The golden age and the

English renaissance
the English renaissance happened in the golden age
so they are related to each other.
The Golden Age was the period of time during
which the world was controlled by Cronus after the
war of the titans with their father Ouranos. Cronos
had named it such, since relative peace enveloped
the world, and mankind was happy. In reality,
mankind was ignorant, and subject to the Titans'
wills, and Cronos had absolute control over the
Earth. This age ended with the start of the Great War
between Titans and Gods.
The Golden age as described by Hesiod was an age
where all humans were created directly by the
Olympian gods. They did not have women in their
ranks, and could not reproduce. They lived long
lives in peace and harmony, and were oblivious of
death. The "Golden race" were however mortals, but
would die peacefully and in their sleep unmarked by
sickness and age. Ovid emphasizes the justice and
peace that defined the Golden Age. He described it
as a time before man learned the art of navigation,
and as a pre-agricultural society. The idea of a
Golden age lingered in literature and historical
understanding throughout the Greek and Roman
periods. It was partly replaced by the Christian Six
Ages of the World based on the biblical chronology
in the early Middle Ages.

Renaissance means rebirth (something will be born

again).
The Italian renaissance happened before the English
renaissance and the sonnets got popular in this
time. William was very inspired by the sonnets so
he started to create her characteristics. The sonnets
are formed of three quatrians and one couplet.
There is a shift in ideas between the quatrians. In
this time, they write about love stories so we will
find a love story in the tempest. The English
Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in
England from the early 16th century to the early
17th century. It is associated with the pan-
European Renaissance that is usually regarded as
beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. As in
most of the rest of northern Europe, England saw
little of these developments until more than a
century later. Renaissance style and ideas, however,
were slow to penetrate England, and the Elizabethan
era in the second half of the 16th century is usually
regarded as the height of the English Renaissance.