Grace O'Malley By: Shannon Keel Grace O’Malley was Queen of the O’Malley clan in western Ireland during the sixteenth century, ruling after her father, Eoghan O’Malley. Her name has been anglicized in modern history, though she is commonly referred to in Irish folklore as Gr`ainne O Maille. Grace was born in 1530 to an Irish chieftain of the O’Malley clan, in County Mayo, Ireland. Grace soon became a famous pirate, forging a career in seafaring that spanned over forty years. After her father’s death, Grace inherited the throne of the O’Malley clan, ruling actively the seas and lands of western Ireland, despite her having a brother. She was a beloved and revered Queen, demanding the best for her people through both politics and …show more content…
war. Grace’s legacy has been shared generation to generation through poems, songs, historical documents, and children’s fables. Grace played a large role in not just Ireland’s history, but England’s too. Grace is documented by both historical authors Anne Chambers and Robin Maxwell, among others, as having had correspondence with Queen Elizabeth I on multiple occasions. Image result for grace o malleyGrace gained her fame by sailing the seas, keeping up a tradition of seamanship in the O’Malley clan.
Because of this tradition, Grace was practically raised on the seas, having been taught the art of seafaring at a young age, as well as being extremely familiar with the body of water surrounding her home on Achill Island, Clew Bay. Grace was an extremely powerful female figure, having achieved both political stability at home, as well as a powerful military presence on the seas. Grace often ignored social rules of her time, becoming leader of her people in spite of her having a brother with a birthright. She even went so far as to have had multiple marriages, an idea almost unheard of in sixteenth century Ireland. Her first marriage was to a local clan leader, Donal O’Flaherty, and her second to Richard Burke, both powerful, wealthy men in their own …show more content…
right. Image result for grace o malley Grace chose a hands-on style of ruling, keeping strongholds across Clew Bay while intercepting passing ships. She would then extort those ships with levies in return for safe passage, and plundering those few who chose not to comply. Grace also sailed on both peaceful trade missions and commanding raids against both English and Irish enemies. During Grace’s rule, Ireland was a tumultuous blend of allies and enemies in local clans. Because of this, Grace built a legacy for herself by both fighting and collaborating with the English crown. As documented by Sir Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, “this was a notorious woman in all the coasts of Ireland.” Grace and Elizabeth had a strange bond.
Both were powerful, female rulers in male-dominated societies. Because of this connection, Grace turned to Elizabeth during an increasingly difficult period of English rule. Elizabeth’s newly appointed, cruel and ruthless governor, Sir Richard Bingham was punishing Grace and her people for her military success. Both Grace and her people were cut off from trade, their cattle confiscated, and their fleet seized. In a state of poverty and famine, Grace was so desperate that she sent a letter to the Queen, asking for relief from the torment of Sir Bingham, as well as permission to attack “her enemies.” By writing the Queen directly, Grace gained Elizabeth’s favor while diminishing Sir Bingham’s power. Through a series of well-documented letters, Elizabeth asked Grace about the situation in Ireland, giving Grace the opportunity to gain sympathy from the
Queen. Grace certainly made a strong impression on the Queen, for after their correspondence, Queen Elizabeth granted Grace what she requested, while making her promise to stop all rebellions against the crown, a triumph for the starving and desperate O’Malley clan. Though a mutual respect and admiration had grown between the two, Elizabeth’s attention was taken away from Grace and the O’Malley’s when fellow Irishman Hugh O’Neil started a major rebellion against the crown. This distractive rebellion greatly hurt the already suffering O’Malley clan, as county Mayo was used as battlegrounds during the uprising. Although Grace’s fleet was strong enough to go out to sea once more, Grace had aged and could no longer dominate the seas as she once had. She lived a long and prosperous life, dying a beloved Queen and admired captain at the age of 73.
