Queen Lear : The Language Of Shakespeare

Shakespeare's globe was also a way to gather news about the world and whats happening
in Shakespeare's lifetime the world was expanding
Some of Shakespeares writing was equivocal: say one thing but mean another, you can see that in his writing
No one actually knows the true meaning of what he was trying to portray
It was a tense political time because there was conflict between the protestants and catholics, however everyone was catholic but ones who don't follow the Italian pope, it was only after Henry the 8th died, protestant views and debates were brought in
Shakespeare was born in the Elizabethan era
Slavery began in this period
middle of the 19th century the British Empire was expanding and exploited a lot of other countries to bugger themselves
Time when piracy came and a lot of gold was discovered in lands like Spain and America

Shakespeare was born in the early modern period
he was born in a transitional era from and agricultual to manufacturing
Power balances were shifting the church was becoming separate from the state
In the medieval state they were part of the holy roman empire
new worlds were being discovered
a new religious study were coming
industries were being transferred form the monarchy to the state
The ancient churches were painted and covered because before Henry the 8th they didn't understand the bible so they used bright pictures and statues, and the protestants wanted it to be translated to English so they could understand it and didn't need pictures
Renaissance period- often called the enlignment
on Henrys death he thought he was a catholic they had 4 monachs, henrys son was a protestant and was brought up by his uncle who was a protestant.
Lady Jane Grey protestant was reigning for 9 days then executed by Mary the rightful heir and took the crown
Knows as Blood Mary because she killed many Protestants for practicing their faith then dies childless in 1558
Elizabeth was then crowned queen and was very dedicated in keeping it safe she didn't like killing people, and said you couldn't die bu could be imprisoned and fined by practicing their protestant faith
Shakespeare's dad was a catholic and if he didn't attend church he would get fined and he did get fined a lot, he went from being rich and part of the monarchy, however by the time he died he was poor due to the fines.

Queen Lear