is she helping you. It was also used to tell people how she looked if she was still fashionable and looked beautiful. They used portraits because they had no other use; there was no email‚ television‚ telephone or newspapers. In this portrait of Queen Elizabeth it shows Spanish armada in the right hand corner and the English in top left. Her hand is placed on the globe and the crown is on her right. She wearing necklaces of pearls and has a peacock feather on the top of her head. She is showing
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Herman is the protagonist in Poushkin’s “The Queen of Spades”. Unlike Emma Bovary‚ Herman seems to be quite levelheaded‚ when we are first introduced to his character. When asked why he doesn’t gamble‚ Herman responds‚ "Play interests me greatly‚ but I hardly care to sacrifice the necessaries of life for uncertain superfluities" (1)” At the dawn of a night spent observing a gambling party‚ Herman overhears the story about Tomsky’s grandmother‚ Countess Anna Fedorovna. The story explains that the
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Prince Albert and Queen Victoria had a loving marriage and the perfect family‚ or so it seemed. However‚ this wasn’t always the case. With nine kids‚ Victoria‚ Albert Edward‚ Alice‚ Alfred‚ Louise‚ Arthur‚ Leopold‚ and Beatrice‚ things could get a little crazy. Complete with Victoria’s terrifying fits of rage‚ life at Buckingham Palace was sometimes a huge disaster. Albert and Victoria were very much in love‚ but Victoria hated being pregnant. She especially hated the fact that it took away her
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The most important quality of Elizabeth as a queen was her love for the people of her kingdom. Elizabeth made many efforts throughout her reign to demonstrate how much she cared for her subjects‚ including the “progresses‚” or tours of the countryside on horseback‚ that she made at least twenty-five times during her forty-five years as queen (“Elizabeth I”). The act of visiting among her people proved to them how highly she viewed and respected them. She also wanted them to love her‚ saying in a
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During her time‚ Queen Elizabeth was a great ruler. She was one of the most successful famous monarchs. “Elizabeth was an immensely popular Queen‚ and her popularity has waned little with the passing of four hundred years”. (“QUEEN ELIZABETH I BIOGRAPHY: Part 1.") Growing up was not easy for Queen Elizabeth at all but she overpowered it. Queen Elizabeth lost her mother at two years old however‚ she still became a successful ruler‚ a great leader‚ admired by many and great with arts. Queen Elizabeth was
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One of the leaders that I find most inspiring is Queen Elizabeth I. To me‚ Queen Elizabeth I represents the epitome of a powerful woman. She was clearly good at negotiating with and listening to others as she was able to convince her half sister‚ Mary‚ that she was not a threat. Additionally‚ she demonstrated an excellent ability to empathize with her subjects since while she did re-establish Protestantism‚ she was tolerant to all religious practices that were conducted in private. She also positively
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Allison Benedetti Dr. Bridges Geography (Smith) Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I‚ also known as “The Virgin Queen‚” was one of the most famous monarchs of all time and her reign was called The Golden Age. Born Elizabeth Tudor‚ September 7‚ 1533 in Greenwich‚ England to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her birth was quite a disappointment to the king because he was hoping for a male heir.1 At the time‚ King Henry VIII was still married to Queen Katherine of Aragon and wanted a divorce from her
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BRITISH CULTURE The Roles of Britain’s Queen in Comparison with Those of Vietnam’s President The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy (or parliamentary democracy). This means that the monarch‚ at the moment Queen Elizabeth II who succeeded to the throne in 1952‚ is the head of state. It is different from Vietnam‚ the government of which takes place in a framework of a single-party socialist republic‚ a country headed by a president. The
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Study Guide Questions: The Queen of Air and Darkness 1.The weather-crow was a carrion crow‚ with an arrow in its beak to point to the wind‚ like the one of Morgan le Fay’s castle. 2. King Uther invited the Earl and Countess of Cornwall to his castle. Then he wanted to marry the Countess but she said no‚ then The Earl and Countess ran away in the dead of night. When Uther finds out he threatens the Earl. The Earl puts himself and Countess in different castle. Merlyn puts Uther in the Earl’s castle
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The Queen of Crime: Agatha Christie I. Introduction Thesis Statement II. Body I. Life and Career A. Family background and Childhood B. First marriage and the First World War C. Christie’s first novels D. Disappearance E. Second marriage and later life II. Famous Characters on her work A. Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple III. Archaeology and Agatha Christie III. Conclusion I. Introduction Agatha Christie is one of the most popular and best-known novelists ever‚ and
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