John Eaton died in 1856, leaving Margaret a small fortune. She lived in Washington DC with her two daughters, both of whom married into high society. It seemed as though Margaret finally had the societal life and respect she had always wanted. She changed all of that when, at the age of 59, she married her granddaughter’s 19 year old dance tutor, Antonio Buchignani. A mere five years later, he ran off to Italy with her money and her granddaughter.
Jessica Mulroney is a famous Canadian fashion stylist, best known for styling ensembles for Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
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The mentally ill was mistreated, beaten, thrown into unclean quarters, and even taken advantage of before the 1800's. They was viewed as helpless individuals. Society and the government viewed them as criminals and deemed them incurable. During the 1800's a pioneer named Dorothea Dix brought about a change dealing with the treatment of the mentally ill. She became the voice of them something they never had.
Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25, 1925 in Georgia. She was the only child to her parents, Edward and Regina O’Connor. Two years away from Flannery’s adulthood , her father passed away due to a rare disease, lupus. At the time of her father’s death O’Connor was in Milledgeville, Ga. It can be inferred that she was able to cope up with her father’s death very soon as she didn’t speak of his death much and also resumed to be an active part of her high school’s extra-curricular activities such as painting, English club and also band. A year after her father’s demise she graduated from high school and enrolled herself in Georgia State College to do major in English and sociology. It was during this period that she adapted the name ‘Flannery’. After getting bachelor degree from college she relocated to Iowa City where she attended University of Iowa and also applied for a job as teacher within the campus of her university. In the year of 1947, she eventually obtained her Masters degree in the field of Fine Arts. In spite of the fact that she obtained her Masters degree in 1947, her first work, “The Geranium” was published a year before that and it was just the dawn of her fame. It was merely an origination of the classics that followed later on. Lupus was genetically acquired by O’Connor from her father. Things were going well until end of 1950 in which she was struck by a severe lupus attack. O’Connor was determined about her writing and thus , even such a huge attack didn’t divert her attention off her passion of writing. There was no looking back for her as she kept on publishing her works. In point of fact , it was only after her attack, she produc...
Yeats speaks of her 'glad grace' (l.5) as her willingness to help and serve her family. Many people a...
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, since she was a little girl she was always a hard worker and determined to stand out and be different from everyone. Her mother’s name was Amy Earhart, her father’s name was Edwin Earhart, and she had a sister named Grace Earhart. Amelia’s family was different from many other people’s family back then. Amelia and Amy liked to play ball, go fishing, and play outside looking for new adventures, other family’s would rather stay inside and play with toys and not get messy or spend time outside. Amelia’s parents always knew she was different from all the other kids, she always got made fun of in school, and she had a lot more determination
Like every author, before begins to write a story or novel. The author needs to have a structure from which to build a good story or novel. Most writers will prefer to use their personal experiences as the start of their structure, while other authors may prefer to write about current events that they are experiencing in their lives. Flannery O’Connor was born at Savanna’ St. Joseph’s Hospital and raised in Savannah Georgia, where she became obtaining her inspirations as a writer. O’ Connor’s parents, Regina Cline O’ Connor and Edward Francis O’ Connor, both came from Roman Catholic families (Connie 3), which will help her build a strong religious faith that would stay with her all of her life. Based on her personal experiences, O’ Connor become building a strong Catholic background, which obtained an enormous impact in her short stories. O’ Connor’s stories are mostly influenced to her personal life, as she believed, it would be easier for the readers to see and understands her personal life.
The book Mary Reilly is the sequel to the famous The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a stark, ingeniously woven, engaging novel. That tells the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous and philanthropic man, his is preoccupied with the problems of good and evil and with the possibility of separating them into two distinct personalities. He develops a drug that transforms him into the demonic Mr. Hyde, in whose person he exhausts all the latent evil in his nature. He also creates an antidote that will restore him into his respectable existence as Dr. Jekyll. Gradually, however, the unmitigated evil of his darker self predominates, until finally he performs an atrocious murder. His saner self determines to curtail those alternations of personality, but he discovers that he is losing control over his transformations, that he slips with increasing frequency into the world of evil. Finally, unable to procure one of the ingredients for the mixture of redemption, and on the verge of being discovered, he commits suicide.
