Essay The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 has come to be known as Britain’s greatest conspiracy. If it had succeeded‚ many say it would’ve been one of the greatest terrorist plots ever. However‚ the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of terrorism is “the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. While many may argue that this is what the gunpowder plot was‚ it was actually an attempted coup‚ not a campaign of terror and violence. The plot was led by Robert Catesby
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The Babington Plot Anthony Babington was a young Catholic noble who joined a plot to depose the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. Sir Francis Walsingham‚ the head of Elizabeth’s secret service‚ captured a Catholic plotter named Gilbert Gifford and ‘convinced’ him to act as a double agent. Gifford would act as an intermediary - smuggling letters to Mary who was imprisoned in Chartley Hall. All the letters were given to Walsingham. The letters were written
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THE PLOT DIAGRAM The plot diagram: most people learn about it somewhere in elementary school‚ and indeed‚ it is the most elementary of tools a writer and reader can use in summarizing and outlining a story. It is so basic and flexible that pretty much every story written in existence can be outlined via the plot diagram. And yet‚ there are stories that‚ when outlined‚ twist the plot diagram into interesting shapes‚ which leads me to suspect that there is a missing step in the plot diagram: the elusive
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Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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Pride and Prejudice Plot Analysis Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation‚ conflict‚ complication‚ climax‚ suspense‚ denouement‚ and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice. Initial Situation We meet the Bennet family: five single daughters with no money. Then a young‚ rich‚ single man moves into the neighborhood. This is clearly an initial situation because there’s way too much instability in this system. Pushy
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The event I chose to write about is a TV show called Narcos. I chose Narcos for several reasons that relate to what we are talking about in class as well as being a decent representation of what politics are like in certain situations. The Plot of Narcos is that the American Government made a deal with Columbia to track down the major cocaine suppliers and drug lords and extradite them back to the United States for processing in the 1990’s. This show is based on true events and it represents many
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ASSIGNMENT ON BOX PLOT COURSE CODE: URP1251 COURSE TITLE: STATISTICS FOR PLANNERS | SUBMITTED BY MEHEDI MUDASSER 110412 SUBMISSION DATE: 09/05/2012 DISCUSSION OF BOX PLOT GRAPH WITH APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES The box plot goes back to John Tukey‚ which published in 1977 this efficient method to display robust statistics. Box plots‚ the term of graphical
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Introduction The gunpowder plot happened in 1605 ‚ in London.The people involved were Guy Fawks ‚ Robert and Thomas Wintour‚ Thomas Percy‚ Christopher and John Wright‚ Francis Tresham‚ Everard Digby‚ Ambrose Rookwood‚ Thomas Bates‚ Robert Keyes‚ Hugh Owen‚ John Grant and the man who is said to have organised the whole plot Robert Catesby. The other people involved in the plot were Robert Cecil and mounteagle. Some Catholics decided to come up with the plot ‚ to blow up parliament. There aim
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Brown‚ Aalia 4B Eng/Lang arts 12 Mrs. Landrum-May February 26‚ 2013 The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to kill King James I. the plot was to blow up the house of the lords during the State Opening of England’s Parliament. The plan also included the king’s 9 year old daughter whom was supposed to be awarded as the Catholic head of state. This may have occurred after the hopes of greater religious tolerance was defeated‚ which left many English Catholics disappointed. They had few but strong
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