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Industries were growing, london became one of the first European metropolis

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The Great Chain of Being

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-Multi sided structure
-central, unvovered jard
-surrounded by three tiers of seating
-seating at multiple price levels
-raised stage at one end of the jard

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-started with the Greek philosophers Aristotle & Plato
-Order for everything in the universe
-belief: God created a Social order; everyone is Where he or she is, because god put them there, especially the King/Queen
-disobeying the monarch was a sin

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between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution

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Birth : 26.April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
Death : 23.April 1616 in Stratford
Job : English poet, playwright and actor
His work : 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative poems and few other verses

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The Elizabethans believed in the supernatural and were very superstitious

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Under Henry VIII religious change -> Church of England 🏴

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England becoming an imperial power

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The plays
- very versatile
--> produced at different locations
- acting was an exclusively male progression
- actors had to sing songs ,play     instruments , ...
(great variety of skills)
- modern and luxurious costumes
(not always historically accurate)
- little or no scenery
- actors could descend from above or enter ,exit from below

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Atlantic explorations and maritime trade

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Shakespeare presented the supernatural in any of his plays
Macbeth: a Symbol of unnatural happenings because of Macbeth murdering the King and stealing the Throne -> throws all of nature into uproar

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Shakespeare lived during the change from the Tudor Dynasty to the Stuart Dynasty
-> Scotland and England under one king

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The Devine Right of Kings

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Parents:
-Father(John Shakespeare) was a sccessful     buisnessman
-Mother (Mary Arden) was the daughter of a landowner
-Wife (Anne Hathaway) married at age of 18, she was 8 years Older than him
-3 daughters named Susanna,Hamnet and Judith
==>Susanna inherit his Legacy

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The belief that the Monarch was put in charge by God which meant that him/her was only answerable to God

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Elizabeth I. was one of the most popular monarchs and loved the theatre.

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public entertainments
Theatres were built near London

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- Early plays - comedies and histories - best work produced in these genres
- until about 1608 - tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
=> finest works in the English language
- last phase - tragicomedies=romances and collaborations

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After the victory over the Spanish Armada
--> Shakespear’s history plays were influenced by English national identity

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He began his career during the reign of Elizabeth I

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James I.

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Shakespeare still produced many plays under the reign of James I. The plays produces in this period were the darkest of Shakespeare's work, for example: Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antnoy and Cleopatra and The Tempest. They dealt with issues such as murder, betrayal, power and lust.

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Experience:
The audience were allowed to eat and drink while watching
The play

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There were basically no rules. The audience was screaming throwing food on the stage