Henry VI, Part 1

After Edwards’s death in 1553 his half-sister Mary I (1516-58) became Queen. Mary who was a devout Catholic began to undo the changes that Edward and Henry had started and set the nation back to the Catholic faith. During her reign (1553-1558) hundreds of Protestants, who refused to turn Catholic, were burned at the stake, this led to Mary acquiring the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’ (Steele & MacDonald, 2007)

While most people agree that Shakespeare did, in fact, write the plays many around the world know of today, there are a few scholars and writers who believe that Shakespeare was not the true author of the plays. This belief stirs what is known today as the Shakespeare authorship question. While this belief has many reasons for its existence, the main reasons have to do with the fact that there is little documentation about the life of William Shakespeare. Lack of documentation about things such as

In the middle of the siege of Harfleur, when the English were severely and harshly outnumbered, and the French were against them Henry V gave his second famously motivational speech that helped the English soldiers to get back in the war and win the battle. King Henry V’s speeches that were used in the war, had been played in day to day speeches, as it has been played on Allied ships crossing the English Channel to Normandy during WWII. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;  Or close

suffered so complete defeat in the Battle of Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 by his uncle King Henry VIII of England that even the birth of his only surviving legitimate child, Mary, could not raise him up. He died at the age of 30 and Mary Stuart was unconsciously put to the Scottish throne. On 9 September 1543, at Stirling Castle, 9-month-old Mary officially became Queen of Scots or Mary I of Scotland. King Henry VIII of England conspired to unit Scotland with England under the reign of Tudors through

major motion pictures to grade school textbooks, King Henry VIII is a man remembered. He ruled for almost four decades and brought about the Protestant Reformation yet is more famously known for his not-so-personal life, more specifically his six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. This paper aims to illuminate how Henry VIII’s politics and decision-making was influenced in part by his sexual appetite and the scandalous behavior

Airline Safety Introduction How important is airline safety to the flying public? How safe is it for passengers on commercial airline flights? What are the issues that prevent air travel from being as safe as it needs to be? How effective are airline safety investigators in terms of locating flaws and anomalies that might become serious safety problems? This paper delves into those questions and provides research to fully examine the issues. Background into Airline Safety Knowledge An article

Having an understanding of Stanislavski’s concentration exercises and the magic “as-if” made it much easier to focus acting to fit the lens. The other difference between film and TV is the order in which the story is revealed. In a play, we start at page 1 and

On the contrary, Henry Morris is shrewd with his presentation and explanations, and it is easy to see how a non-science versed individual could be persuaded into doubting the merits of evolution. Case 1: AThe Wistful Search for Good Mutations@ In Morris= The Modern Creation Trilogy: Science & Creation[ii], he challenges the scientifically

Queen Mary I of England was a part of the royal family, Tudor, after her grandfather, King Henry VII, made their name known. Mary is best known as “Bloody Mary”, which she got for persecuting and executing over 300 Protestant believers when they would not re-conform to the Roman Church. She also made the relationship between England and the “Powerhouse of Europe”, which was Spain, the closest it ever was. Mary was married to Prince Philip, who was the son of King Charles V of Spain. Mary beat several

If one were to go watch Shakespeare’s Henry the Fourth Part One or Two, whether back in the 17th century or at a theater today, they would have quite a laugh at one character in particular. A fat character, often stuffed with pillows or waddling in a fat suit for dramatic effect, may extract a feeling of disgust but albeit humor from its audience. It may be hard to see past the physical appearance, but the character of Sir John Falstaff has been described as “-one of the greatest characters in English