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Final Project + Elizabeth An Era and Victorian Age
Final Project + Elizabeth An Era and Victorian Age
Final Project + Elizabeth An Era and Victorian Age
Research Paper
Professor
David Villalobos Betancourt
Student
Randall Alvarado Navarro
II Semester
2009
The Elizabethan Era and the Victorian Age
know and talk it. It has passed different ages, epochs and centuries to become one
right now. Actually, it was spoken by the minority of the people, though. The
plebeians were the ones who spoke this language. On the other hand, the royalty
was the unique that talked French, considering this language more pure and finer
than English.
Moreover, English has influenced many eras and stages of the world. It has
introduced some new words to the lexicon of the people. Consequently, we can
This language has introduced new meanings. Also, there are some important
people that have helped in the process of understanding and learning words
worldwide.
We can mention plenty of important events that have happened in the history
of English language, but the idea of this paper is just to mention tow of them.
Moreover, it can be shown a timeline in which represents some events that have
happened.
source: benortiz.com
talk about an incredible woman that did many important things in England. It is
amazing because it was a hard era in which men governed everything. So, it is
kind of awesome that the “weak sex” could do things in favor of a country. This
Elizabeth was. Elizabeth was a popular Queen, and considered one of the best
loved monarchs, and one of the most admired rulers of all time. She became a
legend in her own existence. She had remarkable abilities and achievements.
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
throne on November, 17th 1558. Furthermore, she was crowned Queen on Sunday
15th January 1559. In the months that followed, the new Queen re-established the
of all, it was considered and called the Golden Age in English history. By this age,
the Renaissance was the most relevant of the events that were happening. In
addition, this era was important because in this era, many of the poetry, music and
literature came out. Musicians were called Waitz, which played instruments like
fiddles, lutes, recorders, and small percussion instruments. On the other hand, this
era gave to the world one of the most important and well-known writers: William
Shakespeare.
During the period of the Elizabethan Age, it existed a long period of peace
among the countries, mainly the battles between Protestant and Catholics and the
Additionally, this age brought to English new words that started using since
Word Appearing
gardens (in gardening (art and science) This awakening took especially firm root
in Elizabethan England, which notably
developed the idea that gardens were
for enjoyment and delight
theatre These conditions improved
considerably during Elizabeth’s reign,
(in Western theatre (art): Elizabethan
when, in 1574, regular weekday
theatre)
performances were legitimized and
when, in 1576, the first playhouse was
built, by James Burbage.
soliloquy (in soliloquy (drama)) ...convention, especially in the theatre
of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries
Source: www.britannica.com
Elizabethan Age:
‘gong’. The Elizabethan word ‘gong’ meant dung. The men whose job was to
empty and dispose of the waste from the privies (toilets) were called ‘Gong
Farmers’!
The “j” was usually used as the capital form of the letter “i” in the
Elizabethan alphabet
The letter “u” was used only in the middle of a word, and the “v” was used at
the beginning!
Another letter which resembled a “y” was used to represent the “th” sound.
The word “the” was therefore written in a similar way as “ye” would in the modern
day
Numbers were frequently written in lower case Roman numerals, with the
Source: www.elizabethan-era.org.
relevant in the English development. It brought new points of view, new writing
genres and also, new artists. Novels became popular by this era.
Victorian Literature was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-
1901). In this era, most writers were now more concerned to meet the tastes of a
large middle class reading public than to please aristocratic patrons. In here, we
can mention some of the most significant writers: The Bronte sisters, Thomas
Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Christina Rossetti.
Victorian literature is characterized by a strong sense of morality, and it frequently
Queen Victoria
Picture borrowed from victorian.fortunecity.com
In this era, most of the novels and poems have a special characteristic. They were
written in a kind of dark side. They author mentioned the death constantly. They
referred to spiritual things too. They also referred to some experiences and some
of the events that were happening at this time. There is an example of a poem
The Bookworm
Source: www.victorianweb.org
As we can see, this poem has a dark point of view, with some black
metaphors that can confuse the readers. Even though, Victorian Literature is so
interesting and exciting because some of them have fantastic features that can
death people. Also, this kind of literature is a good representation of the culture that
people had in the period and it also showed all the problematic they had to face.
Consequently, if we see at the past, we can notice that English language has
changed a lot. Thanks to the eras or ages mentioned before, English has
increased because both ages have given to the language new words, meanings,
word order and some grammatical features that we are using now.
huge work because there are many information about everything: religion, politics,