Scotland

Are women generally lacking in power and control when it comes to making some of a married couple’s most important decisions? It’s certainly portrayed that way in the modern film Scotland, PA as shown by Lady Macbeth. Scotland, PA is a film which takes place in a restaurant named Duncan’s, in which the assistant manager (Macbeth) feels that he deserves better than his current employment position, only emphasized when Duncan announces his lazy and irresponsible son Malcolm will be the next owner.…

The House of Commons is made by Members of State (MPs). The public elects the members every five years. The House of Commons debates important issues, makes and reviews laws, represents the public and holds the Government to account. Inside the House of Commons, there are two sides: on one side, there is The Government, which runs the country, and the other side is called The Opposition who keeps an eye on what the Government is doing. The chamber has 437 seats for over 650 members. The Commons…

The union with England, under the Laws of Wales Acts of 1536 and 1543, did bring about some positive changes in Wales but the benefit of these changes has so often been exaggerated by historians, who have failed to properly address the shortcomings of the changes and the effect of changes on society as a whole and not just on the rising gentry class. For example many historians, like Peter Roberts, have emphasised the positive political impacts that the union achieved for Wales, such as the…

Introduction Over the years a significant productivity gap has developed between the United Kingdom and its main competitors which include the United States, Germany and France (O’Mahony and de Boer, 2002). In 2012, the widest productivity gap was to be reported in over 20 years, second to 1992 when the gap was as wide as 25%. The Office of National Statistics reported that in comparison to the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Canada the UK is seen to be behind by an average of…

“A relation, or Rather a True Account of the Island of England” is an account by a Venetian ambassador who travelled to the realm to negotiate a treaty between the English and Italian states, who at this time were uniting against the French. The findings would be presented by the ambassador to the senate upon his return from the mission(v), and would be used to determine policy, and measure strengths and weaknesses of the newly formed treaty. The author, who remains unnamed to history,…

full authority to undertake any task he deemed necessary to help better the position of the government control in the Highlands. Under his command 240 miles of road were laid, between 1725 and 1736 along with a dozen bridges spanning rivers across Scotland like the Tay, Garry, Tummel and the Spean. This network of roads served to connect all of the major towns such as Glasgow, Inverness, and Edinburgh along with the military garrisons and forts in the Highland area.…

In the federalist paper NO. 5 the author the author John Jay makes claims that the states should have a strong Federal government and have the state's answer to the government. In response Scotland and England - a Case in Point was written by “An Observer”, in which they refute Jay’s points written in his paper. The federalist paper in question has the superior argument,by driving his points home, using prior knowledge to compare it to similar scenarios, relaying everything to the audience in…

A World of Feeling Besides words on a page, the “heaven-taught” ploughman Robert Burns exists today in metal, housed in a 70-foot tall Grecian temple in his hometown of Alloway in Ayrshire. Despite the constraints of sessile metal, the Bard of Ayrshire has no difficulties getting around: one might also find great Rabbie in San Francisco, Canada, or Australia. In fact, Robert Burns has the third-largest amount of statues built in his image than any other non-religious figure (“Commemorations of…

comedies, are portrayed in various colors. But none are as famous as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Throughout many adaptations of the play, writers and directors show many themes surrounding the couple, and they remain consistent. But in Billy Morrissette’s Scotland, PA chooses to expand on the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth by changing aspects of the personalities and roles of Shakespeare’s most nefarious couple. In the beginning of the film, the one of the first ideas Morrissette…

conceited and greedy people, the Ridiculous customs or the islands environment is an issue to the author.Although he does regard some of England 's good points he is generally unimpressed with England character, In fact he seem to be more impressed with Scotland then England. Therefore the Venetian author was not thrilled with England. The Author observations did…