Harley Earl

The Power of Love in Sonnets by Petrarch, Surrey and Wyatt Francesco Petrarch, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey were three of the greatest poets in history. They were truly visionaries in their work and with their origination of the sonnet, they crafted poems of love in all its incredible forms. With these poets, we are able to see how the sonnet evolved into the form popularized by Shakespeare and even how it still influences the modern poetry of today. Petrarch, known

Elizabeth’s Golden Age Elizabeth was Queen of England from 1558-1603. During that time England was a strong country and she was a successful queen. Many people thought Elizabeth would not last long without a powerful husband but they were proved wrong. In fact Elizabeth was very clever in not choosing a husband. She didn’t choose a husband because she didn’t want anybody taking over her throne. There were four men that she could have married but said no to. The first man was Philip of Spain. Philip

Legal Ownership of the Parthenon Marbles The controversy began almost one hundred years ago. Between 1801 and 1812, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, removed several sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens and shipped them to England, where he sold them to the British Museum in 1816. 167 years later, Melina Mercouri, Greek Minister of Culture, requested that the “Elgin” Marbles be returned. This request sparked one of the greatest debates the

Obscenity in Rochester's Work "Rage at last confirms me impotent" (Rochester). How far is obscenity in Rochester's work motivated by disquiet with the world at large, and how successful is Rochester's ribaldry in fulfilling its satiric purpose? Rochester's poetry has been denounced by many as obscene and immoral. Samuel Johnson condemned his work and said that he lived and wrote "with an avowed contempt of decency and order, a total disregard to every moral, and a resolute denial of every

The Character of Sebastian in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night:       Sebastian's presence in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: or What You Will is a vexation. More pointedly, it is his sudden marriage to Olivia which troubles me so. Was he written in to give a parallel storyline between Olivia and Viola? Was he a convenient way to have a double wedding, which Shakespeare seemed to prefer for his happy endings? Or, could there be some other meaning to Sebastian?   The last day

The definition of a martyr is a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. When Sir Thomas More died in July of 1535, he became a martyr. In the play A Man for All Seasons, author Robert Bolt shows us his views on how More came to his death . In this play, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, King Henry VIII, and Sir Thomas More himself are responsible for his death. Although it could be argued that many more people in Sir Thomas More’s life had a part in contributing

Robert Boyle was an Irish philosopher. He is considered the first modern chemist and consequently, one of the founders of chemistry as we know today. He was born on January 25, 1627 in Lismore, Ireland. Born the seventh son of fourteen children to Richard Boyle and Catherine Fenton, he spent most of his childhood living in a local foster home with his older siblings. At the age of eight, his mother died and he was sent to Eton College in England where his father paid for a private tutor for Robert

Dianan Douglas Webster, first wife of actor Kirk Douglas, and mother of actor Michael Douglas, passed away Friday at the of 92. Douglas had an extraordinary career as an actress in film, television and Broadway that spanned more than half of a century. The Bermuda native met actor Kirk Douglas at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where they both studied. She landed a contract with Warner Bros., and left New York for Los Angeles where she appeared in her first motion picture Keeper

The Seven Years War was a series of conflict between several countries including the colonies, Britain, France, Spain, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Persia (Brinkley, 2012). While the war officially began in 1756, many of the colonists predicted the French and Indian war in the early 1750’s. Although Great Britain was still in control of the colonies, they provided very little help and support. This eventually worsened matters, especially when many colonists were constantly fighting off Indian tribes

Works of art are an amazing way to piece together the past and should be protected. In the passage “The Lovely Stones”, Christopher Hitchens argues that the parthenon sculptures be united in Greece. The Parthenon was created by the ancient Greeks and is an intricate and beautiful piece of art, however throughout the years it has been destroyed and pieces sent across the globe. Christopher Hitchens uses emotional appeal and reasoning to persuade his audience that the original Parthenon sculptures