WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shakespeare incorporated much of the Renaissance’s new knowledge into his plays, and he often refers to new scientific discoveries of his time, especially discoveries regarding medical and astronomical science. We also find references to Britain’s exploration of new worlds; especially in the play The Tempest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a key figure of the English Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although we think of Shakespeare as quintessentially belonging to the English Renaissance, his world was still largely a medieval one.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. The English Renaissance, the age of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, John Donne, and John Milton, was one of the most brilliant periods in Western literary history for the production of great poetry.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare, the Renaissance Man He was one of the first playwrights to bring the Renaissance’s core values to the theater. Shakespeare embraced the Renaissance in the following ways: Shakespeare updated the simplistic, two-dimensional writing style of pre-Renaissance drama.