Bloodbath Since the dawn of time, the desire for immortality and eternal beauty has all but governed humans as a species. A fallacy that such a thing could be procured as the proverbial fountain of youth has consumed, destroyed, and even sent some into a spiraling descent of madness. From the destitute to the affluent and everyone between, no one has ever fully escaped the hypnotic lure of the notion of being forever young and beautiful. The journey to acquire such an unattainable object has even motivated some to implement unspeakable and deplorable acts against their own kind. One individual in particular, a late Hungarian Countess by the name of Elizabeth Bathory, is a perfect example of lust for perfection and beauty taken too far. Born in 1560 into one of the wealthiest families in Transylvania, Elizabeth Bathory was an erudite woman proficient in multiple languages (Alchin). The location of her birth is positioned within the Carpathian Mountains and is a province of Romania. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, black magic and cultism were often practiced by even the most esteemed members of the community. Participation in secret rituals and on-goings were not unheard of for the religious, wealthy, or established governmental figureheads. Elizabeth was rumored to have encircled herself with known witches and those who were acquainted with the black arts (Hambly). At sixteen years old, Elizabeth was married to Count Ferenc Nadasdy and it is said that “around this time, she was influenced by a sadistic aunt, Karla Bathory, who initiated her into the torture of servant-girls” (Hambly). Elizabeth and Ferenc were married for just shy of thirty years, and for the first ten of those the couple remained ba... ... middle of paper ... ...ect his family name as much as possible Count Thurzo, Elizabeth’s cousin, talked the King into letting him lead his own foray on the castle on his terms. The King agreed and on a night near Christmas, Thurzo led a small army to Castle Cachtice and apprehended several of Elizabeth’s accomplices. Elizabeth was detained but was not taken away with the rest of her entourage. Those that she kept closest to her were quickly put on trial and found guilty on all counts. They were all burned at the stake after being tortured into producing evidence against their dear Elizabeth. Elizabeth met a different kind of punishment for her actions; instead of a trial being held and the family name facing certain ruin, she was holed up in one of her castles and left to die of old age with only a slight space for food to pass through the door left open to the external world (Alchin).
Elizabeth too has attained quite a bit of respect from the townspeople. She is known by those around her to be a genuine and kind woman. Elizabeth is accused of witchcraft, but soon after they realize that the accuser’s claim is misleading. They figure this out in Act Two when Mary Warren confesses to the poppet being hers and not Elizabeth’s. Furthermore, Elizabeth is a fervent Puritan woman. With that being said, she never lies because that to her is equivalent to murder or adultery. The only time that she ever thought to tell a lie was when she was doing her best to protect her husband in the court; unfortunately, what she did wasn’t the best choice she could’ve made. Moreover, Elizabeth is faithful with her husband, but that doesn’t stop her from continuing to not have trust in him. For example, in the beginning of Act Two, John mentions to her that he had been alone with Abigail. Without a doubt, that makes Elizabeth uncomfortable because she has a bit of an idea of what John was hiding from the public eye. In the stage directions, Arthur Miller prompts the reader to feel and sympathize with Elizabeth. For instance, in the same Act, it says that John goes to give her a kiss and she simply receives it. She doesn’t kiss him back showing that she has no desire to be doing much with the man. Throughout the play, Arthur Miller does an exceptional job with how he portrays Elizabeth as a good
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Elizabeth Bathory is known by many different names; ‘The Bloody Lady of Čachtice’, ‘The Blood Countess’, ‘Countess Dracula’, and not without reason. In the 16th century this murderess became obsessed with achieving mastery over nature; the countess had forsaken her humanity by drinking the blood of virgins for vitality and bleeding them dry to bathe in it for her skin to be clear of imperfections and signs of aging. Often the vain become delusioned that beauty and youth preserves the body forever, when in fact, life can just as easily be ripped away young than it is when old. With torture and a side of cannibalism, Countess Bathory was not the poster-woman for mental health, but her fear of death was what drove her to go to such extremes. Humans will go to endless lengths to maintain the illusion of mastery over nature and control over life and death. Throughout Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood explores human nature and puts forth that humans are driven by knowledge and fear of their own mortality. She argues that humans seek to play a divine role to control their own fate and in the process, sacrificing morals and ethics to quell that fear.
