Samantha Mullins 4-23-14 E84063845 WOH2012 Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish (1623-1673) Margaret Lucas Cavendish was born into a wealthy family located near Colchester, England. Margaret was the youngest child of eight children and was loved just as dearly as the rest. She like most her siblings took on education with a governess and learned what they needed to get by in the world. Unlike her other siblings Margaret showed signs of admiration towards reading and writing, but more towards her writings.
Henry Cavendish: The Shy Scientist Henry Cavendish was born October 10, 1731 in Nice, France. His mother, Lady Anne Grey was the daughter of the first Duke of Kent while his father Lord Charles Cavendish, was second Duke of Devonshire. His ancestry links back to many of the aristocratic families in Great Britain. The chemist/physicist is most accredited for the discovery of hydrogen, the “inflammable air” and measuring the Earth’s density, but he also researched and discovered many other important
1608 and became the private tutor for William Cavendish, the eldest son of Lord Cavendish of Hardwick (later known as the first Earl of Devonshire). In 1610, Hobbes traveled with William to France, Italy and Germany, where he met other leading scholars of the day, such as Francis Bacon and Ben Jonson. Hobbes' pupil died in 1628, and Hobbes was left searching for a new one (always finding himself working for various wealthy and aristocratic families, Hobbes later worked for the Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle was born in 1623 to a wealthy family. She was a philosopher, poet, essayist, scientist, and playwright who lived during the seventieth century. During this time period, it was still rare for a woman to write and publish their own work. She never received any formal education. However, she had access to scholarly libraries and was an avid reader. She’s the youngest of 8 children and spent most of the time with her brother John who was a scholar himself and
The children of Europe in the fifteen and sixteen hundreds lived lives that greatly differed from the lives of modern children. Fatality was extremely common among the youth, which caused them to be seen differently in society. Families also consisted of a larger amount of people than they usually do today. To teach kids discipline and morality, some parents and teachers used reasoning to articulate as why to a certain act or behavior is considered disrespectful. On the contrary, other parents used
Love is the most important thing in a marriage. Especially when the marriage is that of the rulers, the Emperor and Empress, of a nation. Napoleon and Josephine’s relationship and marriage was very fragile and built on something that was a false sense of love. They both convinced themselves that they could tolerate and in both cases, love each other at one time or another during their time spent as man and wife. With their nation sitting on their backs, the two had to carry it in believing that
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the economic role of women was mostly focused around the family economy. How women worked to support their family depended on the kind of household they came from. In farm households they would usually run the farm and do farm work with the smaller children while their husband and older children went off to find work elsewhere so that they could make more money. In artisan households the women would usually sell their husband’s manufactured goods or open a small shop
“Family is the most important thing in the world.” ~ Princess Diana. The Dominican Republic is a diverse country in the Caribbean. It shares many of the same values and norms as the United States. In order to fully understand Dominican Republic families it is important to look at their structure, traditions, and values. The Structure of families is sometimes based on gender. Gender roles in the Dominican Republic are similar to the roles that use to be the norm in America and that is still present
Scott P. King Lear / By Scott P. Richert. n.p.: 1.1.55-60 : New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2011., 2011. TVCC Library Catalog. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. Richert, Scott P. King Lear / By Scott P. Richert. n.p.: 1.1.70-75 : New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2011., 2011. TVCC Library Catalog. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. Richert, Scott P. King Lear / By Scott P. Richert. n.p.: 1.1. 100-105 : New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2011., 2011. TVCC Library Catalog. Web. 30 Nov. 2013. The English Standard
Sir Joseph Paxton was a famous English gardener, architect, who designed Crystal Palace and cultivated the Cavendish banana, which made banana’s very popular in the western world. Paxton was born on the third of August 1803,in Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire which is located in south central England. Paxton’s date of birth was in conflict but as he stated it in later life he did this so he could to enrol at Chiswick Gardens. The Horticultural Society's gardens were in close proximity to William Cavendish’s
