THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON SHAKESPEARE LIFE

Abstract

The main objective of my paper is to show the Influence of Social, Political and Religious Perspective on Shakespeare Life . History plays especially from the point of their reliability. This has indicated that Shakespeare selected and reshaped his historical material with specific dramatic skill. He telescoped events to enhance their dramatic impact, and he did it with brilliance. I found also important to concern the question of what genre the history play was meant to be at the time when the Shakespearean histories were first printed and performed in front of the audience as well as how they are described nowadays. It has been  mentioned the typical themes and reasons which lead to the characterization of these plays. My paper would not be complete without the drawing of the situation in Elizabethan England and describing social background connected with important historical events. The paper has focused an attention to the perception of history plays especially in the Renaissance; however, I have also outlined the reception in quite recent history in the introduction to my thesis. It is interesting to see the diverse understanding of the plays; although, in most cases they were performed primarily for political purposes.