Essays Tagged: "Queen Victoria"

Contrasting the View upon Nayure between Two 20th Century Poets, D.H. Lawrence and Karl Shapiro

sted from 1900-1939. It began at the dawn of the new century and in England, is set by the death of Queen Victoria. Reading attracted a large audience because of the tremendous growth in education opp ... th CenturyA. 1900-1939 1. Began with the dawn of the new century and in England, the death a Queen Victoria.2. Leading poets were D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dy ...

(5 pages) 76 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Victorian Literature

The first decades (1830s to 1860s) of Queen Victoria's reign produced a vigorous and varied body of literature that attempted to come to t ...

(2 pages) 166 0 3.1 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The true coldwar. Refers to The Bubonic Plague, known as the black death

ally against theAztecs was smallpox. Napoleon's Grand Army was defeated by theRussians, and typhus. Queen Victoria spread hemophilia to her heirs,leading to the illness of the only son of Czar Nichola ...

(9 pages) 144 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Alfred Tennyson, often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry.

English literature was alsosomething that was beginning to be developed.Historically, it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to thethrown in 1837 and brought a new prosperity to England. She heldth ... ,' and 'The Two Voices of Sin' and otherpoems that revealed a strange naive quality such as 'The MayQueen,' 'Lady Clara Vere de Vere,' and 'The Lord of Burleigh.' Thenew volume was not received well p ...

(6 pages) 137 1 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

How Literature was Affected in the Victorian Age

The Year 1837 was very significant. It was not only the year that Queen Victoria acceded the throne, but also the year that a new literary age was coined. The Victori ... ged the ideas of religion, crime, sexuality, chauvinism and over all social controversies(Brown 16).Queen Victoria influenced the literary age herself. She loved to read and she was educated in the fi ... erself. She loved to read and she was educated in the finest schools in Great Britain(Fraiser 278). Queen Victoria encouraged reading among all of her people. She gave out free books to children and s ...

(6 pages) 361 1 2.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This is an essay about the achivements of William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli.

that contributed greatly to the politic arena of Great Britainbetween 1868 and 1894. Of these two, Queen Victoria's favorite prime ministerwas Benjamin Disraeli. The biggest difference between them w ... f months as prime minister. He spent six years opposing WilliamGladstone's government. Backed up by Queen Victoria, Disraeli was able to form astrong government in 1874.When Disraeli became prime mini ...

(2 pages) 43 0 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

This essay compares the programs of England's Prime Ministers, William Gladstone and Benjamin Disreli.

Gladstone (1809-1898) were Prime Ministers of Great Britain between 1868 and 1894. They both aided Queen Victoria during her extensive reign .They were different from each other because they led diff ... s debts. His first novel was Vivian Gray in 1826 which was a success. In 1837 after Victoria became queen he finally got a place in the House of Commons. He became famous thanks to his essays on the C ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

A detailed text of cadbury Chcolate Factory,Cocolate origin,making and marketing process.

s. In 1854 the company received its first Royal Warrant as 'manufacturers of cocoa and chocolate to Queen Victoria'. In 1856 John Cadbury's son Richard joined the company, followed in 1861 Richard and ...

(60 pages) 606 1 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on May 24th, 1819. She was the only child of E ... an mother. She was christened Alexandria Victoria and was not permitted to learn that she was to be queen until she was twelve years old. Victoria had very little contact with the outside world and wa ... act with the outside world and was taught politics and government by the Prime Minister. She became queen of Great Britain in 1837, at the age of 18, after the death of her uncle King William IV.In Fe ...

(2 pages) 69 1 4.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

the cases of two English monarchs who broke with convention by selecting spouses for reasons of the heart, rather than political convenience.

e freedom of choice which their subjects enjoy.Since the Norman Conquest (setting aside the present Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles), the only two English or British monarchs to have personally cho ... was the only exception). In recent centuries some attention has been paid to individual preference. Queen Victoria was allowed the pretence that Albert had freely chosen her. Yet the underlying assump ...

(9 pages) 46 0 4.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

England's attempt at imperializing china, how it had less of an impact than expected.

e and all of his people were higher than everyone else in the world.In Commissioner Lin's letter to Queen Victoria we see another side of the Chinese. They never back down and totally give in to the E ... is letter is the closest to begging that the Chinese would ever come. It is basically a plea to the Queen for her people to stop selling opium to the Chinese. The irony in the letter is that the Engli ...

(2 pages) 25 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Victorian Era.

The Victorian Era was from the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901, it was an era of several unsettling social developme ...

(3 pages) 80 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Is it possible to speak of an English Culture?

rom creating empires, tea on the lawn, days at the races, keeping a stiff upper limit, Shakespeare, Queen Victoria, thatched country cottages to bingo; is this is a true reflection of Englishness or m ...

(9 pages) 86 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Life and Times of Queen Victoria The Life and Times of Victoria by Dorothy Marshall

Queen Victoria, former ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India ... British history. Her reign of sixty-three years seven months came to be known as the Victorian era. Queen Victoria was not only the ruler of the United Kingdom, but also the British Empire, which incl ... itish Empire, which included Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, and significant parts of Africa.Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, and christened Alexandrina Victoria, in Kensington Palace, ...

(9 pages) 67 0 1.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Children's Literature in the Victorian Era (with footnotes, citations, and images)

The time when Queen Victoria I was in rule, known as the Victorian Era, played host to an abundance of children's ... an Age are still enjoyed today. And not just by adults, either, by children, too. If it weren't for Queen Victoria, society may not have changed so drastically, and literature may not have evolved the ...

(4 pages) 63 0 2.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Biography on Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II is related to Queen Victoria, Frederick the Great, Catherine the great, Czar Nicholas II, Emperor Wilhelm I, and i ... ary 27th, 1857 in Potsdam Germany. He was the oldest son of Frederick III and Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria. When his mother gave birth to him he had a damaged left arm, the limb never grew to ... e publicly blamed her for his father's death, and generally acted so strangely that his grandmother Queen Victoria expressed concerns for his sanity.One of the first things that Wilhelm did was dismis ...

(4 pages) 38 0 4.2 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Victorian Period: A Time for Drastic Change. Does Wuthering Heights Accurately Represent the Victorian Period?

the literary world which now had the contributions of women.The Victorian era expresses the time of Queen Victoria's rule from 1837-1901, which was an era of expansion in culture, especially in societ ...

(5 pages) 120 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Poetry Report Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling

This poem is about a soldier from England that was stationed in Mandalay. It was during the rein of Queen Victoria. This soldier fell in love with Burma and a native girl. This poem has many powerful ...

(3 pages) 26 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Constructive Criticism on Kaiser William II

ary 27th, 1857 in Potsdam Germany. He was the oldest son of Frederick III and Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria. When his mother gave birth to him he had a damaged left arm, the limb never grew to ... e publicly blamed her for his father's death, and generally acted so strangely that his grandmother Queen Victoria expressed concerns for his sanity.One of the first things that Kaiser William did was ...

(5 pages) 38 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Cadburys business at work

s. In 1854 the company received its first Royal Warrant as 'manufacturers of cocoa and chocolate to Queen Victoria'. In 1856 John Cadbury's son Richard joined the company, followed in 1861 Richard and ...

(31 pages) 418 2 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting