Anne Bonny

The Scarlet Letter, an overview of the Puritans taken up and treated by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet letter is a Gothic Romantic novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The novel is a historical fiction in a historical setting Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, of the 17th Century depicting a story of a woman named Hester Prynne who gives birth to an illegitimate child and her punishment for her sin. According to the views of Nathaniel Hawthorne on the Puritan society, he portrayed…

The Scarlet Letter is a very well known book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In The Scarlet Letter two of the main characters, Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale become victims of punishment. They both suffer the punishment imposed upon them by others as well as self-imposed punishment. Hester Prynne is the victim of both types of punishment given to her by her community and the punishment she imposes on herself. After Hester is discovered to have committed the act of adultery, she is…

Literature Review: Imagery is used very effectively in literary works of Rome, Greece and England. William Shakespeare, John Keats, T.S Eliot, Shelley, WordsWorth, Thomas Moore, Charles Lamb, Walter Scott and Coleridge are only a few literary figures in the realm of English literature. Cultures all around the world have used imagery in their folklores, poems and literatures for thousands of years. Renaissance poets enjoyed using visual imagery of birds especially in their love poetry and…

Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who lived during the mid 1900’s. Due to her religion, her family was a prime target of Hitler who was the current dictator of Germany. Once Hitler had invaded the Netherlands Anne had to go into hiding with her family because they feared for their safety. The new home that they were forced to adapt to was the secret annex and they had spent two years there. During this two year time period Anne lived in fear and was in danger every second of her life. She still…

“William Shakespeare’s “Henry VI Part II” was his first play, he ever performed” (Mabillard " 2000). A man who wasn’t well known at his time began to become more distinguished as time went on. Long after the death of Shakespeare, many people claimed that he was one of the best British poets and playwrights of all time. The lacking documents and his mysterious past makes him all the more interesting. Even though we don't know much of Shakespeare, his works were contained with symbolism and…

Introduction:- Lewis Carroll, a pen name for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born on January 27, 1832, in the parsonage of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. He was the third child and eldest son of reverend Charles Dodgson and Francis Jane Lutwidge. From his parents Carroll inherited a very old tradition of service to the church and the monarchy of England. Familhy legend has it that King James I actually ‘knighted’ a lion of beef or mutton at the table of Sir Richard Houghton, one of Carroll’s…

The Fall of Anne Boleyn The day is May 1st, 1536, a great May Day celebration is taking place in the English royal court. Anne Boleyn, the second queen of Henry VIII sits next to her husband watching a joust. As she watches, she knows that she has failed to grant to her husband the only thing he desperately needs, a son. She had given birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, and miscarried twice, the most recent miscarriage had appeared to be of a boy. That miscarriage was the beginning of her downfall,…

Queen Elizabeth I: Goddess of War “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too…” (“Speech to the Troops at Tilbury” ln. 11-12). In her speech, “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”, Queen Elizabeth I demonstrated her strength, devotion and ability to rally. Even after describing herself as a “weak and feeble woman” she continued to speak and inspire the people of her country to fight. Queen Elizabeth I’s speech…

A Book that Shaped Me: Remember Me by Irene N. Watts Remember Me is about a girl named Marianne who is Jewish and is living at the time of the Holocaust (1939-1945). Marianne has to leave her parents and go with other children on a train called Kindertransport (Kindertransport were trains that brought Jewish children to safety in Britain during the Holocaust). When she gets to Britain, she has to go and live with a stranger named Mrs. Abercrombie Jones. Strangely, Mrs. Abercrombie Jones acts…

The Fate of Anne Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII and thus Queen of England, from 1533 to 1536. She was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn and Lady Elizabeth Howard. Though raised Catholic, Anne was an Evangelist and believed in reformation. Though opinions regarding her demise vary, there is no doubt that she is a very important historical figure. Anne Boleyn caught the eye of King Henry VIII while serving at court as the hand maiden to Henry's wife Catherine. King Henry VIII was…