Anne Fadiman

Queen Elizabeth I may have professed to have had “the heart and stomach of a king,” but her true greatness lay in her mind. Elizabeth’s character was a true symbolic amalgamation of male and female: the earth mother of her people, the true daughter of Henry VIII. Elizabeth’s brilliant leadership and iconoclastic stature secured her place as one of the most legendary rulers in history. In a few short decades, Elizabeth was able to unite her country, move it out of economic downturn, and secure…

When people think of Henry VIII, they usually think all the wives he had, the palaces he built, and all the murders he committed, but many people respected what he did and he is now an important figure in France’s history. Henry VIII accomplished many tasks during his reign as King such as being involved in the English Reformation and turning his country into a Protestant Nation (“Henry VIII Biography 1). Henry VIII, although he was a bad influence to his country, still managed to be remembered…

known as Anne Frank. The Frank family hid away in a secret annex for over…

Anne Hutchinson was a religious leader who was born in England in 1951. She was killed in 1643 in an Indian raid killing in the state of New York which wss in the colony of Mid-Atlantic. Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights and she gave many girls and women hope that they might have rights again as shown by this quote, “ From the early Christian era, female activism in religious life gave some women high visibility, thus preserving their voices in the historical record. The splintering of…

service, because he did not want Henry VII to become the head of the Church of England. Henry refused to allow him to resign only to change his mind a year later because of More’s complaining of chest pains. The next year when Henry and his new wife, Anne Boleyn, got married, More refused to come to the wedding because he so heavily disagreed with Henry. Henry was furious that More would not show his recognition for their new marriage and began to act out on him. He had Thomas Cromwell launch an…

reason to divorce or execute them. Anne Boleyn is well-known for being one of King Henry’s most scandalous wives for her behavior that later led to her death. When the King’s Chancellor died, Anne Boleyn obtained an abundance of power over important topics in the King 's court such as political matters and government appointments. She coerced King Henry into following the advice of religious radicals such as William Tyndale, and she also supported…

“Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years. It was when I asked you – do you remember?”(Fitzgerald 145 ). In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daisy was the one thing Gatsby wanted. He threw big parties, but he did not care unless Daisy was there. So when Daisy got in trouble, all Gatsby wanted was to protect his flower. Ignorance is not bliss, and allowing others to be ignorant can hurt you in the end. Gatsby allows Daisy to run over Myrtle…

IRENA’S JARS OF SECRETS Irena’s Jars of Secrets by Marcia Vaughan tells the true story of a Polish social worker, Irena Sendler. She was raised to value the importance of helping others who needed assistance, and she saw a need in the Warsaw ghetto during the Holocaust. As a social worker, she was allowed access into the ghetto, and she was able to come up with clever ways to smuggle children out before they were sent to a death camp. She hid children under stretchers and floorboards in an…

evil witch Anne Boleyn. I can be quite stubborn…

The Scarlet Letter, created by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 is story about a strong young women named Hester Prynne who is being punished in front of her entire Puritan community in Massachusetts Bay Colony for committing adultery with a town minister. Because of her sins committed, she is now sentenced to wear a scarlet letter A on her bosom to mark her shame because of her choice to have a love affair with a minister named Arthur Dimmesdale. Throughout the whole story, Hester can be seen as a…