Gunpowder Plot

The social makeup of Charleston in the 18th and 19th century according to the U.S Census had a sprawling number of blacks. Charleston has partly become the hub of a trading center in North America because of the sugar plantation and the slave trading. The makeup of the city spanned among the Jews, Christian, Muslim and non-believers: this was due to John Locke encouragement or insisting of a religious tolerance. The City became heavily populated by black slaves from the Western African region…

choice of using the public image of Woollcott, Hart stated, “We decided to use only public aspects of his character. That is, to be guided in the plot by his lecture tours, his broadcasts, his charm, his assiduousness, his interest in murders, and all of this had to be worked into the plot of the play. Those things were the core of the play, and the plot was something that had to be worked around…

The Usage of Symbolism as a Mechanism for Social Control in 1984 and V for Vendetta Symbolic figureheads have, throughout history, been able to shape society by utilising their own image and what they represent. George Orwell’s 1984 and Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta both explore this idea in detail. Orwell paints a picture of a bleak dystopian future in 1984, wherein the government’s ruling party exercises totalitarian control and the populace is either brainwashed by the party, or shows…

while trying to save the literatures. The date that emphasis the allusion of Guy Fawkes is, “Thursday morning, November 4th” (Bradbury 15). Guy Fawkes Day is on November 5th, and on this day he tried to blow up the English parliament, known as the Gunpowder Plot. This connects to the theme because, Guy Fawkes was against the government and tried to change it, similar to Montag because he didn't agree with the government banning books, and decided to find a way to spread the…

Ideally Peaceful “Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunfire, treason, and plot. I know of no reason the why the Gunpowder Treason should ever by forgot.” That is the opening sentence for V for Vendetta. V for Vendetta is a movie about a guy in a Guy Fawkes mask, “V”, in an alternate future where Germany won WWII and Great Britain is now a fascist state, while “V” uses hit and run tactics against the British government he ends up crossing paths and rescuing a woman from police, he…

political ideas that came up during the 16th and 17th century. The English civil war caused many societal changes like the increased hate of Catholics and the increase of the parliament's power. The increased hate of Catholics was sparked by the Gunpowder Plot, which was a plan to blow up the parliament by Catholics who opposed the parliament at the time. This increased the number of Puritans who want to purify the anglican church of all traces of Catholicism because they say Catholics as…

1. Genghis Khan-born in 1162; elected as Mongol khan in 1206; expanded the Mongolian empire by first conquering the Jin Empire. He died in 1227 while at war with Tangut Empire. 2. Kublai Khan- Grandson of Genghis Khan; it took him 11 years to conquered China; established Yuan dynasty in 1271 and kept Chinese traditions; rebuilt capital in Zhongdu and named it Dadu. 3. Mansa Musa- Mali's devoted Muslim and greatest ruler; known for a more religious governance; visited Mecca which helped spread…

Conrad’s niggers are, in their feeble and shadowy existential realities, alluded to in The Hollow Men. In a sense, black activities and intellectuals from the Harlem ghetto resemble them. They are human beings full of hunger, disease and fear which situate their condition not in ancient Africa or Europe but America as limbo itself. Having experienced acculturation or alienation, the black ex-slaves become neither African nor European in outlook. Their sad king or leader named Doris (“I” in this…

Black rhinos, native to eastern and southern Africa, fight each other constantly and have the highest rate of death among mammals in fights within the same species. Fifty percent of males and thirty percent of females die from these intra-species brawls. William Shakespeare, highly commended English poet, playwright, actor, and fifth most influential person of the millennium wrote a total of 37 plays during his lifetime. Only one these plays contain the word ‘rhinoceros’. Macbeth, arguably the…

“Spurs” is a short story about a midget circus performer named falling in love with a bareback rider named Jeanne Marie. Jeanne brushes off Jacques at first, but decides to marry him after he inherits a vast estate from his deceased uncle. The short story was adapted into a film titled Freaks which loosely follows the original work. After the wedding between Jeanne and Jacques, a feast is held in a circus tent in a town called Roubaix. The tone in this scene is both jovial and bizarre,…