Anne Sexton

Philip the Second, also known as Philip the Prudent, was born May 21, 1527, in Valladolid. He died September 13, 1598. He died at the age of 71. Philip was married several times. Philip’s first wife was to his cousin Princess Maria of Portugal. They had a child named Don Carlos, born July 8, 1545. Carlos later then killed himself once he got older. Maria died four years after giving birth from hemorrhage. He then married his first cousin(once removed) they didn’t have any kids together, and she…

Anne Bradstreet was born in the early 1600s and grew up in an educated and privileged household. She was the most prominent English female poet in North America, and the first to be published in England (Kennedy and Gioia, 2013). She was also a devout Puritan and it was one of her goals to show that she could fulfill what she considered a woman’s virtue, but still be valued as an intellect and a poet. Being a devout Puritan meant that marriage played a large role in the poet’s life. The…

The Elizabethan Era was from November 17th 1558 to March 24th 1603. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She became queen at the age of 25, after the death of her half-sister Mary I (the daughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon). Her half-brother, Edward VI (the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour) reigned over England and Ireland from January 28th 1547 to July 3rd 1553, crowned on February 20th at the age of nine. He died at the age of fifteen, declaring…

Mary Towne-Easty was born on August 24, 1634 in New England. She had two sisters, Rebecca Towne Nurse and Sarah Towne Cloyse. All three of these girls were the daughters of William and Joanna Towne. The family lived in the Massachusetts Colony. Mary grew up to marry Isaac Easty and have seven children. She was accused of witchcraft, along with the rest of her family, at the age of 58. There were several girls in her area who had uncontrollable fits. They blamed this occurrence on the Towne…

Allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight”- Anne Frank (Frank). Anne Frank was a thirteen year old Jewish girl in the Holocaust. Her family and four other people went into hiding in a place called the Secret Annexe. During their stay Anne had many conflicts with her “Mum”, Mrs.van Daan, and Dussel. Most of her conflicts were internal because she really didn’t like to express her inner turmoil to others. In The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne experiences daily conflicts with other…

Anne Bradstreet: Puritan convictions What's more elegiac Poetry. Those root for american expositive expression dates again of the the long haul of john Smith, and as much investigation of the Americas. John smith might have been real donor from claiming America’s excellence and history. Anne Bradstreet, a ladies artist in the late seventeenth century, might have been also persuasive with american written works. Her Puritan convictions Furthermore modest beginnings aided shape her poetry under…

Elizabeth of York Born: 11th February 1466 in Westminster Palace Parents: Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville Siblings: Thomas Grey, Richard Grey, Mary of York, Cecily, Edward V, Margaret of York, Richard, Anne of York, George, Catherine and Bridget. Married: Henry VII, 1486- 1503 her death. Children: Arthur, Margaret, Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Mary, Edmund and Katherine. Died: 11th February 1503 in the Tower of London. Buried in Henry VII's Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Brief Summary…

Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank was born June 12, 1929. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but later moved to Amsterdam. Adolf Hitler’s Nazis had already taken over Germany and were beginning to try to take over Amsterdam. Anne’s family went into hiding along with some other family friends. The hid in this place called the Secret Annex. The Secret Annex was the small upper layer of the building that Anne’s dad worked in. The Secret Annex was secret because it was all behind a bookcase. There was…

[This] poem was written after the burning of her house and the quote represents her inner thoughts thinking about her possesions. She goes on to question if having possession made her happy or if it was God that made her happy. She realizes that the burning of her house was God's will and she respected God's choice to burn her house down. She views God as a mentor trying to keep Christians on the right track and in her case burning down her house prevented her from being too proud of her…

1926. Their father was a businessman while her mother stayed home. Anne frank went to Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. While she attended Montessori she learned how to “speak Dutch”(kersell,Nancy), a language that is Germanic, in quicky method. Her parents,Otto frank and Edith frank often encouraged their kids to read, the outcome of this lead to Anne dreaming of being a writer one day. Eventually Hitler’s takeover in Germany caused Anne and her family to move to the Netherland in 1933. In the…