London

What makes people want to go to the city of London? Many people would answer that there is a lot of historical places to see. In William Blake’s poem, “London”, readers are brought on a trip back in time to a part of the city’s history that tourist now find go to see. This time traveling experience of the poem certainly isn’t pleasant because the whole text is focused around a negative era in this England city. Throughout the four stanzas and sixteen lines readers feel different emotions such as…

The tower of London is a very pretty building. It is also known as her majesty's royal palace and fortress of the Tower of London. It is by the River Thames in central London. It was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. It symbolized oppression that was caused by new rulings in London. The castle was also believed to be used as a prison from 1100-1952 but that wasnt its primary purpose. I found on a website that it talks about how the tower is actually a complex of several buildings set…

During the mid 1800s, London had two million people packed into 30 miles of city creating many problems with sanitation. The bad sanitation led to a very dirty city with diseases flourishing, along with a sewer system that was leaking into the drinking wells. John Snow is a physician/anesthesiologist who first makes the link between Cholera and drinking water after studying previous cases. Snow founds the epidemiology center for the city but struggles with medical technology not being very…

2.12. London Tourism London, political and economic capital of the UK, is one of the most visited cities in the world due to its special and cosmopolitan character (Stienmetz, Maxcy, & Fesenmaier, 2013). London has something like hooks and all London is fun, culture, light, and colour. London is capable of surprising both those who visit for the first time, and those who fell in love with her and cannot help but visit regularly. In the world, there is nowhere quite like London. This is not…

their works. Jack London wrote "Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire," with these ideas in mind. London uses a lucid style, many movements of literature of his time and deliberate thematic ideas in his many tales of the gold rush. According to http://www.biography.com/people/jack-london-9385499, Jack London was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. He was originally named John Chaney, but his mother was married to John London, so his name was changed. London only had an 8th…

London and the Plague Around the time of 1665 the plague took over London. An atmosphere of anxiety, desperation and fear imbued the London streets. The constant fear of being infected led many wealthy people to flee the city. It also pushed officials to enact new regulations. Reading fictional accounts like Daniel Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” allows readers to understand the altered city of London. The plague caused London’s culture to change. The Lord Mayor and…

Bleak Streets: Connotation, Tone, and Symbolism in William Blake’s London When one thinks about the city of London, they think of all the good things. Concepts like a fairy tale monarchy and citizens with delightful accents are the common allure for those born outside the monarchy. What they do not remember are all the horrible things that happened there, like the Black Plague and the reign of King Henry VIII. Even today there is crime and corruption throughout the city. What William Blake wants…

temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain. Jack London depicts nature as the antagonist in his short story "To Build a Fire", which follows a man's trek through the frigid Yukon. A struggle for survival immediately replaces the man’s original mission for lumber. Throughout the text, London's describes…

spiritual and emotional level. Throughout history many people have created monuments, palaces, and places of worship that many around the world consider to be sacred; one of these places is Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey is in London, England and is since…

The Great Towers of London The Tower of London is a series of buildings with dark histories. The Tower is the most notorious building in the Medieval Times. The tower was built about 1,000 years ago and was built by a very well known conqueror. In the early 1080’s, William the conqueror began to build the Tower of London. (“Tower of London”) Before the tower was built, William decided that the name should be “Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress” (The Tower of London). The first foundation…