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    April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwrighter‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28‚ 1582‚ in Worcester‚ in Canterbury Province. Hathaway was from Shottery‚ a small village a mile west of Stratford. William was 18 and Anne was 26 at the time of their marriage. Their first child‚ a daughter they named Susanna‚ was born on May 26‚ 1583. Two years later‚ on February 2‚ 1585‚ twins Hamnet and

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    Riders to the Sea 1. By the speech‚ it is evident that Maurya knows something bad is going to happen to her son. The argument stating that she has need for the rope is the strongest she can propose for Bartley to stay because he cannot go without it. If she says that she need the rope for herself‚ that would mean that he would not have a rope for himself. Without the rope‚ he could not go on his voyage. 2. The young priest plays an important role in the play because he is the one that helps

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    Mary Tudor is the first queen regnant in the history of England‚ who reigned from 1553 until her demise in 1558. She is greatly recognized for her religious persecutions and execution of over 300 Protestant subjects (Loades 54). Mary Tudor‚ Queen of England‚ was given birth on the 18th of February 1516‚ at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She became the only surviving baby of Henry VIII and his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. Mary was known as Mary 1‚ Queen of England and Ireland. After Edward’s

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    took the throne in 1558 when she was 25. Elizabeth grew up with an uncomfortable and unstable relationship with several of her family members. Her father had many wives‚ and Elizabeth had absolutely no mother by the time she was three; her mother‚ Anne Boleyn‚ was beheaded when Elizabeth was no more than two. After her father’s troubles with finding a queen‚ it is no surprise that Elizabeth never married‚ although it is quite shocking that she never had a man at her side‚ due to the given time period

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    Although so many disparities exist between three sisters in terms of writing style‚ value and reputation‚ they have many things in common‚ such as the usage of Gothic element and the theme of feminism. When considering the common features they all have‚ it is inevitable to mention their family and life experience. Their interest towards literature and writing was firstly cultivated by their father Patrick Bronte. Patrick Bronte was ‘a poet‚ writer‚ and polemicist’ (Wikipedia.org)‚ who ‘was the

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    Between 1450 and 1800 many women gained power as rulers‚ some as reigning queens‚ others as regents. Identify two such powerful women and discuss how issues of gender‚ such as marriage and reproduction‚ influenced their ability to obtain and exercise power. Two of the most powerful women of this era were Queen Elizabeth the first of England and Catherine the Great of Russia. These women had a difficult time gaining their power‚ and were faced with many adversaries‚ but‚ they overcame them and

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    Name: Kaixi Wang (Kassie) #10036067 Class: ES4E-1F Date: 18 March 2013 Instructor: MS Jansen Name: Kaixi Wang (Kassie) #10036067 Class: ES4E-1F Date: 18 March 2013 Instructor: MS Jansen The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society The Hague University of Applied Sciences Logbook Introduction to Dutch Culture and Society 1. My Impression of Netherlands After my graduate from high school‚ I made a

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    Biography of Emily Bronte

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    born in Thornton on July 30‚ 1818 and later moved with her family to Haworth‚ an isolated village on the moors. Her mother‚ Maria Branwell‚ died when she was only three years old‚ leaving Emily and her five siblings‚ Maria‚ Elizabeth‚ and Charlotte‚ Anne‚ and Branwell to the care of the dead woman’s sister. Emily‚ Maria‚ Elizabeth‚ and Charlotte were sent to Cowan‚ a boarding school‚ in 1824. The next year while at school Maria and Elizabeth came home to die of tuberculosis‚ and the other two

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    pursued and ultimately owned by the royal who owns the land. Scholars generally believe that the poem is an allegory referring to Anne Boleyn’s courtship by King Henry VIII‚ such that when Wyatt speaks of the deer as royal property not to be hunted by others‚ he is acknowledging that Anne has become the property of the King alone. Wyatt was said to have been interested in Anne—and may have been her lover—but would have withdrawn as a suitor after the King made clear his wish to claim her. Wyatt introduced

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    there were colonies such as Pennsylvania and Rhode Island that had a certain degree of tolerance for other religions. With Virginia being Anglican with its laws‚ Massachusetts having puritans and separatists‚ Rhode Island having Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ and Pennsylvania having William Penn along with Quakers‚ it was inevitable for religious tolerance to be expressed in different directions. Religious freedom in the Virginia Colony was at a very small or zero amount because of the Anglican

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