Once the day was over, Grace was about to go through a night that she would never forget. She began to beg God, unlike in the beginning of the story, “Help me through the night” (655). The pain from Grace’s surgery was so severe, that she called
While she was there she met Charles Hay Cameron, whom she married in 1838. On Charles’ retirement in 1848, they moved to London, the Isle of Wright, where Julia Margaret became part of Kensington’s artistic community. In 1863, Rejlander, a photographer, came to the Isle of Wright to photograph her neighbor Tennyson, a poet, and it was most likely then that Julia Margaret learned her basic technique from him. Also inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite painters, Cameron’s photographs were frequently allegorical, containing religious, antique, and literary themes. Her subject matter consisted of portraits of the cream of Victorian society, family, friends, and even passersby.
Grace’s motives seem to be fairly simple, as they are based mostly on a love interest of Mr. Kinnear. Mr. Kinnear’s love interest is Nancy Montgomery, who Grace absolutely despises. This hatred has more to do than the fact that Nancy involved herself with Thomas Kinnear, but also because Grace considers her to have multiple personalities, signified by her alias Mary Whitney, and she hates that she is not blessed with the same social standing and wealth that Nancy Montgomery has reached. It is not just a crush for Grace, especially since there are signals that Mr. Kinnear has interest in Grace as well. The easiest solution for her to obtain his love would be to kill Nancy. Kinnear’s interest in Grace is shown when he takes time out of his day to make small talk with Grace. The best signal of Mr. Kinnear’s interest in Grace, however, would be when he asked her to go out on her birthday. Mr. Kinnear’s sly flirting, however, only increases Grace’s desire to be with him, and this will lead to his eventual death. The feelings are not one sided, as they are reciprocated by Grace based on her going out of her way to do things, for example delivering coffee to Mr. Kinnear, that make Nancy angry. Due to the time period, the idea of a mistress, and being born by anyone other than one’s wife is extremely unacceptable, and when Grace finds out Nancy is pregnant, she has another motive for killing her. A marriage between Nancy and Mr. Kinnear would appear imminent if she were to have his baby. Grace will not allow this to happen, and therefore she puts an end to any chance of it occurring by murdering Nancy and Mr. Kinnear.
The main character of the book is Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth. The book is told in first person by her. Elizabeth is a clear minded, sympathetic, and tolerant teenager. In the book she has plans for improving England, not like her sister. Elizabeth wants to become the queen but since she is second in line to the throne she does not want to resort to the assassination of Mary, or to thinking about overthrowing Queen Mary. Elizabeth simply waits for her much elder half-sister to die.
The Dictionary of the Accademia della Crusca, dating from 16th century Italy, defines grace as "belleza... che rapisce altrui ad amore." Grace is beauty which seduces one unto love. Grace is the prayer before nourishment, it is the passing of power through blood, it is a classical muse, it is a verb, it is liberation, it is a head-ransom, it is a gazelle, it is simplicity, it is complexity, it is sanctifying, it is controversial, it is desired, it is metrical, it is ubiquitous, it is rare, it is actual. "Grace is in all, yet beyond all," quotes a medieval anchoress. According to Castiglione, grace springs from "that virtue opposite to affectation," as an unconscious extension of a certain je ne sais quoi within the soul. Grace is the nature of language, of number, of beat, of silence. Grace is pervasively elusive.
Elizabeth imagines that Napoleon would excuse Hugo ignorance “I am driven by an irresistible impulse to your majesty’s feet to ask this grace.” Elizabeth is on her knees asking Napoleon to overlook Hugo’s has done. Something is driving her to beg your pardon and forgive him. Shes a woman that dares to talk to him instead of going to his wife; it shows how much she wants him to forgive Hugo.