Great Plague of London

Soomin Olivia Noh David Clark British Literature 12B 9 May 2016 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe In the 18th century England, anybody talked about novel. No one in anybody disagreed that Robinson Crusoe, the art of Daniel Defoe, made the trend of having anybody be interested in the novel. From this point, books were not the exclusive property of the privileged class, but what many citizens enjoyed in their daily lives. The lifetime of Daniel Defoe was not only shared as…

name from Gassinet to Nostradame. “Little is known of his childhood, but evidence indicates he was very intelligent as he quickly advanced though school”(Biography). Nostradamus’s mothers father Jean de St. Remy would tutor him believing that he had great potential. Jean asked if Nostradamus…

Isaac Newton is mainly known for his great achievements in science. But Isaac Newton was very involved with the Anglican Church and did support a lot of great things. We won't get to that just yet, let's start from the beginning where it all began. “On January 4, 1643, Isaac Newton was born in the hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England (using the "old" Julien calendar, Newton's birth date is sometimes displayed as December 25, 1642)” (A&E Networks Television). Newtons dad passed away three…

law of nature... No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.” He couldn’t have had his colony of greatness without all the things that led up to it and helped him. He is, in my opinion, a great champion and an amazing historical American…

issues like all of the plagues that they faced. The Middle Ages was known for the horrific Black Death which killed so many families and cities. Most stories that are from The Middle Ages include the stories of the Black Death or the reasons of why it’s called The Dark Ages. Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) is called the father of English poetry. Not a lot of research has been done over Chaucer but what research has been done, he has made a pretty accomplishing life. He was born in London in the…

Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, among others. 9. “King Lear”, “Macbeth” and “Antony and Cleopatra” were all written in the same year, 1606. Thins year was very eventful, and it inspired Shakespeare to write. The Gunpowder Plot, the plague and the rumored assassination of King James, happened months before Macbeth was first performed. 10. Shapiro mentions court masques in the Prologue of the book. He says that this new dramatic form has been competing with tragedies and…

to Victorian London, where children were lucky to live past five years old, disease, notably cholera, ruled all parts of life. When entire neighborhoods were wiped out within a matter of days, scientists like Doctor John Snow rose to the challenge in finding its cause. Snow's success in identifying cholera's transmission was the beginnings of the modern sanitation movement, allowing for cities to transform into the metropolises of today.…

People who wanted their governments to change from a tyrannical monarchy. In the Netherlands, John Locke had time to continue his many novels. Locke did not return home from the Netherlands until after the Glorious Revolution. Locke traveled back to London, England in 1688. The accusation of the murder plot was forgotten after the “Glorious Revolution”. When Locke returned to England, his “Two Treatises” spread like a wildfire, gaining more and more popularity each day. Locke was seen as a…

The major rapid growth of different populations in our megacities comes at the wrong time. Global population growth is currently in the process from all the poorest parts of countries. Especially when it comes to destinations such as Africa and India. Clearly, India is a growing population with even increasing education levels, which is likely to put India as a power player in the future. According to the different UN Projections, India’s urban population will increase by nearly 250 million in…

with my little sister Emmalisanine Keres (3,028 years). I started transcendence (basically the process of learning magic and becoming immortal as a result) in 1538 AD. I lived in Tartarus for around 130 years and re-emerged in September of 1666 in London. After a few centuries I decided to stop causing accidents and start fixing them. I became a Hunter, and am currently one of the leading Hunters in England. I'm also in the middle of a move to (terrified face) America, and am deathly afraid that…