Elizabethan Era

1
Elizabethan Era

• Women in Shakespeare Course

2
Othello

• Set between 1489 and 1571
• This is a very BIG stretch of time.
• Italy (Several of Shakespeares plays)
• Coincides with Elizabethan Era

3
Why Italy?

• The Italian Rennascaince is the most prevelent
  and well known one.
• Wars between Venice and Turkey
• Othello is a General.

4
Elizabeth Elizabeth!

• Elizabeth 1
• Elizabethan Era-
• 1533-1603
• -Renaissance
• -Great exploration time

5
Women!

• Were considered inferior to men
• Fathers looked after daughters until they became
  wives, and if they couldnt be a wife a male
  relative would watch over them.
• Women were to be housewives and Mothers.
• Were educated at this time, but no law, Medicine,
  or political jobs.

6
Sources

• Elizabethan Women." Queen Elizabeth I
  (1533-1603). Web. 04 May 2010. lthttp//www.elizabe
  thi.org/us/women/gt
•  "Othello." Free Study Guides for Shakespeare and
  Other Authors. Web. 04 May 2010.
  lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xOthello.htmlgt
  .
•  "Queen Elizabeth I Timeline." History Timelines.
  Web. 04 May 2010. lthttp//www.history-timelines.or
  g.uk/people-timelines/06-queen-elizabeth-i-timelin
  e.htmgt.