“The upper man has all the money
He can eat his bread and honey
His only job is to command
Yet not to use a single hand
The middle man has little power
Yet can afford his bread and flour
He works where he can get a job
But may take time to go and sob
The lower man is last in line
He often lacks the food to dine
He doesn’t work because it's too hard
And there isn’t any type of yard
The upper man seems to be best
But having everything on request
What’s there to enjoy in life
If you’ve never faced a strife”
During the Elizabethan England time period, in which Shakespeare wrote his famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet many musicians and poets emerged. Queen Elizabeth was the current ruler, she created laws that supported the social class separation …show more content…
To begin, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was written in the Elizabethan era known as the Renaissance. “The era is often considered (The Golden Age of England), because it was the time of stability and national pride as they became more protestant.” (caffrey,cait(Elizabethan Era.)Salem press Encyclopedia, …show more content…
Contributing to the idea of social class being present in Romeo and and Juliet affecting the outcome of the play by the time period , view of classism and laws made in the 15th century.
Some May argue that social class has nothing to do with Romeo and Juliet. However, “ One reason why Shakespeare's plays were so popular in his own time also in the present is that his plays appeals to people on different levels. If he's on time Shakespeare had to make his place appeal to both upper and lower class. He accomplish this through his use of more dirty humor and puns on word to appeal to the lower class, and he appealed to the upper class through the carefully structured plots and themes he used.”
Shakespeare wrote in consideration of his audience and related to every social class from the Elizabethan
He can eat his bread and honey
His only job is to command
Yet not to use a single hand
The middle man has little power
Yet can afford his bread and flour
He works where he can get a job
But may take time to go and sob
The lower man is last in line
He often lacks the food to dine
He doesn’t work because it's too hard
And there isn’t any type of yard
The upper man seems to be best
But having everything on request
What’s there to enjoy in life
If you’ve never faced a strife”
During the Elizabethan England time period, in which Shakespeare wrote his famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet many musicians and poets emerged. Queen Elizabeth was the current ruler, she created laws that supported the social class separation …show more content…
To begin, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was written in the Elizabethan era known as the Renaissance. “The era is often considered (The Golden Age of England), because it was the time of stability and national pride as they became more protestant.” (caffrey,cait(Elizabethan Era.)Salem press Encyclopedia, …show more content…
Contributing to the idea of social class being present in Romeo and and Juliet affecting the outcome of the play by the time period , view of classism and laws made in the 15th century.
Some May argue that social class has nothing to do with Romeo and Juliet. However, “ One reason why Shakespeare's plays were so popular in his own time also in the present is that his plays appeals to people on different levels. If he's on time Shakespeare had to make his place appeal to both upper and lower class. He accomplish this through his use of more dirty humor and puns on word to appeal to the lower class, and he appealed to the upper class through the carefully structured plots and themes he used.”
Shakespeare wrote in consideration of his audience and related to every social class from the Elizabethan