Research Guidelines Directions: You will research and write an individual response about one aspect of Shakespearean times culture. Choose one of the following topics to research. Once you have found enough facts (2-3), write a 250-word response summarizing what you found. In your response, be sure to consider the questions asked under your topic.
1. Fashion/Beauty Standards: Every society creates their own set of arbitrary beauty standards. What was once considered beautiful or high fashion is often contradictory to what is valued today. Look up more about Elizabethan fashion and beauty standards and contrast them with what is popular today. Why do you think these standards change so often and often so drastically?