It is Christmas Eve at my grandparent’s house. I am sitting around the table in the noisy dining room with my whole family. As the seven different fish dishes finish cooking, my grandfather begins to place each one on the table in front of us. My favorite Christmas Eve dish is the first to come out—linguine with clams. As my grandfather enters the room, my senses are suddenly overwhelmed with the smell of the homemade white sauce and the fresh shellfish. My grandfather slowly sets the bowl of linguine
The Kennedy family, the quintessential all-American family, filled with some of the country's best and brightest. That special family contains a soldier, a few senators, and even a president, the famous John Franklin Kennedy. However, some of us have probably heard about the bad luck this family seems to run into, from a botched lobotomy to that famous JFK assassination. The whole entire family seems cursed, those ghastly curses ranging from Rosemary Kennedy's misdiagnosis and rather unfortunate
The Egoist tells the story of Sir Willoughby Patterne a wealthy and handsome man, who has brought the attention of Laetitia, a tenant of her dads farm, however unbeknownst her he isn't what he seems to be. Following that, the love that she had for him blinded her because she lived with the hope that she would one day be with him and yet the community knew how egocentric he seemed to be. The story starts with Sir Willoughby's first ever marriage proposal with Miss Constantia but due to Sir Willoughby's
Poem Song Sync Too many people go about their days unhappy and they don’t understand why. They try their best to act how their elders tell them to act. They try their best to compete with their peers. They try their best to dress socially acceptable. They try their best to do all they are pressured to and then wonder why they end up depressed. The fault in this lifestyle pattern is addressed by writers: Basavanna and Summer at Shatter Creek. The writers’ poem and song both display a theme of self
“Hansel and Grethel”, the story for children holds the cruel reality of the world, where the poor children live in a world lacking food, manners, love, and support. They are expected to grow up in the snap of a finger, without any help whatsoever, and fend for themselves. The author uses symbolism -the use of objects , thoughts, characters, and actions, to represent different meanings or ideas than the literal meaning to convey a specific message. “Hansel and Grethel” by The Grimm Brothers displays
“Poem at 39” and “For My Sister Molly Who In The Fifties,” written by Alice Walker, are both about the author's family. In her “Poem at 39,” she writes about her father who she says taught her a lot and, that he would admire the woman she grew up to be. In “For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties” it tells you about her sister who is knowledgeable and nice to everyone. The tone in the “Poem at 39” is her dad was a good person and he set a good example for her. However, in “For My Sister Molly Who
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Daniel Keyes’ ‘Flowers for Algernon’ is a short story about a mentally retarded adult named Charlie Gordon who undergoes an operation to increase his intelligence; but the side effects of the surgery turned Charlie bipolar and leaves him feeling insecure after the operation wore off. Charlie is then left alone to face emotional issues beyond his understanding as he began to recognize the people he cared for only stayed around to make fun of him. During his increase of intellect
Hedda Gabler was raised by her father, General Gabler, and that is how people know her. She is not someone’s girlfriend, wife, mother, or friend. She has always been and always will be General Gabler’s daughter. Being raised without a mother, Hedda was left with only her military father to look to as an example, so she learned to shoot, ride horses, be prideful, and coldhearted. She learned to set her sights on something and not stop till she got it. Like her father, Hedda takes an aristocratic
“Nature is the ultimate love for any man.” This theme is displayed throughout the book, especially in the opening and closing intervals. In the beginning, the book shows Wang Lung as a hard working farmer that makes his money off the land. Wang and his family depend on the land, this causes there to be a strong bond between himself and the earth. Also, when Wang Lung was forced to move south to avoid the famine, the only thought he had was returning to his precious land. The moments he spent in the city
Smith College (All-female college), from where she graduated in 1942 with a bachelor's degree. She got married 5 years later and had three children. People that knew her said that she was one of those women that would stay at home to take care of her family. But as many other women, she got tired of her routine and that’s when she started to get an interest in equality of gender. She knew something was going on, and so did other women, but none of them seemed to realize what this problem was. In 1957