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The King’s speech is a historical drama film featuring King George the Sixth who copes with a stammer. The movie depicts historical events during the 1930s in London. Among the main characters are, King George VI who is also addressed by ‘Bertie’ by his close family members, Elizabeth, Lionel Logue as well as the archbishop, Cosmo Gordon Lang. To solve Bertie’s problem, his wife Elizabeth encourages him to seek help from Lionel Logue, a speech defect therapist. When his brother refused the…

16th Century Europe was the time and place for many kings and queens. At this time many countries had monarchies. One ruler of this time was Mary Queen of Scots. According to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mary Stuart was born to Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland in Linlithgow Palace during the December of 1542. Since Mary’s father died while she was only six days old, she was handed the title of queen and Mary’s mom acted as regent (1). Mary had a tough life, as did anyone who…

The Baroque era composer, George Frideric Handel, was born in Halle, Saxon, Germany to parents, George and Dorothea Handel, on February 23rd, 1685. Handel wanted to study music since he was a young boy. Alas, he faced opposition from his father, who thought that pursuing a music career would not be a realistic or highly esteemed occupation. His father wouldn't even let him own a musical instrument. However, secretly encouraged by his mother to pursue his passion, Handel would sneak up to his…

depression came from the death of his son(1612) and his wife(1619). He was terminally ill and it was just getting worse as he kept living on. He eventually died on March 27,1625. He died in Herts, England at the age of 58. James was buried in the Westminster Abbey…

Mary, Queen of Scots Mary Stuart had a laborious life since her father had died when she was only a few days old making her Queen of Scots, her marriages ended up with her husband's passing away, & her cousin Queen Elizabeth of England held her in prison for almost twenty years and later exiled The Queen of Scots for treason. On December 8th, 1542 in Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, Mary of Guise and James V of Scotland, had a daughter named, Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen). The article states that…

It's been called the most important scientific book ever. A stunning claim, but certainly Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, published in 1830, shook prevailing views of how Earth had been formed. Sir Charles Lyell, (November 14, 1797 – February 22, 1875) was the preeminent geologist of his time and distributer of the compelling work, Principles of Geology. Storing up an enormous measure of confirmation, both from his own field research and the work of others, Lyell promoted the idea that…

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…

Betjeman’s idea of an optimal female is describe in all three poems, he represents all three women in what seems to be a socially acceptable. The women created in the poems appear as unusual and interesting yet administer a sense of power amongst them. He describes them as ‘nonchalantly’, shocked-headed’ and egocentric ‘listen to a lady’s cry’’. Betjeman prominently describes them as ‘feminine’ which is defined as ‘a set of culturally defined characteristics ‘ looking through the lens of society…

An Illiterate Influence on English When a “bastard” reclaimed the crown of England, he infused France into England. The English language went on a roller coaster of changes to accommodate the French culture and language that was flowing in. This all began with one man, and his name was William I. William I, better known as William the Conqueror, was the first Norman king of England when he was crowned in 1066. “William the Bastard” was born to the duke of Normandy and his mistress in France…

Queen Elizabeth I Imagine if as a child, your birth was the most disappointing thing of your father’s life, your mother got executed and you had to live with your stepmother and her husband. This all happened to Queen Elizabeth I in her life and a lot more. She grew up in a very difficult family and she ended up living with her stepmother after her father and mother died. Her father wanted a son instead of a daughter so she was a huge dissapointment. Queen Elizabeth I shows her importance in her…