My Paper English Renaissance

1. Shakespeare

1.1. Romeo and Juliet

1.2. Macbeth

2. Spenser

2.1. The Faerie Queene

2.2. Amoretti and Epithalamion

3. Sidney

3.1. Astrophel and Stella

4. Marlowe

4.1. Tamburlaine the Great

4.1.1. Rhetoric

4.2. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

4.2.1. Religious Motivations

4.2.2. Pride

5. Themes

5.1. Petrarch

5.2. The Sun

5.3. Day vs Night

6. Dramatic conflicts

7. Love

7.1. Man and Woman

7.2. Man and Man / Woman and Woman

7.3. Mother and Son / Father and Daughter

7.4. Families

7.5. Differences to Love Today

7.5.1. Expectations

7.5.2. Expressions

7.5.3. Society

7.6. Love vs Desire

8. Society

8.1. Class

8.1.1. Barriers for Love

8.1.2. Socioeconomic Status

8.2. Roles

8.3. Gender

8.3.1. The Role of the Mother

8.3.2. Virginity

9. Stereotypes

10. Style

10.1. Influences by Other Authors

11. Symbolism

12. A Comparison

12.1. Between styles

12.2. Between two works of the same author

12.3. Between multiple authors

12.3.1. Common topic / genre