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Dear Luke,
My best advice for finding Elizabethan violence is
to hit the books, flyboy! There's plenty of action in history.
However, if you are working on a report specifically about
Shakespearean plays and violence, check out Titus Andronicus
and Richard III, two of my favorite Elizabethan kill everyone
in as gross a manner as possible plays.
All I can tell you about Elizabethan violence is that if
you are a traitor in the 1500s, pray that you have to deal
with Governor Tarkin or that they just decapitate you...a
favorite form of death was by being drawn and quartered, that's
where they take out your innards before they hang you or drag
you behind horses. And everyone in the city is invited to
watch.
May the Force be with you!
Love, with sisterly affection,
LeiaPosted by Laurie Richards on April 21, 1997 at 14:31:15
In Reply to "I am looking for web pages pertaining to violence in the elisibethian era! " posted by Luke Skywalker on April 15, 1997 at 10:55:22
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