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What was happening culturally and politically when shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream?
During Shakespeare's time, England was undergoing the Elizabethan era, marked by a flourishing of literature, art, and theater. The country was also politically stable under Queen Elizabeth I's reign, and London was experiencing a period of growth and prosperity. Additionally, there was a renewed interest in classical mythology and literature, which influenced Shakespeare's writing of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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What are the most anticipated August events happening in San Francisco this year?
Some of the most anticipated events happening in San Francisco this August include the Outside Lands Music Festival, the Pistahan Parade and Festival celebrating Filipino culture, and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival's performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the park.
What was happening in the US during Shakespeare's lifetime?
There was a lot of play.
What does Shakespeare's phrase in the twinking of an eye mean?
happening quickly
What is happening politically in Sri Lanka?
All are eating coconut oil in all food in rice also because they grow more coconut.
What was happening politically when albert Einstein launched his science career?
Einstein was a German Jewish immigrant that immigrated to the US just before WW2.
Did someone else write all of William Shakespeare's works?
Shakespeare didn't write most of his work down, and was transcribed by spectators of the audience who wrote down what was happening. But Shakespeare is the author of his works, but probably did join with other writers.
Why should Shakespeare be taught?
If it is worthwhile to teach people how to use the language effectively, it would be foolish not to have a look at the greatest writer ever in the English language. Shakespeare's work is so important to us culturally that the numerous allusions made to it in popular culture would go right over the head of someone who has not been exposed to Shakespeare, and they would miss a lot of what is going on. That being said, unfortunately there are many teachers out there who think that a course on Shakespeare should be called "Why You Should Hate Shakespeare". They put a lot of effort into getting students to look at Shakespeare's plays as badly written and incomprehensible novels, to be afraid of his language (and then to offer "No Fear" versions with the language stripped away), and to use strange and artificial concepts like "tragic hero", "Freytag's Pyramid", and "hubris" to confuse them as to what is really happening. Such teaching methods do more harm than good.
What was happening in England when the Westminster Confession was written?
Religiously - calvinism was gaining strength in Scotland and this would lead to presbyterianism. Politically - the aftermath of the English civil war.
What is one historic happening during the times of shakespeare?
There are quite a few really but there are two which stand out. The Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588 when Shakespeare was 24. The Gunpowder plot was foiled November 5, 1605, when he was 41.
What is happening politically in israel?
Israel is generally experiencing a right-wing shift in reaction to the perceived failure of liberal policies preceding the creation of a more violent Gaza Strip.
How did shakespeare think of all his plays?
Shakespeare got the stories for his plays from books usually, or sometimes older plays he had seen. We imagine that Shakespeare read the story and said "That might be the basis of a good play." He would then add new characters and take out others, and change their names sometimes. Sometimes events which are years apart are shown as happening right after one another. Sometimes Shakespeare added a secondary plot of some kind which might never have been a part of the story before, to make the play more interesting. For example, if you know the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet, the story of Peter Quince's play Pyramus and Thisbe is pretty much the same story as the story in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare's genius was not in thinking up plots, but in taking something like Pyramus and Thisbe and turning it into something like Romeo and Juliet.
What it was happening in England at the time when Shakespeare was alive?
The Spanish Armada (1588), the death of Queen Elizabeth and accession of James I (1603), The Gunpowder Plot (1605).
