Social Flashcards
How did people perceive Elizabeth I was initially?
Unfit for the throne, people doubted she could rule effectively
What is the Madonna-Wh*re complex?
Wherein men can only perceive women as pure maternal figures (e.g., Virgin Mary) or sexual temptresses (e.g., Eve)
What is the Oedipus complex? (Freud)
Wherein a child would have an unconscious sexual desire for parent of opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex (Hamlet with Gertrude and Claudius)
How was Hamlet’s ‘extreme grief’ perceived as?
Malady, to be cured by physicians (not acceptable during the period)
What is humanism?
A movement that focused on the belief that studying classics and other philosophical topics was important for a well rounded education
What is skepticism?
A school of thought founded on doubt that total certainty or definitive knowledge is ever attainable
How was madness perceived during the Elizabethan Era?
Something pitied than feared, those who were considered mad were often retained within the community and care for by those around them
