Summary: The Renaissance

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  • When was Elizabeth I queen of England?

    1558-1603
  • What was the Elizabethan Settlement?

    The law that made the Protestant church legal in England. 
  • Why was there so much pessimism in the 1590s?

    The new discoveries began to undermine beliefs that people had held for hundreds of years. 
  • When was the first permanent Theatre built, and where?

    1576, in London. 
  • Who did Shakespeare marry? How many children did they have?

    Anne Hathaway (8 years his senior), they had 3 chidlren
  • Why did Shakespeare probably start writing sonnets?

    In 1592, the theatres were closed because of the Plague. He had to support himself and his family in an other way. 
  • What are the major themes of Shakespeares sonnets? (2)

    • the force of love
    • the battle  between the power of time and the timelessnesss of poetry, 
  • In what way do the sonnets reveal that their writer was a playwright?

    They often have the structure of a little drama.
  • Explain the structure of a sonnet written by Shakespeare. 

    • octave: introduction of conflict
    • quatrain: development of conflict
    • last two lines: solution
    • final couplet: all dificulties of the plot are resolved
  • Explain why Shakespeares poems where often about the battle of time. 

    Life expectancy was short (30 years), you could die from al small illness, or the Plague. A sonnet however, could conquer time
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