Queen of Scots

At last Elizabeth was made queen, but just like any ruler, she had issues arise. One of the issues Elizabeth faced was that she was unmarried and still a virgin. Her nickname up until this day is still The Virgin Queen. This created a problem, because she was the last of the Tudor dynasty. So if she did not produce an heir to the throne, her family’s reign would be over. Elizabeth had many suitors after her hand in marriage. Some of which included King of Spain, Sir William Pickering, John…

successors would indicate that Shakespeare’s prediction did have its merits (De Lisle, 408). To conclude, the plot of Hamlet is enriched in reflections on the changes of religion, class, education the rise of humanism and the politics surrounding Queen Elizabeth and her successor. From the inconsistences and conflict of these themes that are presented, it can be argued that Shakespeare has deliberately made the nature of the play ambiguous. In order to demonstrate the uncertainty of the…

One of the biggest problem during Mary’s reign was her marriage to Philip II of Spain due to their religion – both were Catholics. According to D. M. Loades in his book Tudor Queens of England, “in January 1554 there was a briefly dangerous rebellion in Kent, led by Sir Thomas Wyatt, which demanded that she (Mary) change her mind.” (Loades 194) English did not want that Mary got married to Philip II of Spain, they thought that a foreigner could be a danger to the country. In the book, Mary Tudor…

Queen Elizabeth I, better known as the Virgin Queen, was England’s longest reigning monarch. She claimed the throne at the age of twenty-five and she ruled for forty-four years, until her death. Jessica Creton, from The Elizabeth Files, states, “A woman being in charge of England was not seen as a good thing, [but] she has changed this vision forever.” So the question stands, how did this extraordinary woman, of the sixteenth century, do it? Elizabeth I of England was born on September 7, 1533,…

Klaus was never the kind of boyfriend to force you to do anything, let alone turn into a vampire for him so that the both of you can spend eternity together. And after three years of loving each other through thick and thin, you decided it's time to change your life forever. It's not that you didn't want to become a vampire earlier, it's just that life in New Orleans when associated with the infamous Original family was quite chaotic. There just wasn't any time to even think about it. But now…

Female monarchs back in the 16th century being the sole ruler of a country was an unheard occurrence that rarely ever happened. But two queens in this time defide those who would rather see them in the background of history. Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Tudor I were the rare queens that did just that, their long family line, personal and intertwined history had after effects in history in Scotland’s and England’s future monarchs. Prior to the reign of Henry VIII, Elizabeth and Mary, one…

What do you understand by the term ‘historiographic metafiction’? Apply this concept to TWO of the texts from weeks 2-8 and consider how historic fiction operates through the gap between the event and the fact. The term historiographic metafiction as Patrica Waugh notes is “fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artefact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality” are both intensely self-reflexive and yet…

it to fit their national celebration needs. From the mid-eighteenth century to date, the ceremony marks the official but not actual birthday of the British sovereign. This day currently falls on a specific Saturday in June each year and gives the Queen an opportunity to inspect her personal troops, the Household Division, in an event that brings together a parade of 1400 officers, 400 musicians, 200 horses, and a fly-past among others. The Procedure and Organization. In early military practices…

Queen Elizabeth The princess Elizabeth was born at Greenwich in September 7th, 1533 and was crowned Queen Elizabeth I of England in January 1559 . Her parents were King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She was one of greatest queen in England, a bright star who sparkled both the nation and the world. The achievement of Queen Elizabeth has lasted nearly four centuries and it’s easy to see why. She reigned for 45 tumultuous year, the Spanish Armada was defeated by her ships in her time. The fleet was…

during the Renaissance, his arguments in favour of women’s independence were insufficient for some women, particularly Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. During her reign in Scotland, Mary faced many barriers that subjected her to criticism and placed her in Elizabeth I’s shadow for much of history. In her poetry, Mary reacts to the obstacles she faced as a woman, as a queen, and as a threat to Elizabeth I’s succession to the throne. In her Sonnets to Bothwell, Mary rejects binary constraints of the…