How Shakespeare Changed Over Time

Shakespeare's times were a lot different then the times we have now in two thousand and sixteen. There are many ways that times then and times now are different. Shakespeare's plays are so famous that they are still being played to this day. There are little facts that you might not know about this time period. In those days their hygene was very different because they would only bathe like once a year. Also the boys had to dress up as girls for the plays because in their time they gave little rights to women. It is crazy how much the world has changed in 500 years. The world now actually does have some stuff that is simular with Shakespears time.

First, one difference is the way the audience in the theatre behave. From the article A very Motley Crowd it reads " Actually, there were very few public entertainment as the little brutality as did the theatre." This is just saying that the crowds in Shakespeare's time was rowdy. Riots in there were common, it had many fights and excutions in the theatre. The crowd also contained very rich people and very poor people. Unlike the days now, the audience of this time period would throw stuff at the actors if they didn't like the play. They would do that or they would

just spit at the actors. This is unlike the modern world because, the theatre in our times are very calm and inspiring. That is how the audience are different from now and then.

Second, how did Shakespeare get his information?

He got it from history books. From the article History is written by the victors it says " Shakespeare had nothing to help him except the standard history books of his day." Shakespeare had litteraly no help with writing his plays except for useing a standard old history book. That is why a lot of Shakespeares writing was about parts of history. Some stuff in his plays actually happened. If Shakespeare was in our time he would have had a lot easier time getting the information he needed. In our days we have a lot of valuble stuff that would of helped us find information. We could just hurry and look something up on the internet on our Iphone. That is different how they found the information they are

seeking.

Although, there are a few things that are sort of the same. In the plays they always inform the audience were the setting is at in the certain scene. That is like our days because in movies that we watch it sometimes labels on the bottem of the screen were the scene is taking place in the movie. People back then still like the stuff we like now, they like action, romance, and drama. That is the few ways that our day and the day of Shakespeare are the same.

Conclusion, The days of Shakespeare and our day are very different. There is the obvious stuff that the people of Shakespeare didn't have like cars or electricity. But there is a lot more stuff that is similar and different with those days. One thing that you might not know is that the actors for the plays only got a couple of days to rehearse and to memorize their parts in the play. People now days can get months to practice the play they are going to preform. Shakespeare and his time was very different from our times!