Kingdom of England

William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) was an eminent English Romantic Poet, hose Lyrical Ballad, as a result of joint efforts, co-authoring with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Contributed to launch the Romantic Age in English Literature. He is known as the poet of Nature, reflecting his inner feelings while appreciating the wonderings and beauty of it. (Norton, 543-45) The poem ‘We Are Seven’, as Wordsworth says, has been “written an Alfoxden in the spring of 1798. The little girl who is the heroine I met…

Rafaella Espin Mrs. Baker IB English HL- Period 2 11 January 2015 Anna Karenina Scavenger Hunt The French Language Tolstoy incorporates the use of French language in Anna Karenina in many ways for various reasons. Throughout the entire novel, many of the protagonists state random words or phrases in French. Tolstoy particularly starts this trend at the beginning of the novel to establish the character’s social status and educated background. The establishment of supremacy throughout the…

In Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the shepherd paints an idealized view of the rural life for his lover as a means of a confession of love . He attempts to convince the woman with his planned promises before she accepts his offer. The list of the promises goes from living in the mountains to materialistic objects, such as coral clasps. His offers may seem to be beyond what a shepherd can normally reach for, due to his status. However, the shepherd creates a contract for the…

Readers can see that it was a response to Burke’s writing when Paine writes, “The government of England is no friend of the revolution of France… to Mr. Burke for the insults heaped on it in his book.” (Paine). Paine basically states that England is not on the side of the revolution and is out to get France due to writers like Edmund Burke and false printing in England newspaper that show the French Revolution in a bad light. Paine also wrote this because he felt that it was necessary…

The early travel tales were different in style and form from previous ones. But towards the close of the 16th century a formal pattern emerged that afterwards laid the foundations for the novel. Firstly, most of the travel stories kicked off by justifying the reason for the expedition. Either the first or the third person was used. The relationships and chronological events of the journey were noted. There were geographical as well as ethnic descriptions. Through this the readers of the English…

This battle ended the Anglo-Saxon rule in England, and by doing so, it ended the Dark Ages in England, and began the Middle Ages. Immediately after the Battle at Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror attempted to create a new set of rules to control the conquered population. He established Ten Rules that would attempt to keep peace and control among the population. Common themes in these laws are a “common religion” and oath of loyalty to the king. The first law, for example, states “First…

Repetition, Syntax, Connotation in London by William Blake London appears to be a beautiful, majestic sort of place but according to the speaker described by William Blake, it is actually quite somber and dismal. The speaker seems to be observing many different people throughout the city, they are mostly just an observer who is walking and seeing things occur but maybe they have a certain perception which makes them view the world this way. Blake uses thoughtful repetition, interesting syntax,…

Patrick Henry was an American attorney, whom became very well known for the speeches he gave revolving around the independence of the state of Virginia. He was well liked by the people, and his speeches were known and loved by many US citizens, and is now known internationally. One of the speeches that Henry gave was called “Give Me Liberty”, in which he was criticizing the war that the nation was currently engaged in with Great Britain.He chose to claim that all the acts that were carried…

The English were latecomers to the imperial contest in 1600. The main social pressures for the English to colonize North American were related to economic and religious pressures. There was great economic opportunities in North America. It had fertile land, temperate climate, and the ability to possibly grow valuable crops. There was also an expectation that they would find gold which generated economic activity. A great many of the colonists were from families of poverty which pushed the want…

countries emerged as imperial powers in the New World: Spain, England, and France. As with most European countries, in the 15th Century, they had learned about the riches of Asia from the Crusades, in which soldiers journeyed to the Middle East to reclaim Jerusalem. The land road to Asia was generally dangerous and expensive, but the European desire for fine goods caused a race to find another route to that continent. Ships from Spain, England, and France sailed westward in search for the…