James IV of Scotland

Macbeth was composed in late 1606 to early 1607. It is one of Shakespeare 's shortest plays but is considered to be one of his darkest. It is also believed that there may have been more than one author who contributed to the writing of the story. James Middleton could have been responsible for the witches ' scenes. The play is based on actual historical events. It is based on the career of the Scottish King Macbeth who lived from 1005 to 1057. In real life, Macbeth took the throne away from King…

Three students dressed as girls, hailed him as the King of Scotland, King of England, and the King of Ireland. They reminded the king that “three prophesying sisters had told the ancient Scottish Thane Banquo, that though he would not be king himself, his descendants would.” (Bate) King James claimed descent from Banquo, and the prophesy in Holinshed’s Chronicles came true. Shakespeare was known to stop in Oxford whenever he…

The Columbian Exchange was a work written by Dr. Alfred Crosby in 1972. He wrote it after studying the Western Hemisphere a century after Christopher Columbus came to the Caribbean. In the work Crosby pointed out that there was four changes between the Europeans and the Native Americans. Some of the exchanges where good which included the exchange plants and animals. There was also exchanges that were harmful to both the Europeans and the Native Americans these would have the exchange of…

How successfully did Henry VII deal with the problems he faced during his reign? The success of Henry VII is clearly seen throughout is reign in the number of defining, long-lasting but generally political un-taxing decisions he made. Several of these contributed to the longevity of the Tudor dynasty and worked to bring stability and balance to England in the years succeeding the Wars of the Roses. While there were a number of failures during reign, none of them were particularly devastating and…

One of the most celebrated forms of democracy, the "Westminster model" has been a defining feature of the British political system for the past century. Coined after the location where the Houses of Parliament stand, the system is also sometimes referred to as the majoritarian model, in that majority rule is a central attribute of the model. The characterising factors of the model have been present throughout modern British political history, but more apparent in some years than others. The…

IT is the early winter of 2015, a cold, windy Wednesday afternoon. Two of us sit together, side by side, in soft, comfortable chairs on the second level of our home. We wear everyday clothes. I listen patiently to her ramblings. When the talking is over, I sit up in the chair, and I am officially telling her everything, the eldest child of Heather Crawford in the city of Hutto, Texas. For me, the curtain has just closed on lying. Afterward, I look up at my mom, my biggest critic, and apologize…

I. Introduction In 2011, Operation Unified Protector was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that performed air strikes over Libya, destabilizing the country and enabling the execution of Libya’s dictator of 42 years, Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) justified the Libya Intervention for NATO allies on the grounds of a humanitarian threat thought to occur at the direction of Gaddafi. However, the humanitarian crisis never occurred. Thus, I…