Henry VII of England

noncompliance, though a testament to her genuine devotion, leads to her unwarranted exile: “Here I [Lear] disclaim all my paternal care” (King Lear I.i.114). This rejection of King Lear’s daughter reflects an analogous disregard of Elizabeth I, one of Henry VIII’s finest children: “Her birth was a disappointment to her father” (“Women in Power” 749), and “Statutes declaring . . . Elizabeth illegitimate were already in place” (725). Similar to Cordelia—who is portrayed by Shakespeare as Lear’s…

Shakespeare Ideal King "Love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, is it far safer to be feared than loved"(Machiavelli). Throughout Niccolo Machiavelli 's "The Prince" and Sun Tzu 's "The Art of War," they go in detail discussing what a ruler should know, how to behave, and what the most important characteristic a ruler can have. Another great well Known author is William Shakespeare, whom constantly in his plays shows what how he thinks the ideal ruler should…

Robert Bolt 's biographical play “A Man for all Seasons”, later an Academy Award Winning Film in 1967. Bolt (interestingly, an avowed agnostic) was fascinated by the strength of character and conscience which sustained More through the crucible of Henry VIII 's relentless pressure to submit to his will. While countless of his lay and clerical contemporaries yielded to the command to obey or lose everything (including their lives), More was one of a small handful who persevered to maintain…

British history. King Henry VIII wishes to divorce his wife, the Spanish princess Catherine, his brother’s widow, as the pair find themselves unable to produce a male heir. When Sir Thomas More rises to the title of Lord Chancellor of England, the King approaches him, hoping to convince More to support the divorce. More did not approve of the marriage from the start, as it went against the Bible and forced the Pope to issue a dispensation to allow the nuptials. Years pass and Henry creates a new…

symbol of God, and the people held their faith they had in there reigning regime so that, nothing could destroy their kingdom nor their faith. Louis and Elizabeth upheld the values of allegiance, bravery, and belief. In the 17th century in Europe, England, and France, there were different monarchies such as absolutism and constitutionalism. King Louis IVX is an absolute monarchy because he was the only child ascended to the throne. Meanwhile Elizabeth is considered a constitutional monarchy…

Henry IV, a play by the famous play writer Shakespeare, contains many themes. A major theme that plays a huge role throughout the play is that of honor. Each character has personal reasons for wanting to obtain honor. Shakespeare consistently shows throughout this play how selfish intentions can lead to negative results. The main characters in Shakespeare’s play all have separate ideas of what it means to be honorable, which Shakespeare demonstrates in his play by having each character have…

One would assume these roles would affect Elizabeth’s political power, however, it did not weaken her control over England. For example, a common view among society was that men had to be the leader of the relationship while the wife must be submissive and obey them. In fact, this was supported by the bishops of the Church of England and Elizabeth herself (Doc 3) They released this to show how relationships were supposed to function and show that women were not supposed to…

Summary: James Fenimoore Cooper begins his patriotic novel, The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground, by first setting the scene for his book. During the American Revolution, after the British had captured the island of New York, a small county named Westchester had become a common ground. On this ground loyalist and patriots alike interact neutrally, at least they pretended to. Cooper first introduces the reader to Mr. Wharton, a rather wealthy man, and also a British loyalist. One evening,…

characters of all is Falstaff in the The First Part of King Henry the Fourth (Henry IV). The essential reason Falstaff is timeless and able to continuously resonate with people is because of the presumed idea that he is a fool. Before this idea that Falstaff is indeed a fool, it is necessary to constitute the classifications precisely. The definition of a fool is "a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense" (Ammer). From the play Henry IV, Falstaff could be deemed many…

Henry VIII is one of the many famous Kings in history and one of the the very few to pass on a legacy. He was born on June 28, 1491 in a city called Greenwich located in England. His father was King of England and did not acknowledge Henry VIII as much compared to his two older siblings. His father had viewed Henry’s older brother, Arthur as the future heir since he showed that he had the credentials to take over the throne, although only after Arthur’s death due to an unknown illness and his…