Romeo und Juliet

• Two people from feuding families fall in love with each other and can't stand to be without out each other

Hamlet

• The King of Denmark has died and his wife married his brother Claudius. The son Hamlet comes home to seek revenge but decides to spare his life

King Lear

• He divides the kingdom between the two daugthers and abondens the thrid. The two daugthers abonden him and King Lear goes mad and wanders through a strom

Macbeth

• Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland, encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia

Queen Elisabeth I (1533-1603)

First Queen

Golden Age of England

Time of theatre, music and literature

Religous conflicts between Protestans and Catholics

London is one of the largest cities

Exploration and expansion

Gender inequality

Poverty and wealth

Belie in hierarchy

reformation of the roman catholic church -> bible was translated into English

Chain of being

Humas are combined by four elements fire, water, earth and air

Believed in witchcraft

Fourtune as main force

first professional theatre

New theatrical form -> more dramatically

Was forbidden under puritanic regime