In general, Elizabethan as well as Jacobean plays, not only those of Shakespeare, were more or less influenced by the tradition from which they had arisen, by the sources of information on which they were based, and also by the current political situation in which they were written. While scholars have disagreed about the direct influence of Seneca on Elizabethan drama. The Elizabethan era was a time of relative hope and confidence. In the early seventeenth century, however, the national mood seems
"Steam era" in human history represents the most developed industrial era, namely the nineteenth century Victorian England which is the pinnacle of the British Empire era. It filled with luxury, elegance, romance and endless imagination. Industrial gear rumble resounding steam as the primary power source, promotes the rapid development
Livadiotou - U134N0390 Essay No: 2 Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” was written in 1598 or in 1599 and it was firstly performed as a play in 1609. The play is based on three other works; Rosalynde by Thomas Lodge, Old arcadia by Sidney and on Pastoral tradition. As you like it is considered a pastoral comedy. Throughout the play, the idea of women expressing themselves and not being contained within the patriarchal structures is central to plot and theme. Rosalind is the daughter of the exiled Duke Senior
the majority but it is used in institutional context in the form of education and bureaucracy. Unlike the ENL countries, the variety of English they use is deeply rooted in their culture and still having their local history, literature, literary tradition and communicative norms for that they are “Norm- developing”
The distinctiveness of Indian theatrical tradition in the dramatic cultures of the world—its antiquity as well as its aesthetic appeal—is more or less indisputable today. The roots of theatre in India are ancient and deep-seated. Theatrical expression of some kind or the other has been since primitive and mythic times, an integral part of Indian life. Our knowledge about the initial, primitive stage of theatrical activity in India is very meagre. However one can safely say that theatre in India as
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin