briefly discussed some major aspects of that era with a clue to Shakespeare

2.  1550-1660
 Elizabethan Age or The Age of
Shakespeare
 Ruled by The Royal Family Monarchy
 Golden Age
 Renaissance ~ French origin- Rebirth
 Literature, Art and Intellectual development

3.  Medieval Events :
 Urbanization
 Growing literacy
 Decline in church’s power

4. Humanism
Secularism
Individualism
Nationalism

5.  Printing press
 Gutenberg 1517
 Availability of books
 Spread of Literature
 Communication revolution

6.  Greatest playwright, poet and actor
 154 sonnets
 Wrote versatile plays-romance, tragedy,
comedy and history plays
 Compared with Christopher Marlowe
 Not a university wit

7.  Revenge play
 A hero and perfect Renaissance
prince
 Character with weak judgment
skill