Gunpowder Plot

Armageddon sailed the seas, and the fate of the world was decided within the English Channel, or so some believed. The Anglo-Spanish War was fought from 1585 to 1604, despite war never being officially declared, and is best remembered for the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The English and Spanish were quite different from each other in terms of their religion, politics, and military structure, which lead to the King Philip II’s plans to overthrow Queen Elizabeth. However, when the…

During the 1500’s and 1600’s theaters were a big deal expecially from one group in particular, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Their first theater was simply called Theatre, in 1576 James Burbage leased a plot of land in London for 21 years with permission to build from Giles Allen then built a Theatre. All was well until 1597 when the 21 year lease ended and Giles Allen did not approve of the whole theatre idea. He then raised the price of the lease to an exorbitant level. The Lord Chamberlain’s…

suddenly, loud, near and distinct.’ The iron works was loud, noisy, mechanical and hot, fire was poignant in every description of the building and indications of the plot still to come were being given all the time, ‘temperature near a thousand degrees. If YOU were dropped into it ….. flash into flame like a pinch of gunpowder in a candle.’ At this point I believe that Wells wanted to reveal to the reader what Horrocks’ intentions were, but earlier on little indications were appearing…

quantity. This a challenge, for how can a group of performers preserve the sense of surprise and drama for an audience who already knows every twist-and-turn the plot will meander through. Johnny and Amy’s group, however, has the answer. Their adaptation rushes forward at a brisk pace: a little girl recites a nursey rhyme recalling the Gunpowder Plot, a now adult character of Evey prepares at work, then must rush home past curfew, running into a security guard she must elude. This all builds,…

Twelfth Night, a story written in the early 16th hundreds about a crazy unbelievable story with lots of hidden identities and love craziness. In 2006 a modern adaptation called She’s The Man was created with a bit of a different plot with the same basic idea. This has a lot of similarities to the original, these are some. A very big similarity is Viola dressing up as a boy in order to accomplish something. In Twelfth Night Viola dresses up as a boy in order to sneak into Duke Orsino’s home…

There have been four United States Presidents assassinated; however, no presidential assassination has been shrouded in as much controversy as the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States and was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in the presidential limousine through Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally (Ling 50). The believed assassin was Lee…

understand Archimedes’ screw. Roads needs to be planned on paper, but first the terrain needs to be recorded so you don’t run into a mountain, so basically you are making a blueprint. Milestones can help to navigate the roads because it will help you to plot where to go, so what the idea that contributes is scientific thinking because, why would you need milestones if you don’t do anything with them. Water pumps work because. they get water from deep below the earth bringing the water upwards is…

Moral ambiguity, a phrase often used to describe the character of Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, meaning that he is neither good nor bad when it comes to ethical decision making. This essay aims to show that Calibans’ moral ambiguity may be a result of Shakespeare using him as a representative of the injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with…

exceptionally late date, the Speaker and the House of Commons used to go to this congregation in state upon the times of what were known as the "State Services, for example, the 30th of January (King Charles' Martyrdom), the fifth of November (Gunpowder Plot), the day of the King's or Queen's Accession, and the 29th of May (the Restoration of King Charles II.), when the sermon was constantly conveyed by the Speaker's minister. As may be normal, the congregation does not currently have all that…

Female monarchs back in the 16th century being the sole ruler of a country was an unheard occurrence that rarely ever happened. But two queens in this time defide those who would rather see them in the background of history. Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Tudor I were the rare queens that did just that, their long family line, personal and intertwined history had after effects in history in Scotland’s and England’s future monarchs. Prior to the reign of Henry VIII, Elizabeth and Mary, one…