Anthony Boyle

Daniela Castellazzo

The biography of Elizabeth I, Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. From an early age she was psychologically marked by her father’s wish to have a son, heir to the throne.
 Under her reign England enjoyed a period of great splendour: it established itself as a naval power, laying the foundations of the future British Empire, it developed trade and economy and lived an age which, for its art and culture, was defined the Golden Century with authors such as Edmund Spenser, Ben Johnson, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
 A stimulating reader that also offers information and in-depth analysis of the period. 
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Transcripts - Summing-up Activities
 
 La biografia di Elizabeth I, regina d’Inghilterra dal 1558 al 1603. Figlia di Enrico VIII e della sua seconda moglie Anna Bolena, fu segnata psicologicamente sin da piccola dal desiderio del padre di avere un figlio maschio erede al trono.
 Sotto di lei l’Inghilterra conobbe un momento di grande splendore: si affermò come potenza navale, gettando le fondamenta del futuro impero britannico, sviluppò l’economia e i commerci e visse quello che per l’arte e la cultura fu definito il Secolo d’Oro, con autori come Edmund Spenser, Ben Johnson, Christopher Marlowe e William Shakespeare.
 Una stimolante lettura che offre approfondimenti, conoscenze e curiosità sul periodo.

Chapter 1 – The Lady Elizabeth

Extension: Elizabeth’s Christening

Chapter 2 – Bess' troubled teens

Extension: Women in Elizabethan Times

Chapter 3 – The Virgin Queen

Extension: Elizabethan Literature

Chapter 4 – The heart of a King

Extension: Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs

Chapter 5 – Death of a legend

Extension: Screen Queens

Summing-up activities

Glossary

Which breaks the clouds and opens forth15 the light, That both doth16 shine and give us sight to see. O take fast hold; let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heav n, and comes of heav nly breath. Then farewell, world; thy uttermost17 I see: Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me. In addition to his dramatic gifts, William Shakespeare was a master of the sonnet. However, in the sonnet that follows, he was also responding to what we might call an epidemic of sonnet writing that had turned the form into a vehicle to express what was insincerely felt. Shakespeare s poem discards18 the inflated rhetoric and the heated passions of many sonnet writers to develop a more convincing attitude. Sonnet 130 My mistress  eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips  red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun19; If hairs be wires20, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask d, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks21. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied22 with false compare23. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. forth: towards. doth: do. uttermost: maximum, best. discards: rejects. dun: greyish white. Edmund Spencer 20. 21. 22. 23. Philip Sydney 64 wire: stiff strand. reeks: smells. belied: gave a false idea of. compare: comparison. William Shakespeare 

4  The Heart of a King Chapter BEFORE READING 1 These are among the most famous portraits of Elizabeth. Try to identify each title by reading the captions given below in jumbled order. 1 2 3 4 5 6 65 

Elizabeth I, regina d'Inghilterra (1558-1603), figlia di Enrico VIII e Anna Bolena, segnò un'epoca di splendore, facendo dell'Inghilterra una potenza

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