Fanny Kemble

I chose to analyze Fanny Kemble’s “Record of a Girlhood” which describes the young actress’ first ride on a steam engine with engineer George Stephenson. The language is rich with imagery as Kemble uses personification to compare the steam engine to a horse. In the beginning Kemble writes …”they make these curious little fire-horses all mares” (1092). We see these qualities throughout the passage. The barrel contains enough water to “prevent her being thirsty…” (1092). The railway is a living creature

totally against the abolishment of the slaves. Fanny Kemble the Daughter of a family pro-abolishment married Pierce Butler heir to hundreds of slaves and numerous plantations. The two married at a time where slavery was one of the biggest agreements and because they had a different outlook on the subject the couple's relations was very ironic. Why? Well, the two did not have the same goal for slavery ,yet Pierce and Fanny were still one. Fanny and Pierce

Scriptures and the Bible to help backup his statement on his own opinions toward slavery. In Chapter 13 The Slave South, there were 5 documents, they were titled Madison Heming’s Recalls life as Thomas Jefferson’s Enslaved Son, The Plantation Rules, Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women, Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist and lastly the

The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain did little to improve life for the common people; the Industrial Revolution negated the principle of Utilitarianism as seen through the lack of support given to the middle and lower classes. Although the Industrial Revolution may have provided work for the lower classes, the work required was dangerous and paid next to nothing. The Industrial Revolution also led to the creation of monopolies which prevented Adam Smith’s idea of a capitalist market driven

wealthy planters were benefiting from slaves? When you think of marriage, what comes to mind? Love, commitment, unity and teamwork would all fall in that category. In section Antebellum Slavery it talks about a couple by the name of Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble and Pierce Butler that might not agree so much. They actually thought they could change

about 25 miles an hour. This machine took so long to build with steel . Workers worked long, hard, and hazardous hours with immense heat and lack of safety guards. The hard labor was hard for those workers but the rich didn’t seem to mind. Actress Fanny

Destructive Ambition in Macbeth       William Shakespeare's tragic play Macbeth presents the fizzled drive of an ambitious husband and wife. This essay is the story of their destructive ambition.   Fanny Kemble in "Lady Macbeth" refers to the ambition of Lady Macbeth:    [. . .] to have seen Banquo's ghost at the banqueting table ... and persisted in her fierce mocking of her husband's terror would have been impossible to human nature. The hypothesis makes Lady Macbeth a monster

The Pent-up Guilt in Macbeth       There is hardly any emotion in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth that outweighs that of guilt. Both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are seriously compromised by the impact of this emotion.   Clark and Wright in their Introduction to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare explain how guilt impacts Lady Macbeth:   Having sustained her weaker husband, her own strength gives way; and in sleep, when her will cannot control her thoughts, she is piteously

Guilt in Macbeth        There is a large burden of guilt carried by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Let's look at this situation closely in the following essay.   Fanny Kemble in "Lady Macbeth" asserts that Lady Macbeth was unconscious of her guilt, which nevertheless killed her:   A very able article, published some years ago in the National Review, on the character of Lady Macbeth, insists much upon an opinion that she died of remorse, as some palliation

Guilt in Macbeth       There is a large burden of guilt carried by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Let's look at this situation closely in the following essay.   Fanny Kemble in "Lady Macbeth" asserts that Lady Macbeth was unconscious of her guilt, which nevertheless killed her:   A very able article, published some years ago in the National Review, on the character of Lady Macbeth, insists much upon an opinion that she died of remorse, as some palliation