About the Life of Queen Elizabeth I

by Herminne Tonita - More than four hundreds years ago a brave and determined woman brought forty years of peace and prosperity to England. Queen Elizabeth I began her life as a neglected princess, whose mother, Anne Boleyn, had been executed by her father, Henry VIII. She was ignored and imprisoned as a girl, but upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, Elizabeth became a strong and popu ...

Date added: 28 January '07

The Life of Henry VIII

by Herminne Tonita - Henry VIII was born at Greenwhich on 28th January 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to the throne on the death of his brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502 and succeeded in 1509. In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. A contemporary observer described him as: " he speaks good French,Latin and Spanish, is very religious and he is ...

Date added: 29 January '07

The Life of Henry VII

by Herminne Tonita - The century of the Tudor rule (1485-1603) is often thought of as the most glorious period in the English history. Henry VII(1482-1509) is less well-known than his son, Henry VIII or his grand-daughter, Elizabeth I, but far more important in establishing the new monarchy. He had the same ideas and opinions as the merchants and gentlemen and that is why he was very popular ...

Date added: 30 January '07

Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

by Herminne Tonita - Henry James' s novel "The Portrait of a Lady" first appeared in serial and was published as a book in 1881. Regarded as a major achievement of the writer " The Portrait of a Lady " is one of the best novels of modern literature. In it, Henry James demonstrates that he had learnt well from his European masters. Turgheniev had thought him how to use a single character, who ...

Date added: 09 February '07

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Summary

by Herminne Tonita - The main character of the novel is Dorian Gray, a very handsome young man, who has his picture painted by an artist called Basil Hallward. Basil introduces Dorian to his best friend, Lord Henry Wotton and they become very good friends. The meeting between Dorian and Lord Wotton will change Dorian's life. When Dorian sees his picture he wishes it could grow old instead of hi ...

Date added: 25 February '07

Limitations in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

by Cristina Nuta - Henry James'The Portrait of a Lady' is a novel about life-choices. It is a meditation on the theme of marriage and whether there is life outside of marriage. The protagonist, Isabel Archer, sets out to find out and ends up throwing her life away on the first person she meets outside her sheltered world. Isabel chooses to marry someone she doesn't understand, because he fascin ...

Date added: 27 February '07

Strengths of the multiple points of view in The Portrait of a Lady

by Cristina Nuta - The Portrait of a Lady is one of the greatest novels of modern literature, written by Henry James, and usually regarded as a major achievement of its author's early period of fiction writing. In the book, Henry James demonstrates that he has learnt well from two Europeans masters of the novel: George Eliot and Turgenef. The first one teaches him the importance of fighting ...

Date added: 27 February '07

The Portrait of a Lady - the Innocent American Heroine

by Herminne Tonita - Most writers in the 19th century were concerned with the real world. Henry James felt that they sometimes concentrated too much on the surface of life. His own aim was to portray life from the inside. It is not but photographic realism that we find in his work. The purpose of his novels is to explore the ways in which people see and relate to each other. The Internationa ...

Date added: 01 May '07

Henry Ford and Mass Production

by Herminne Tonita - Henry Ford is famous for making automobiles. But what makes him important is how he made them. Ford began to make automobiles in the 1890s. One day in 1903 he was talking to a friend about the best way to do this. "The real way is to make one like another, as much alike as pins or matches," he said. The friend said that he did not believe that this was possible. "The pri ...

Date added: 04 May '07