Preparing to read: the tragedy of julius caesar 884:
1. in twentieth-century u. s. history, what periods of relative stability and
prosperity have followed times of warfare or civil disorder? (a golden age)
2. what might be considered ironic about the source of inspiration for
renaissance artists, philosophers, and scientists? (the renaissance)
3. what might be the positive effects on a country after an event like defeating
the spanish armada? what might be the negative effects?

theatre in elizabethan
england 886:
1. how did the status of actors change during the elizabethan period? what
does this suggest about elizabethan society?
2. from your reading on this page, how might you argue that the theatre in
elizabethan england exercised a democratic influence on society?
3. do you believe that young people today would be able to accept the simple
conventions of an elizabethan production?