Elizabethan pastimes games

Fencing was another sport during the Elizabethan era. Again, it is mainly for the upperclass and nobility to enjoy. Fencers trained and practiced for years in order to become skilled at this sport, and the weapons and swords used to fight vary in many shapes, sizes, and weights. The most common theater is the Globe. It only costs one penny, and another one for a seat. Religious festivals were celebrated in the form of feasts which is a a large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by court entertainment.

People used to enjoy dances , plays and tournaments. In the Elizabethan era hunting was not for food, but for entertainment and as a sport. Hunting was designed specifically for the rich people. Professional wrestling and boxing today, do not come close to the disgusting horrors that the people of Rome took so much pleasure in observing. Although the games were very bloody and extremely brutal, often killing many men and animals, the Romans enjoyed the scenery of life and death being very near.

In addition to the glamorous decorations, there was also an abundance of food and alcohol. While many people enjoyed the glamorous party, no one stuck around to clean up the damages. The servants did not receive equal treatment as the guests since they were only there to make sure the guests remained happy. As humans it is in our nature to like violent plays, stories, sports or hobbies. Some cultures include violent celebrations like bullfighting in Spain; others enjoy violence in the form of sports like boxing and wrestling.

In the past there was limited forms of entertainment, In Rome they had gladiators fight man-eating lions and in England they had fox hunting. Shakespeare used this love of violence to create masterpiece play, which were wither comedies and tragedies, both where just as gripping and gory as each other. Everywhere we look there are stories of arguments and fighting that seem too far-fetched to be true.

One of the great appeals of this story is that everyone can relate to the situation to various extents. Fighting goes on in the world everyday whether it be between groups of friends or family or even between countries. The persistence and desperation shown by Romeo and Juliet to be with each other keeps audiences enthralled and wanting to watch on.

So far the Globe is the truly a recreation of how it looked based on the evidence used. In conclusion, the Globe Theater, which came to be how it is today after being reconstructed three times, never lost its fame.

He produced the most sophisticated and entertaining plays of his time and this is why the Globe is so famous due to his presence. In Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare has used a number of techniques to capture the audiences attention. He has used a number of genres including Comedy, Violence and Action and Romance and Sex to grab the audience's attention and to make it appealing to different types of people from groundlings to Royalty.

The variety of characters would add more interest as each character was unique. Dialogue and poetic language make it more appealing and creates tension and suspense. The time period is named after Queen Elizabeth I who ruled England during this time. If they didn't like the play , the audience threw them at the actors!

This is where our idea of throwing tomatoes comes from — but ' love -apples', as they were known, come from South America and they weren't a common food at the time. The groundlings were also called 'stinkards' in the summer — for obvious reasons! Queen Elizabeth I was said to be a bear -baiting fan, and once organized an exhibition for the visiting French ambassador. For the most part, they used handkerchiefs soaked in animal blood to indicate a mortal wound. More ambitious troupes would fill a sheep or ox's bladder with blood and hide it underneath the actor's clothes so that when he got stabbed , it'd spurt blood everywhere.

Many turned to small crime, such as begging, picking pockets, and prostitution, simply to avoid starvation. There was little help for the sick, elderly, and orphans. The life expectancy, or average life span, of an Elizabethan was only 42 years, but it was much lower among the urban poor. The kinds of food eaten depended very much on wealth and status. Poor people, in general, had humble and unvaried diets, whereas the rich of Elizabethan England ate well.

They enjoyed all kinds of meat , including beef , pork, lamb, mutton, bacon, veal , and deer, and fancy fowl such as peacock, swan, and goose. Many Elizabethans believed that their crops rose or rotted according to the disposition of the sun, moon, and the rain.

Elizabethans were such great believers of the stars and planets that their daily lives are very dependent on the skies. Bull baiting had been introduced to England during the Medieval period of the 's - nearly every town in Elizabethan England boasted a Bull and Bear baiting ring. Seen as a great sporting and gambling event it was patronised by all classes of Elizabethans including the Queen, courtiers and foreign ambassadors.