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Shakespeare's Influence On Women

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William Shakespeare’s dad was a glove maker who held a number of public government offices in Stratford. William Shakespeare attended grammar school where he learned the beauty of literature. Shakespeare was maybe caught in a lover’s where he left the woman he impregnated for his true lover Anne Whateley. He then started writing poems in the years 1592 and 1593 because of the plague that shut down theaters. Some poems were Venus and Adonis as well as The Rape of Lucrece. Greene, an educated professional writer, attacked Shakespeare by saying he could not merely write, which put people into speculation that he did not write all his own works. In Shakespeare 's book of Sonnets, many of his sonnets are meditations on the destruction of beauty …show more content…

In this society, there was the city and countryside. In the countryside, numerous fairs and entertainment events would be held. The roles of the man and woman are also very different. The woman was very important in the household because she practically did everything. From taking care of the children to making candles and tending the yard of the house, the woman managed the family. This was to provide just as sufficiently as the husband does in the family. The husband tended to the crops or was in a special craft to provide income for the family. The turnout of crops though could affect many things and could also cause famine. Some very common sports among men were hunting as well as falconry. The family was actually very similar in regards to the people getting married in their late twenties, but children were treated more like adults. The city was made up of the Guilds, which controlled the different trades. Others in the city were soldiers who would usually come back as beggars. Some popular city sports were bear and bull baiting, which eventually over time was replaced with theaters. Jousts and wrestling was also very popular in the festivals. In Shakespeare’s era, society was very simple and involved a lot of …show more content…

Ptolemy believed that the Sun was the center of our system while Earth and other planets orbited that. Most of society thought that the Earth was the center of the universe. Most people in this period used deductive reasoning which is agreeing with something without there being any evidence to prove it. Some beliefs were that blood lettings would get rid of colds, which is completely false. Religious beliefs of the time were that women are never supposed to be dominant, but designed to serve man. Also your rank in life determines your rank in heaven were among many beliefs in the time period. Education was for those who could afford it, but very few even got a university education. Humanists like Sir Thomas More revived the old classics of Greek, which is what we associate the Renaissance with the most. The discoveries of new ideas like alchemy and distillation helped build upon the current beliefs. The church was very controversial, which is what started the Protestant Reformation by Martin Luther. This announced the church’s issue of indulgences which were paid forgivenesses, which is not right at all. Some popular supernatural beings were ghosts and demons, which were considered evil. King James 's book on witches also sparked the witch trials and honestly ended up in a lot of innocent women being killed. The thoughts of this era where very controversial

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