midsummer nights dream related to elizabethab period
In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (MSND), the title itself has already portrays one of the occasions during Elizabethan period. ... The midsummer moon was the lunar month in which Midsummer Day comes and the moon was thought to have an influence on madness. ... It is also a time when young single woman would go to the wood and pluck leaves called ‘midsummer men’. ... Midsummer also associated with magic, enchantment, fairies, and evil spirits. On the Midsummer Eve, the people will go out to the wood, gathering flowers or herbs. ... The people believe these fairies during Elizabethan period as tiny, small, delicate and fragile creatures. ... Besides the Midsummer celebration, the Elizabethans celebrate Valentine’s Day on 14th of February every year. ... I also like to highlight that the atmosphere of the Greek and Roman myths period influenced the literature during the Elizabethan era. ... And sat with me on Neptune’s yellow sands Marking th’embarked traders on the flood… The next aspect in MSND that referred to the Elizabethan period is that man is the supreme leader or even as a king in the family. ... Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires, Know of your youth, examine well your blood, You can endure the livery of a nun… Although during the Elizabethan period, the king was a woman, who was the Queen Elizabeth I, her people still recognized her as the messenger from the God and it was her responsibilities to rule the country and the people fairly. ... (Children Britannica Encyclopaedia, 1978) In Elizabethan period, the people were divided into two social classes, the aristocrats (or nobility) and everyone else. ... During the Elizabethan period, theatre was the most favourite entertainment. ... During the Elizabethan period, there were some rich men who owned his own theatre company like the one called The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. ... From my personal view, the Elizabethan period was the peak of English Literature.