Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

On one hand, we have the poem ‘Medusa’ by Carol Ann Duffy, in a dramatic monologue based on a mythical creature, Medusa, whose insecurity and jealousy leads her to believe that her husband is cheating on her. Consequently, she turns into a gorgon who turns anything she looks at to stone. On the other hand ,we have ‘Les Grandes Seigneurs’ by Dorothy Molloy which is about an aggrandized woman’s romantic relationship with men there to entertain her and to support her self-aggrandizement. However,…

the best, her parents had divorced when she was young and her dad had married multiple times after they had gotten divorced. She had many stepmoms and had a stepsister named Elizabeth. Elizabeth and her never really got along so well while they were growing up together. The reason they didn’t really get along is because Elizabeth didn't like that Mary was going to get their father's throne. Queen Mary received an education on Humanism. Mary was taught by her tutor that her mom had hired for her.…

"All the world's a stage." Those words will stand immortal through history. Shakespeare had a world very different from the one we live in today; he had a world of the Renaissance; of the Elizabethan Age; a world of exploration, discovery and art. He lived in a world dominated by men where a woman ruled over them all, such is irony. Though through those differences people have stayed the same. Is that not why we love Shakespeare even today. Yes, Shakespeare world was different in every way from…

introduction to the end of Queen Elizabeth’s letters and speeches, one purpose the text has is that Queen Elizabeth broke the gender roles and revealed to the world that a woman can be a powerful and influential ruler. This section dealt with women being in power by assuming the throne of their country and ruling as its’ queen, so that is why this text conveys this purpose to show how Elizabeth broke the gender roles barrier and became a magnificent queen who brought prosperity to England by…

My scientist is Ann Bishop, she was born December 19th, 1899 and died May 7th 1990. She was a parasitologists, her biography got published in 2011. She went to Girton College at the University of Cambridge. She was born in Manchester, England but lived in Cambridge for the majority of her life. Her father is a furniture maker and he owned a cotton factory, his name is James Kimberly Bishop. Her Grandfather’s name was Joseph and he worked in Staffordshire farming stock. She went to many…

2017 Queen Elizabeth Things unexpected can happen at anytime, things that could change every part of a person’s life. Being coronated as The Queen of England makes for a very different life than any other young woman’s. Queen Elizabeth’s life changed tremendously and all relationships and areas of life would never be the same again. Elizabeth was born to George VI and soon to be Queen Elizabeth I and before Elizabeth’s father became king, life was much different. Elizabeth was not…

Faith White Mrs. Nash English H-4 5/12/2015 Princess Diana Every girl dreams about being a Princess. Diana Spencer got to live that dream. Her dreams came true at first when she met Prince Charles of Wales and married him. As time went on her life would not be as she dreamed. Diana’s life was a mixture of good and bad events. Diana Spencer was born on July 1, 1961 in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She was the fourth child of five, with one sibling who died at birth, leaving two older sisters…

Queen Victoria remains one of the few U.K monarchs in the modern era who embodied ceremonial and pseudo-political roles. Queen Victoria’s reign was characterized by her ability to remain influential within the country’s political and social landscape. Her period in leadership also witnessed marked growth in industry, culture, science, and military functions within the country, which was indicative of her leadership capabilities. Queen Victoria hailed from Kensington Palace in the U.K.…

February 1952, leaving the throne to his twenty-five year old daughter Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, who was on her honeymoon in Kenya when the news of her father’s death first reached her ears (Smith 3; Schultz 380; “Her Majesty the Queen”). This victorious queen delved Britain deep into a period of economic prosperity. She is so loved; she receives nearly three hundred letters per day (“Her Majesty the Queen”). Queen Elizabeth is the most traveled of Britain’s monarchs. She is an…

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that someone might do the same for you.” Princess Diana of Wales was a role model for girls and boys all over the world with her huge heart, kindness, and the urge to help anyone around her. She had a rough and emotion beginning of her childhood so she was able to take experiences from her life and help relate to people and help heal their own wounds. Diana, Princess of Wales known as The Queen of Hearts…