... to know the world and man’s nature. On the basis of both the ancient culture and the most progressive elements of the culture of the Middle Ages the fine arts, literature and science of the Renaissance ... develop. The culture of the Renaissance was, in fact, the first stage of bourgeois culture. The bourgeoisie as a class was being born and, as Engel said, the men whofounded the modern rule of the ... many themes areintertwined – themes that are essential to the development of the play. The issue of death and disease, both physical and emotional is very prevalentthroughout the duration of the...