their appearance in Shakespeare´s works was quite natural (example: Richard III and Hamlet‘s father)
à Macbeth: „They look not like the inhabitants of the earth.
And yet are on‘t.“
Ø Also believed in fairies and elves
à Lovely creatures in human shape (Romeo & Juliet / A Midsummer Night‘s Dream)
Conclusion
Ø Shakespeare’s conception of fairyland, though it is not quite the same as that of popular belief, has become traditional in English poetry
Ø A life in Elizabeth‘s England was a life in many ways so different from our own
Ø This life is reflected in his plays
à These conditions influenced Shakespeare´s work as a dramatist
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