edition was that of 1623. Since eight of the nine histories written by Shakespeare in the 1590’s are devoted to the hundred years leading up to the Battle of Bosworth and the establishment of the Tudors on the English throne‚ the first Tudor being Henry VII‚ they represent an extended study of the origins of the political situation in which their Elizabethan spectators found themselves. Henry V is the new national king‚ the herald of the Tudor monarchy‚ which
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How does Act 1 of Antony and Cleopatra prepare the audience for tragedy? In this essay i will discuss how act of Antony and Cleopatra prepare the audience for tragedy. Firstly the character of Antony is one of three who rule Rome after the assassination of Julius Caedar. But Antony’s popularity is shortlived‚ as Shakespeare’s audience discovers when Act I opens in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ where Antony languishes under the spell of Cleopatra’s incomparable beauty and charm. She spends her every wile and
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The biography that is being reviewed is Mary‚ Queen of Scots by Gordon Donaldson. Mary Stuart‚ was born at Linlithge Palace on December 8‚ 1542‚ sixs days later she became Queen of Scotland. Mary became Queen of France and soon her greediness grew and she wanted to take over England. Mary was unwilling to stay in France‚ so she went back to Scotland. There her second husband died and she was imprisoned in England for the suspicion of the murder. Mary had a bad ending to her life. Mary got caught
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Privy Chamber Attention to my fellow Englanders in support of King Henry VIII‚ I am the night of the Shire for Surrey‚ and although I may not take vote in today’s agendas‚ I can still inform you on important matter. As a dear friend of the King‚ I‚ nor should any of our other Englanders wish struggle‚ persuasion‚ and corruption on to our king. Which is why I am here telling you about this chamber in which we meet and discuss public and private matters with the King and help him make decisions‚
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A Brave Woman Queen Elizabeth was an ambition and outstanding woman. She had amazing ideas for her speech for the troops. Everyone wonder how Queen Elizabeth became queen. She was very good with her commands and how to control her troops in the battle. Finally how everything ended in the outcome of Queen Elizabeth. She was the fifth and last of the Tudor Dynasty‚ daughter of Henry VIII. She was born as a princess‚ but her mother was executed after her second birthday. Her half brother Edward
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How far was Edward responsible for his own desposition in 1470? When Edward VI became King in 1461‚ he had to deal with some unfavourable circumstances. Edward had not executed his enemies; Henry VI‚ Prince Edward‚ or Margaret of Anjou‚ so they escaped to Scotland. This provided an alternative King for Edward’s opponents to support. He was also a usurper to the throne‚ therefore the majority of the nobility that were still loyal to Henry VI could use this to their favour. Additionally‚ Edward
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During the rule of the feeble minded King Henry VI and the genius Queen Margaret of Anjou‚ there was civil unrest in Medieval England due to whom should be the heir to the throne. Henry VI suffered mental breakdowns and so Richard‚ Duke of York‚ exploited his claim on the throne garnered by his ties with previous King Henry V. Henry VI and previous kings of England where from the Lancastrian family this meant this was the first instance of non York conformation. This set the beginning of the War
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In the 1500’s the king of England was Henry VIII. He had already broken up with the Catholic Church and the Pop. He had made himself head of the Church of England. Also he had divorced with Catherine of Aragon and marred Anna Boleyn. His lifestyle was extravagant and he was also worried that he could be attacked by the Catholic countries of Europe. Under these circumstances he decided to close down the monasteries for the following reasons: * He was greedy and needed more money for his extravagant
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To many‚ the name Mary Tudor has gone down in history as that of one of the most ruthless queens of all time. Mary was born on the 18th of February 1516 to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. During her lifetime‚ she would experience the world as she knew it crumbling around her. Mary was the only child to survive from her parents’ marriage. To her father’s dismay she was not the son that he craved‚ so after years of attempts he began to look elsewhere for his heir. It was this decision that would
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The relationship between the two rulers and their own legitimacy led to its fair share of rebellion and resistance as well. Henry IV Part 1 deals primarily with the aftermath of Henry’s taking of the throne‚ which took the shape of an armed rebellion by the Percies; this rebellion mirrors the feelings and resistance of Catholic dissenters during Elizabeth’s time both historically and through Shakespeare’s guidance. Hotspur and the Percies retained great loyalty to Richard II despite supporting Henry’s
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