Renaissance+Period+British

__**//British Renaissance Period//**__ __//Authors://__  Christopher Marlowe: (1564-1593) He greatly influenced the theatre of his time and is well known for his blank verse. He was known as the creator of English Blank Verse and the father of Englsih tragedy. This is said to have made him teh teacher and quide for Shakespeare.  William Shakespeare: (1564-1616) As a poet, actor, and dramatist, he may be one of the most famous of all time. His plays were famous and he is known for his extensive vocabulary. He always wrote in Iambic Pentameter. He was known as a rapid writer because his plays came so easily to him.  Ben Johnson: (1572-1637) His reputation comes from his comedy plays. Most of the time his plays were making fun of society and he would end up in jail beacsue of the. He also wrote masques to entertain the courts. Despite his failures and feuds he was the leading writer of those who gathered in Mermaid Tavern in London.  Sir Thomas Wyatt: (1503-1542) Few of his poems were published in his lifetime. He was one of the first to introduce the sonnet to the English. A sonnet has the characteristic of a final rhyming couplet.  George Chapman: <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(1559-1634) He was an Englsih dramatist, poet, and translator. His works show the influence from Stoicism. He is best known for his translations of Iliad and Odyssey. He was a rival poet of Shakespeare sonnets and as an anticipator. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">//__Works:__// <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">//The Jew of Malta//  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// By: Christopher Marlowe //  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// - This play is based on a struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire. It takes place in the Mediterranean on the island of Malta. It is filled with religious conflict and revenge between the two. // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">//Volopone//  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// By: Ben Johnson //  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// - A comedy about a childless Venetian nobleman. It includes elements of all different kinds of comedy. The main themes are based off of greed and lust. // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">//Romeo and Juliet//  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// By: William Shakespeare //  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">// - Romeo and Juliet are two young adults born into royalty. Their families are feuding against each other, but when the two fall in love and die their families unite together. // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">//The Shadow of Night//  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">// By: George Chapman //  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">// - This is a long poem divided into two parts the Hymnus in Noctem and the Hymnus in Cynthiam. Thie first section refers to Night as a primordial goddes and the second half the portrait of the moon goddess Cynthia represents Queen Elizabeth I. It compromises hagiographic personification that became more common during teh Elizabethan era. // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">//I Find No Peace//  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">By: Sir Thomas Wyatt  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A sonnet that introduces the ideal courtly love. It has the rhyme scheme of abcde. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">__//Analysis of Romeo and Juliet://__ <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">By: William Shakespeare <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Style: This play is a romantic tradjedy where Shakespeare uses epic language in a poetic form. It is written in iambic pentameter which is a poetic verse. He uses irony and dram ato create suspense. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tone: There is so much hate and violence between the two families. Romeo and Juliet show so much passion and love for each other. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Point of View: Romeo and Juliet is a play, so there really is no point of view. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Themes/Meanings: The main theme of this play is obviously love, but fate is also a major theme. Also, within the play there is a lot of sexual refrences. <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Devices: Shakespeare uses a lot of imagery and symbolism throughout the play. He uses a lot of figurative language including metaphors and similes, but he doesn't like to use a lot of personification or allusions. In addition, the play is filled with oxymorons and paradox.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -The word renaissance is French for the word "rebirth."
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -The Renaissance is categorized into 3 categories: the growth under the Tudor Monarchs, the climax while under the reign of Elizabeth I, and then the weakening under the Stuart Monarchs. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -The Renaissance was a period where Europe had risen out of the economic depression that they were in and became financially strong. ==

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==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -Some of the poets in this time period held a high office and some only wrote to waiver the opinions of the high offices and change the opinions of the public. == ==<span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Many of the plays that were written in this time period were to poke fun or the government and caused uprising between the arts and the government. ==

<span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: #ff8f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(1533-1603)
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Renaissance Period British

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<span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: #ff8f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(1566-1625)
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<span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: #ff8f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(1491-1547)
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==<span style="background-color: #aaffaa; color: #cc99ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Two major events had occurred during this period. The First was when Martin Luther had posted his 95 Theses on the church door in 1517. The second major event was when Henry VIII had wished to divorce Catherine of Aragon because she had given birth to a baby girl. The Pope had refused Henry's decision, but was later overturned granting Henry his divorce and he became head of the Church in England. ==

<span style="color: #1bf89f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Social Dynamics:
==<span style="color: #1bf89f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> -Nobility and knights were at the top of the social ladder, but during this time the merchant class was becoming the real growth in the society. -In this period, the higher the office you were the more debt you would obtain than a greater profit. ==

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