...they arrested her. She had a trial, and not death because of her wealth. During the trial, witnesses, as well as Elizabeth’s other helpers, stated all they knew when they were present. Most of them did not know much because of Dravulia. She was usually the only one in the room, because Elizabeth knew that she could rely on her. Dravulia was killed after the trial. She was murdered by one of the noble’s as revenge. During the trial, a servant found her diary covered in names and techniques used. This made the case. She stated that she had done what she had done because the servants were not respecting her. Elizabeth was never present at her trials due to her nobility, although she was told what was going on. She was eventually sentenced under solitary confinement. Meaning she was in a room by herself for the rest of her life. She was found dead in 1614, in her room.
The memoir of Old Elizabeth presents a rare and important slave narrative in which the stories of African American women intersect with the experiences of African American people in roles of religious leadership. Elizabeth broke many of societies conventions at the time by preaching and holding religious meeting despite being woman. Her religious work was met with backlash from the church and from many other people who did not accept the idea of a woman leading religious services, yet she continued to practice until her health would no longer allow for it. This is unusual as it spends most of the narrative on the time after she was free rather than focusing on the time that she was enslaved the way that many slave narratives do.
After sifting through records of lives that ran parallel to the young Shakespeares', Greer contends that in their time and place there was nothing unusual in a baby's being born six months after a marriage. She also demonstrates that an unmarried woman in her mid-20s would not have been considered exceptional or desperate. Ann Hathaway, Greer argues, was likely to be literate, and given the relative standing of their families in Warwickshire, she may very well have been considered a more desirable match than her husband.
Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, the king's second wife. Ane Boleyn was beheaded on orders of the husband, the king, when Elizabeth was two years old. She was beheaded on charges of adultery and conspiracy. Soon after her mother's death, Elizabeth and her half-sister were declared illegitimate, because their father wanted to have a male heir to the throne someday. Elizabeth and Mary would be reinstated later as potential heirs to the throne.
Elizabeth lived most of her life, till she reached the age of twenty-five, in exile and one of the places she lived was Hatfield. It was in this places that Elizabeth waited for Queen Mary to kick the bucket and give the throne over to her. Even then Elizabeth still didn’t think she would ever inherit up to this point. A few years ago she had been thrown in the Tower of Lo...
Queen Emma was very loved by the ancient Hawaiian people during her reign. During the 19th century, ancient Hawaiians lacked health, education, and spirituality facilities. It was at this time that the Hawaiian's population was decreasing dramatically due to the diseases of smallpox and measles which were brought by the foreigners. There were no hospitals, for many of the Hawaiians believed in traditional healing and practices. Not only that, but schooling was only offered to Hawaiian boys. Because of this, the girls could never get an education. The Hawaiians knew nothing but their own religion and beliefs. But all this changed once Queen Emma reigned. Queen Emma advanced health, education, and spirituality for people during the 19th century.
To further complicate matters, John decides not to reveal to the court that Abigail has admitted to him in private that they were just sporting in the woods. Abigail spreads additional accusations and false rumors about her neighbors. These accusations have no basis in truth and their only purpose is for Abigail’s own benefit. Furthermore, Abigail is jealous of John’s wife, Elizabeth, and she schemes to get rid of her in order to take her place. Abigail’s plot is to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft.
Elizabeth led England during it’s greatest time of influence as a nation despite the prejudices against her gender. Many people believe that her life was like a fairy tale-“Beloved by the kingdom; dressed by servants in jewels and gold, silk and velvet; pampered and treasured by kings and married to princes”, but in reality her life did not come close to being a fairy tale. Many of her subjects hater her from the moment she was born. She experienced imprisonment, her sister threatened to kill her, and she was almost forced in marriages with men she hated. Some of her friends caused uprisings in her name. Her enemies tried to assassinate her. Her father had her mother beheaded and ignored her for most of her life. Although she had many suitors, she never loved any of them. She understood the common people and eventually gained the loyalty of those who hated her. She could also be ruthless. The city gates and London Bridge held the bodies of the people that she executed during her reign.
One of Wickham’s many unpleasant attributes is his deceitfulness. Once he sees that Elizabeth has been captured by h...
“O Rose! Who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet.” (A Dead Rose) Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an impenetrable hardworking person. Her passion for her work left her with the legacy she has today. “Amongst all women poets of the English world in the 19th century; she was admired for her independence and courage.” During her lifetime she endured several hardships. Those hardships included her childhood, marriage, and works. (Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature Pg. 87)
Women, who were suspected of practicing witchcraft were tied and burnt alive. Joan of Arc was burnt to death because she was regarded by the English men as a witch.