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    and rights of women in the Elizabethan Era are a lot different than what we are used to. A woman’s main purpose in Shakespeare’s time was to give birth to children. However‚ the roles in the house was based off one’s wealth. If one was fortunate enough to be rich and have slaves‚ they could pursue a profession in literature. In this era women were not allowed to work in any profession other than literature. Additionally‚ in Taming of the Shrew ( a

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    The age of the actor has long gone: we are now in the age of stage effects’ We have moved towards more modernised performances‚ but this does not necessarily mean ‘the age of the actor has long gone.’ It means audience members now expect more from the performance‚ rather than just rely on the actor as they did in Elizabethan times. Still in our 21st century‚ we would not like to go to a play whereby the actors are poor at acting likewise an Elizabethan audience would not like that either. The

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    era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era. The Encyclopædia Britannica still maintains that "The long reign of Elizabeth I‚ 1558-1603‚ was England’s Golden Age...’Merry England‚’ in love with life‚ expressed itself in music and literature‚ in architecture‚ and in adventurous seafaring."[1] This idealising tendency was shared by Britain and an Anglophilic America. (In popular culture‚ the image of those adventurous Elizabethan seafarers was embodied in the films of Errol Flynn

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    3.4 Types of Actors Figure 3.2 Types of Actors and Some Current Actors Who Fit Each Category Impersonators Dustin Hoffman brings Lenny Bruce to life. The performance is so convincing and Lenny so gritty that today’s audiences may think they are seeing Lenny Bruce himself.Photo by Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/courtesy Everett Collection The term impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world‚ suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner‚ dialect‚ and behavior of a character

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    During the Elizabethan times the way they cooked‚ served‚ and handled their food was very different from ours. They didn’t have as many cooking tools but the did have much simpler ones to use when necessary. If you saw someone cooking the way they did during their time you would tend to find it a little strange but quite delicious for upper class. Usually during their time they would use:“spit roasting‚ baking‚ boiling‚ smoking‚ salting or thru frying”(www.http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com)

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    ARE ACTORS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES OVERPAID? I am a huge fan of the entertainment industry. I believe it takes a lot of skill and tact to do what they do and I also strongly know that professional actors and athletes are not overpaid. My reasons are: Firstly‚ there are certain roles actors and actresses play in movies depending on the genre of such movies. For instance‚ if an actor or an actress is having a play a sexual role‚ he or she will have to be paid a large sum of money because

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    Era. There was a law about the colors people would wear on their clothes and the type of clothing and everyone was allowed to wear there own clothing. The law was called “Statutes of Apparel”. The idea was to restrain on the people’s clothing. “Elizabethan” was a part of a big social order. Since that era no one has weared that kind of clothing just for plays or parties. Girls now wear so much make up and buy fancy shoes and guys don’t wear socks on there shoes.. People would think they look ridiculous

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    with his own humous self-deprecating language .there is a sentence that people used to describe him “brain is new sexy” Once you realized how gorgeous he is .I do believe whatever role he play it doesn’t matter because he also happens to be a good actor. Benedict always act genius ‚like Steven Hawking‚SH‚Khan‚Vincent Van gogh. Each role he acted makes spectator wants to explore the story behind . I was willing to read the modern classic to know about things i never had interested in. Most of his

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    had the two disk collectors edition so there was plenty of documentaries and special features so I could watch how the movie was made‚ from how the did the stunts to the actors audition and then how the actors prepared for the role. At that point in time I decided thats what I want to do when I got older‚ I wanted to be an actor. From then on I started watching movies every chance I could‚ I would watch the movie then I would watch how they made it and then i would watch the movie again but this

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    The Elizabethan Era’s Effect on Shakespeare’s Works If every playwright in Shakespeare’s time aspired‚ as he did‚ to paint a portrait of an age in their works‚ his would have been the Mona Lisa‚ leaving the most lasting impression on generations to come and at the same time‚ one of the world’s most baffling mysteries. Surely it is no coincidence that the world’s most celebrated dramatist would’ve lived during the time when one of the world’s most powerful rulers in history reigned. Or was it?

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