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Elizabethan Era
Love and Marriage
Women Responsibilities
Women in Shakespeare's Plays
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What year did the Elizabethan Age begin?
1558-1603
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Why did families choose who their daughter should marry?
To make an alliance with another wealthy family.
100
Did men stay home and help their wife work?
No, the women worked at home alone while others were out.
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Were women allowed to act in a play?
No. Women did not have the right to act, it was only men.
200
Who was the Elizabethan Age named after?
Queen Elizabeth I.
200
What did brides traditionally wear? (colors and accessories)
They were brownish pink dresses made of cotton or wool. Brides also wore flowers in their hair and a necklace.
200
What were some of the chores women had to do in Shakepeare's era? Name at least 3.
-cooking, cleaning the house, sewing, weaving, and making sure their husband was satisfied
200
Who would play a woman's role in a Shakespeare play?
Usually young boys would because they didn't have a deep voice and they weren't as large as men.
300
What new people or hobbies did the Elizabethan era produce?
explorers, artists, musicians, playwrights, writers, poets.
300
How could a woman get out of a marriage?
They usually couldn't because there was no such thing as a divorce, but they could run away.
300
How does society view women today that is different from the Elizabethan Age?
Today women are viewed as equals to men and they have high powered jobs.
300
In Shakespeare's plays, did the name of the female character come first in the title or after the male?
The female name was always second to the male's. (ex. Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra)
400
Name two people who became famous poets, artists, or explorers in the Elizabethan Age?
playwrights: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe composers: William Byrd and John Dowland artists: George Gower, Nicholas Hilliard explorers: Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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If a women left their husband and traveled on their own, would their family help them live and take them in?
If a woman did leave her spouse she would get little sympathy from anyone including her own family.
400
Were lower classes told to get an education or were they taught how to serve their future husbands?
They were taught to serve their future husbands.
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Name one of Shakespeare's plays where a woman was an important character.
Romeo and Juliet; Antony and Cleopatra; Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet