Paper 2

Below you will find what I have for my exam draft day, I plan on expanding more on my argument but would like to have my enthymeme approved before going in depth. For now though, I am looking for suggestions on the enthymeme and literary/historical examples other than what I already have. Also, I am a little confused on the Tudor/Stuart eras. I went off of the dates published and the order we went over them in the lectures; but, I am not 100% that what I have is accurate. Thank you for suggestions in advance.

Enthymeme:

Queen Elizabeth and her reign inspired awe and reverence from writers in both the Tudor and Stuart eras because her monarchy symbolized a golden age for England amidst religious and political turmoil as well as overwhelming natural disasters.

Examples:

Tudor:

The Fairie Queene- Spenser

Elizabeth’s Speech to Troops at Tillbury

Elizabeth and Raleigh’s Exchange of Poetry

Stuart:

Blazing World- Cavendish

Penshurst- Jonson

Presentation:

Faith and Conflict

Intro in Norton:

Intro to 17^th century: Assassination plot, civil war, plagues, fire, loss of monarch, reformation

 

Outline:

1.      Prior to Elizabethan period

a.       Confusing time for England

                                                              i.      Henry the 8^th

b.      Religious time for England: Catholicism or Anglican Church (Faith and Conflict)

c.       Peace

d.      Brought a golden age and stabilized England

 

2.      During Elizabethan rule

a.       First woman ruler

b.      Commanded authority (Tillbury)

c.       Virgin Queen (Poetry Exchange)

d.      “Utopia” (Fairie Queene)

e.       Stability to England

3.      After Elizabethan Rule

a.       “Utopia” lost (Blazing World)

b.      Writers reference “the good old days” (Penshurst)

c.       Civil unrest

d.      Mass Confusion

4.      Reasons for civil unrest

a.       Assassination plot

b.      Civil war

c.       Plagues

d.      Fires

e.       Los of Monarch, and reformation