Studied by 0 peopleuk renaissance
1485-1603
Tudor dynasty
ended when elizabeth I died in 1603
Henry VII ended the wars of roses
he created the tudor rose = english floral emblem
wars of roses 1455-1485
dynastic civil wars between the houses of lancaster and york for the throne
new way of thinking
less god centred, carpe diem, start universities, classics re-birth
change in drama
from morality and miracle plays to worldly topics for entertainment
William Shakespear plays
tragic hero, good against evil, hamartia, catharsis
hamartia
fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero
Christopher Marlowe
D.Faustus - represents renaissance spirit
shakespearean plays
histories - have names of english kings, komedies, tragedies
shakespearean sonnet
14 lines, rhyming pattern, 3 quatraines + couplet, often turn towards end, love
quatrain
bit of 4 lines
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