Elizabeth Vs Shakespeare

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Our world is different than shakespear's world in three ways. One, man and woman where not equals. Two, actors where treated differently. And three, Shakespeare used new words and differnt words than we use today.

The first way I mentioned that our world is differnt than Shakespeare's is that man and women where not equal. The artical titled "Elizabeth's England," by Shakespeare writing company, says, "...Elixabethan ideals, others seem small and udignified, to us; marrige... was often arranged to bring wealth or prestige to the family with little regard for the feelings of the bride. That idea that woman are "lower" than man was one small part of a vast concern..."

The second way I mentioned that our world is differnt than Shakespeare's is actors where treated differenly. Woman were not allowed to performe on stage. All the parts, including the womans roles, where played by man. And actors in this time where often slaves or servents. So not very wealthy people. In the artical "Actors in Shakespeare's Day," by Stephanie Chidester says, " The ancient Greeks often considered actors as servants...and their performances were a sort of religious rite. In medieval Europe, both the theatre and
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Shakespeare used words that we dont use anymore. He used poetry all the time in his works. All off his plays where either a tradgity or a comedy. All of them mostly had to do with love. So, like I mentioned, he used the love language of poetry. Also, Shakespeare used words we don't even recognize. Shakespeare also made up a hand full of new words and phrases that we use on a regular basis. In the artical "Shakespeare: Words, Words, Words," by Shakespeare wriging company, it says "...Shakespeare's language that is astonishingly rich in vocabulary-about 29,000 words-strikingly presented through unforgettable characters such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, Othello, Rosalind, Viola, Iago, Shylock,

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