Anne Bancroft

Robert Bolt’s “A Man for All Seasons” portrays the lives of people in the 16th Century, which was characterized and influenced by unprecedented social changes. Revolution was practically in every aspect of life, including economy, politics, and religion. In fact, the begining of religious reform was associated with social and political changes. The society depicted in Bolt’s play is ruled by King Henry VIII who, in order to be able to legally divorce his wife, Queen Catherine, wishes to remove…

In The Scarlet Letter, the Puritans had a judgmental view of the townspeople, and their actions. Hester Prynne and her husband Roger Chillingsworth lived a dull grey lifestyle, and as far as everyone knew, were just like every other person in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hester Prynne was an ordinary seamstress who lived an uneventful life, and did not do anything out of the ordinary. Most of the people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony would live their normal lives and live day by day not…

Monkey Selfies: Questioning Copyright Laws and Constitutional Applications Last week, American animal rights organization the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, more commonly known as PETA, filed a novel lawsuit in San Francisco’s Federal Court on behalf of a macaque monkey for the copyright ownership over “selfies” it took dating back to 2011. The suit requests a court order to give PETA allowance to administer proceeds from the photos to benefit the monkey and the macaque reserve to…

Now that Thomas Cromwell was Henry the VIII’s right-hand man, it was his duty to follow through with Henry’s plan to detach religiously from Rome. This was the ideal opportunity for Cromwell to prove that not only was he loyal to Henry and what he wanted, but that he was also capable of going beyond even what Wolsey had achieved. Fortunately, Cromwell recognized the power of the people in Parliament, and planned to use that power to his advantage in securing the strength of Henry’s overall…

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 and was set in a Puritan society in the colonial age. The story explores the ideas of truth, sin, guilt, hypocrisy, and social stigmatizing by interactions between Hester, her Scarlet Letter, Chillingworth, Dimmesdale, and the Puritan Society. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote this due to his background history with his Puritan ancestors, financial problems, and disdain for Transcendentalism ideology. Nathaniel’s background as a Puritan…

The Diary of Anne Frank Compare/Contrast Essay The Diary of Anne Frank is a story about a 13 year old girl who lived during the holocaust. Her and her family were Jewish and were forced into hiding. They along with 4 other people hid in the attic above Mr. Frank’s office, called the “annex”. The Franks, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel lived there for two years without stepping outside and relying on Miep and Mr. Kraler to bring them basic supplies, food, and information about the world. This…

King John of England, also known as John Lackland, was born either in late 1166 or early 1167 at the Tower of London. He was the youngest son of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, the latter controlling a ‘territory that stretched from the pyrenees in the south of France to the very borders of Scotland’. His father held considerable claims of territories at the time, and was part of a Royal House known as the Angevins. Due to the size of his controlled lands, they collectively became known…

minority groups were persecuted and massively murdered. Out of the countless people that attempted to escape Nazi oppression, the story of Otto Frank and his wife, Edith Frank along with their two daughters, Anne and Margot has spread awareness of the victims of the Holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank is a prominent recollection of the experiences that go in depth of how their life was and the interconnections between the characters. Mr. And Mrs. Frank are both the beloved parents in the Annex,…

The diary of Anne Frank is at the time of the 1940s and tells a story of a young bright girl and her family. Mr.Otto Frank returned home only to later realize his family was gone and he was the only survivor. Soon after he was given the diary he gave to Anne from Miep Gies a family friend who help the Franks and the van Daans in the annex. Once he got the diary he was encouraged to publish his child's words under the name of “The Diary of a Young Girl”. Behind a bookshelf was a door which led to…

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlett Letter illustrates his expertise of style in his portrayal of a sanctimonious period of American history in the mid-seventeenth century. Taking place in a strict Puritan colony in New England, Hawthorne displays the brutal, unforgiving, and ultimately fatal impact a single indiscretion has on three characters in the colony: Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne uses powerful symbols and motifs to…