Anne Sullivan Macy

The Scarlet Letter Reading Questions Chapter 1 and 2 A place for a cemetery and a place for a prison Ann Hutchinson They have come to witness the public shaming of Hester The letter A stands for Adulterer. It is red and signifies that she is an adultress. We can conclude from this statement that although the founders have the intention of perfection, there will always be wrongdoers in the town. Some of the older women believe that her punishment was too lenient, while a few younger women…

Anne Frank is a 13-year-old Jewish girl who immigrated from Germany to Holland. Frank, being a very outgoing, optimistic, and sometimes even caring teenager she still has a different look on life. (Frank 7.21.44) “I’m finally getting optimistic”(Frank 284). Although she didn’t survive nor did her family, Anne believed she was going to survive the war. Anne is an open minded person and may speak out whenever something comes to mind. She never let anyone change her mind or take her expressions…

The Life and Death of Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh was born around 1552 in a farmhouse near Burleigh Salterton Bay on the coast of Devonshire between Exmouth and Sidmouth. His father was Walter Raleigh and his mother was Catherine Champernown. Their last names were written in great diversity but the actual spelling of “Raleigh” was adopted by Sir Walter’s widow and is the most commonly accepted spelling. There is not much know of Sir Walter’s childhood, but in 1568 he was enrolled into…

William Shakespeare had a very interesting life that greatly affected his plays. He was the oldest son, born third of eight children, on April 23, 1564, in Stanford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare attended King’s New School in Stanford, where he learned to read, write and found a passion for Latin and literature. After Shakespeare’s schooling years, he adventured off and did some traveling. During this time a love story of Shakespeare’s now had begun. He married his sweetheart Annie Hathaway and had…

both King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who was the King's second wife. She was born on September 7, 1533, at around 3 o’clock in the Palace of Placentia. It is believed that she was named “Elizabeth” after her grandmother from her father’s side Elizabeth of York or maybe her grandmother Elizabeth Howard from her mother’s side or both. Also, from the beginning of her mother’s pregnancy (Anne Boleyn), it was assured that the newborn would be a boy, which was confirmed by Anne herself, astrologers…

Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House." After the burning of her house, Anne Bradstreet, a female poet, reprovingly writes about the passing of materialistic things, in order to show that all wealth on Earth will come to an end whereas the wealth in Heaven is more rich and ever-lasting. In her poem Anne Bradstreet stresses the idea of Eternal Life."Thou hast a house on high erect," The idea that in Heaven everything will come to a whole and will be much more grand. As a human she…

Is Anne Bradstreet rebelling against traditional Puritan/Pilgrim values? Anne Bradstreet was a premiere poet in young America and paved the way for both past and modern day poets to express themselves with limited fear of the consequences. Despite living in a community that was not too tolerant of anything outside the social norms, she composed elegant poetry that often challenged the minds, and sometimes broke taboo. Her versatility and ability to produce elegant and relatable poetry…

In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More was portrayed as a generally sincere and virtuous man who stuck to his conscience, More was virtuous in ways such as having a good reputation and being respected throughout England,who did what he believed to be morally right. As the play progresses and More’s beliefs come into contradiction King Henry VIII’s will, More’s morals come into question, and it becomes clear that what More thinks is moral and amoral is his own personal opinion. More is caught…

cover design of “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl”, I predict that Anne Frank at some point would perish because of the dated picture of herself on the front of the book. The title is of a young girl which, I believe, would be named differently if Anne had lived through the specific period or the way the cover appeared with an aged aesthetic comprised with it. Biography Annelies Marie Frank, best known as “Anne Frank” was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne was four years…

Beginning with Bradstreet’s poem, the first difference in the way she approaches her audience versus how Stockton approaches hers is the tone. While both of these poems are praise poems, there are certain sections where it seems as though Bradstreet it trying to justify her admiration and convince the audience that Queen Elizabeth I is worth their attention and admiration. This need for justification is clearly rooted in the subject’s gender, “She hath wip’d…