Renaissance Family Values and Their Significance to As You Like It
When I began my research for this paper, I did not have a good understanding of the term "Renaissance". Therefore, I thought that it was a good idea to clarify on this before I tried to learn about what family life was like at that time, and I also thought it might be interesting to look at Shakespeare's family.
The word "Renaissance" means rebirth and refers to the 15th Century, between the years 1350 and 1600 (Greene Malvasi, par. 1). At this time, there were many changes being undergone, and one of the most important changes was the reappearance of cities, which influenced many aspects of life, including the structure of the family (Greene Malvasi, par. 1).
William Shakespeare was born in 1564, and was one of eight children. William's father was a glove-maker, who also held a number of public offices, ranging from Borough Ale-Taster to alderman to bailiff, the highest public office in Stratford ("Shakespeare's Family", par. 1). His mother was born Mary Arden, who was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner of a lesser aristocratic family ("Shakespeare's Family", par. 3). Interestingly, the family gave its name to the nearby Forest of Arden, which turns up in As You Like It ("Shakespeare's Family", par. 3).
Shakespeare's mother, being of a lower aristocratic family, and marrying into a higher family was common practice for marriages in the Renaissance. With parental permission, boys could legally wed at 14, and girls at 12, but it was not recommended at such a young age ("Marriage and Family", par. 1). This does sound like a young age. But in Renaissance Italy, children did not automatically become adults upon re...
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In 1958, 29 districts were marked as a comprehensive redevelopment scheme. People were moved out; the tenements were knocked down and new buildings were built on top of the demolished buildings. In many parts where the old tenements were knocked down, multi-storey flats at between 8-30 storeys high were built. The newly build flats were the highest in Britain.[IMAGE]
Without Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, life would be different. Theodore Roosevelt made the Navy more powerful. George Washington earned America their independence from England. “Honest Abe” Lincoln freed all slaves and encouraged people to treat each other equally. If these imperative men had not existed, America, for sure, would not be what it is now.
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In the year 1789, was the beginning of a great country. On that year, George Washington became the first president of this nation. Washington alone has created multiple precedents that has become common practice used today. This nation has not been created alone by one man, but rather seven others. These key individuals were later identified as the Founding Fathers. There are too many things to list what each Father did, but what I can do is talk about three great members that made a memorable change in the beginning of our nation. George Washington, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton are three people who have made the most remarkable additions made to our new country. As a result, these three Founding Fathers contributed the foundation of the United States of America.
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Have you ever had a dream of moving outside the city and living with your wife, husband or kids with about an acre of land. Well if your dream becomes reality, than you are participating in Urban Sprawl. Urban Sprawl is the expanding of a city over its rural land with single-family homes in low-density neighborhoods. Low-density neighborhoods, with no transportation options are increasing energy costs. My cure is multiple story housing inside the city. Urban Sprawl is negative, because it causes bad health and environmental effects on society.
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According to Carnegie's Community Action project in Woodward’s Arena in 1995, there were alot of of low-income businesses, restaurants, abandoned, closed and vacant places. Due to the low-income a lot of businesses wasn’t making enough money so the restaurants were being shut down. (Doc.A) However, being in a low-income neighborhood the less fortunate had places to live and was somewhat happy. In 2012, there were still some low-income housing but majority of them were closed down. Due to majority of the low-income housing being closed the area was satisfying for the people that was more wealthy and financially stable.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the formation of urban sprawl including its impacts on people and to explore efficient alternatives. Urban sprawl is a common problem that the world is currently facing in the process of urbanization. The North America urban sprawl that began from 1950s has been regarded as an illness of urban developments. With the purpose of drawing lessons and enlightens to a sustainable urban planning, this paper tries to analyze social and economic reasons that have been the motivation of North American urban sprawl. And interpret the causes and effects of urban sprawl, and what can we take to mitigate this phenomenon? Secondly, the paper introduces the most famous new planning movements such as Sustainable Development, Smart Growth, New Urbanism and so on. Finally, based on above observation, the paper proposes that lessons should be drawn from North American’s mistakes and not follows them. Furthermore, the paper probes into several problems in seeking a proper urban space model and policy on the process of urbanization. We must alert urban sprawl and keep on exploring sustainable urban governance policy and pay attention to induct the public opinion on consumption and culture in finding for the mechanism of structural innovation. We should commit to build sustainable transport system to reduce the consumption of automobiles. We should promote multi-intensive model of land use in urban exploration.
Women in Verona during the time of the Renaissance had a completely different place in society than the men did. Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse were the only female characters in the play, but were able to illustrate the roles that all women had during that time period. All women during the Renaissance time, based on the characters of Romeo and Juliet matured more quickly then women do today, played a subservient role in society, and played the role of an object to possess. Their roles show that they were powerless compared to men, but still had an important role in society. Women have gained significant control and influence since Romeo and Juliet was written, but unfortunately there are still many cases around the world where women are secondary to men.
The feminism of Shakespeare’s time is still largely unrecognized. Drama from the 1590’s to the mid-1600’s is feminist in sympathy. The author
During the Elizabethan era, women were supposed to be typical housewives and mothers that bore children every two years (Thomas). In contrast, although Shakespeare’s women knew their place, they were intelligent and surprisingly strong willed.
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