Shakespeare and the Elizabethan world view

ich hab ein handout von meiner klassenkameradin mit folgenden notizen allgemein:

Elizabethan time – “The Golden Age”

named after greatest Queen of England “Queen Elizabeth 1st “
famous for great explorers, development of politic, religion, crime & punishment
(-> Heinrich XIII.)

first theatres : William Shakespeare, The Globe theatre
theatre: new form of entertainment (in great demand)
at first: mystery plays : biblical scenes
then: miracle plays : life of saints
morality plays : e.g.
Macbeth
-> virtue vs. vice -> death, goodness, knowledge, sin presented as persons
actors became superstars, Shakespeare very popular
Lords Chamberlain men helped building the Globe in 1599
has a round shape, capacity of 1500+, scenery made of imagination

Elizabethan World view: hierarchy
-> people believed in well-structured system of order
-> The “Great chain of being”, The “Great ladder”:
1. God -> highest position
2. angels
3. humans (kings higher than paupers)
4. animals (ox higher than a cat)
5. plants
6. lifeless things (stone, metals)
-> subordination of man to natures order
-> man had to obey civil laws which are based on laws of nature, which
are subordinated to gods eternal law