Social Studies task                                                                                                                                        Francis Tobias, 9.4                                           

Elizabeth Society,

The Elizabethan er reigned from 1558 to around the year 1603. This period was associated with Queen Elizabeth. It is said that this was the period of the Golden age, in English History. This was the outbursrt of Enligh poetry and literature. This was when the Elizabethan theatre flowered and the outsounding Plays of William Shakespeare and many other poets made a mark in English History. This period was the exploration and expantion of English poetry, literature and plays.

Romeo and Juliet,

Romeo and Juliet is based upon a love story. It was first based by an Itlain tale, ” The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562″. Which then wasrenditioned by a well known poet and play composer, William Shakespeare. This was when the play sprung to life, calling it “Romeo and Juliet”. This play was one of the landmarks in the career of William Shakespeare.

The love story Romeo and Juliet is  story of 2 people, Romeo and Juliet, catching each other’s eyes and dall deeply in love. It is Brought to thier intention that they are both engaged. On the Wedding day of Juliet, she dinks a poisen that makes her fall to sleep. In doing this she hopes that everyone at the wedding is to believe that she is dead, so that she would be shipped away to be with Romeo. Romeo is told about this sad tragedy and kills Juliet’’s fiance, believing that he was the cause of her death. Romeo cant stand to live with his Juliet so he kills himself elaving a scar on everyones heart. Juliet is soon to wake up where she finds Romeo had been deceased. Juliet is heart broken where she also takes her own life. Juliet couldn’t stand being with out Romeo.

The Globe Theatre,

The Globe theatre was a home for alot of William Shakespeare’s plays. It was a theatre in London and was well associated with William Shakespeare. The reason why is beacause it is the place where William Shakespeare performed most of his plays. The Globe Theatre was built by William Shakespears’s play company (The Lord Chamberlain’s Men) and was finalised in the year 1599. It was later destroyed in the year 1613, June 29. It was cause bya fire. Another Globe Theatre was rebuilr up on the same site as the previous one in June and close down in the year 1642. In memory of William Shakespeare, a modern more suffisticated globe theatre was built 230 metres away from the orginal Globe Theatre that was built in the year 1599. It opened in the year 1997 and was named Shakespeare’s Globe.

Relevance & palys to the 21ist century,

Most of William Shaspeare’s plays have a big relevance to todays societ. Not just William Shakespeare’s but many other poets have done relative plays. The only difference would be the language and and technology used back in there days.

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