Internal Conflict In The Elizabethan Era

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Conflict begins when people don’t understand someone else’s views on life, love, or pretty much anything in general. It gets even deeper when emotions and personal opinions become involved. Recently, I found myself having an internal conflict on a particular lifestyle that I don’t know much on. From this I developed a million questions about people that are the complete opposite of what society approves of. A million thoughts and opinions of an issue that I wasn’t very aware of, but I felt like with this something I connected with. Not because of my own person, but because I have someone in my family who is extremely familiar with this community and lifestyle. Because I’m not very close with this family member, I’ve come to the conclusion that doing …show more content…

During the Elizabethan Era, religion possibly played the most important part in the society’s lives. While religion during this time was going through dramatic back and forths between Protestantism and Catholicism, Shakespeare’s audience was well aware of the bible and conservative beliefs. Back in the United States, traditional drag began to be seen in the late 1800s when broadway star, Julian Etinge, began performing as a girl as early as the age of ten. During this time period, the United States in particular was at a time of paranoia. In an article written by TQS Magazine, “A Brief History of Drag,” it explains the drag culture as a risk to the country, "After the two world wars, under Joseph McCartney, national paranoia in America was rife. Anything deemed ‘subversive’ (communist parties, for example) was also deemed a national risk.." The United States wasn't used to this subculture, thus making it unusual at the time and considered a “subversive” group of individuals. Important events within the world’s history are distinctive in the reaction received from society and the acceptance of the subcultures created

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