Charles Kemble

fact, the costume depicted in Hamilton’s sketch also resembles the costume shown in Sir Thomas Lawrence’s famous painting of Kemble as Hamlet. According to most stage histories of the play, Kemble was the first actor to wear ‘period dress’ while playing Hamlet rather than the ‘modern court dress’ that Garrick and other actors had worn before him. Alan R. Young explains, Kemble broke with tradition and wore a costume suggestive of Elizabethan dress, the so-called Vandyke costume, that included […]

These species of plants and animals do well to illustrate that the island is rich with species diversity and is home to many organisms. Without these specific types of habitats (e.g. salt marshes, dunes, and maritime forests), the island’s natural wildlife and plant life would look vastly different. Aside from the aesthetic value of barrier islands and potential economic gains, barrier island environments provide valuable information that is relevant wildlife and ecological management. Since humans

The novel, Washington Square written by Henry James, takes place in Manhattan during the 1840s. “Washington Square” began for James with an anecdote told by the actress Fanny Kemble (Simpson). The main characters include Dr. Sloper who is a renown physician, his two sisters; Mrs. Penniman who is melodramatic and Mrs. Almond who is sympathetic, a coxcomb known as Morris Townsend, and Catherine who is the daughter of Dr. Sloper. These characters affect Catherine’s personality and have a great impact

Throughout very early American life, the roles of women were to promptly overcome the pressure to marry, and strictly uphold the standards of homemaking and motherhood. Women eventually began to diverge from the traditional roles of their previous female ancestors when tension became the norm with common experience in love, marriage, religion, independence, and family relations. Early American life presented women with overwhelming demands to marry. Marriage was in such high favor for economical

In the 17th century, colonial America, defined as the colonies along the Eastern seaboard, was rapidly growing and changing. During this time of great expansion and settlement, travel journals, like the one written by Sarah Kemble Knight, was the literary genre in the New World. The journal writings reflected man's journeys to new lands and centered upon the people and adventures encountered along the way. Sarah's journal, was one of the first woman's account, of her un-chaperoned, roundtrip journey

Princess Diana of Wales: Bulimia “I had bulimia for a number of years. And that’s like a secret disease. You inflict it upon yourself because...you don’t think you’re worthy...you fill your stomach up...and it gives you a feeling of comfort…it’s like having a pair of arms around you,” Princess Diana explains about bulimia (Frey). Bulimia is a disability often misinterpreted as a form of anorexia, and people think they can identify a bulimic by their looks. Bulimia is when someone binges or overeats

Prince Edward when her family was renting Queen Elizabeth II’s estate, Park House. Diana was reacquainted in 1977 with Prince Charles, older brother of Prince Andrew and Prince Edward. Prince Charles was thirteen years older than Lady Diana. At the time, Prince Charles was dating Diana’s older sister, Lady Sarah. During this time, it was said that the woman Princes Charles can marry has to fulfill the following criteria: she should be a member of the Church of England, she should come from some aristocratic

relationship with her parents. Her and her four other siblings helped each other through that tough time. Prince Charles first became interested in Princess Diana when she was 16, this is where their love interest began. At the time he was dating her older sister, Lady Sarah. A few years later she and Prince Charles begin talking. After becoming friends, and eventually lovers Prince Charles and Diana Spencer (her maiden name) marry on July 29, 1981 now being formally known as Diana, Princess of Wales

Her sons are not children anymore, and they have been opening up more about her death and the influence/tole it made on them. Harry it impacted his life by making him want to help as many people if not more than his mother. William it impacted him in much of the same way. He is an Air Ambulance Pilot for the East Anglian Air, in addition to undertaking a number of charities much like his mother. He is a large activist for conservation and preserving the environment. “Let us not tell our children

Many consider Princess Diana to have been the most favored members of the British Monarch (biography.com editors 1). She is the former wife of Prince Charles, and the mother to Princes William and Harry. Her charitable work with children in impoverished countries has formed her reputation as a role model for the people of Britain and the rest of the world. She traveled across the world helping those who are sick and injured. Her work in Africa with the children injured by landmines brought her into