Answer:
The characteristics of the time period Shakespeare was writing are:
- Shakespeare's time period was a period of great literary creativity and prolific writing.
- Romance dominated all types of literature including drama and plays that were very important during this time.
- Shakespeare's time period was a time of great experimentation that resulted in wonderful new discoveries and often failures. Science, theology, and the geography were topics of poetry and literature in general at the time.
- Literature in Shakespeare's time period was heavily influenced by that of Italy, and to a lesser extent by that of Spain and France.
- Authors during this era came from all the different social classes, from distinguished noble people to commoners, but invariably all of them were male.
Step-by-step explanation:
The time period in which Shakespeare was writing is called the Elizabethan Age. This was time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the time of Shakespeare.
The Elizabethan Age was characterized by the thriving of the arts, especially literary arts, a renewed spirit of adventure and a renewed attention to older sources of knowledge.