House of Lords

deadly trek through places riddled with death, evil knight(s), hostile creatures, an evil dragon, Smaug, and the “holy grail”- the mountain of treasure. But what was the reward for Bilbo? Easy, the ring. This leads to future adventures recorded in The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo acquired a magical item that showed him everything has something special about it. This is a fine example of the archetype of hero’s quest. After an examination of The Hobbit, the many archetypes demonstrate how we can…

Fantasy, in comparison to a lot of other genres of literature, takes a great deal of work. It requires the creator to build a world from the ground up and make it believable. The Lord of the Rings is a shining example of a fantasy world done right, with Tolkien’s fantastic setting and characters. However, what is most intriguing about the world that Tolkien has created is not the many fantastic races he created. What is fascinating is how he wrote the race that the reader is most familiar with,…

dynastic power struggle between two houses of the Plantagenet royal family marks the beginning of the English early modern period. This contention for the throne was known as the Wars of the Roses, and was a large factor in the end of feudalism in England. While most other major powers in Europe had already begun the transition into modernity, England was slightly behind, and its government was still largely decentralized, with most areas ruled by a semi-local lord or earl. This allowed for much…

books of all different genre’s and plots? If this is the cause, you would be sadly mistaken. Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that explains this situation to a tee. He explains how most kids choose to read books similar to Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. Now some would not categorize these three books together, however, Tyre’s theory would state otherwise. There is a theory that Tyre came up with that explains how every book that falls into this…

Decay in the Novel The Lord of the Flies Decay is an element of life that is inevitably experienced throughout one’s day-to-day life. Something as simple as the wilting of flowers in a garden represents the idea of decay. In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, there are several different forms of decay that are incorporated into the story. The fall of the boys’ unstable political system, the physical decomposition of the boys’ cleanliness, along with the destruction…

The Central Symbol is the Lord of the Flies If one was stuck on an island among a group of unknown children, no adults, and no sign of rescue coming soon, the logical outcome is that they would start to lose touch with reality. This is what happens to most, if not all, of the characters in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. He uses the symbol “lord of the flies” as the root of all evil in the entire story, and it is what sets the entire plot in motion. It causes the characters to behave…

jeopardised. While Cersei is loyal to her family and house, she does not fulfill her duty as a wife and Queen, nor is she loyal to her husband. Cersei’s treachery culminates in the death of Robert Baratheon “The queen would not have waited long in any case. Robert was becoming unruly, and she needed to be rid of him to free her hands to deal with his brothers” (Martin, 1996, pg.). No longer bound to a drunk, brutish husband and with her son reigning as the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Cersei’s…

Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, the latter controlling a ‘territory that stretched from the pyrenees in the south of France to the very borders of Scotland’. His father held considerable claims of territories at the time, and was part of a Royal House known as the Angevins. Due to the size of his controlled lands, they collectively became known of the Angevin Empire, and King Henry II became the first Angevin King in a line of three, followed by his sons King Richard and King John,…

Henry VII is remembered in history as having ended the Wars of the Roses and uniting a bitterly divided England. By defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and marrying Elizabeth of York he brought together the Houses of Lancaster and York under his new Tudor banner. However, Henry’s reign was not going to be straightforward and he had many issues which challenged his security on the throne. Henry had to ensure he dealt with rivals to the throne as well as making sure he ruled…

Rude vs. Atrocious Imagine sitting at your dinner table, calmly munching on your food. Abruptly, the suitors from Homer’s Odyssey, and Voldemort from “Harry Potter” appear out of nowhere, so of course you scream as the suitors eat the food off of your plate and Voldemort starts casting the killing curse. Which one do you scream at though? Is it the suitors in which you shreek? Or Voldemort? Regardless of which villain it is, they are both villains which means that they are both heartless…