Nero’s power and strength derived from his mother, Agrippina the Younger. At the beginning of his rule Agrippina acted as a regent, taking control of many aspects of the empire. She manipulated Nero so much that she in essence ran the empire from behind the scenes. Her constant predilection for manipulation eventually causing her son’s rebellion and possible madness as he began to despise her, giving way to her fall of power and ultimately her death. In the words of Tacitus, “she could give her son the empire, but not endure him as emperor”.
Princess Isabelle is the wife of Prince Edward (Peter Hanly) the Prince of Wales and Longshanks' oldest son. The King sends her because his son is a weak-willed man and would not be imposing enough to negotiate, but she is a strong leader. Longshanks also knows that if Wallace kills her, the French king will declare war on Wallace in revenge. Wallace rejects the offer of a title, an estate and a chest of gold that Longshanks has told Isabelle to offer and continues with the fighting. However, during their conversation, Isabelle tells Wallace that she understands his suffering and that she has heard about the death of his wife.
6. The first Crusaders, led by Godfrey of Bouillon and other French lords, marched from Constantinople through lands held by the Seljuk Turks to Antioch. Along the way, they battled isolated Turkic forces, and Godfrey’s brother Baldwin stopped to set up the first Crusader State at Edessa. After a long siege, the Crusaders captured Antioch as well. Held in 1096-1099.
For twenty years now Penelope has maintained the city of Ithaca as well as raised her son Telemachus all by herself. This shows her power and strength because it proves that women can also keep a kingdom such as Ithaca from dwindling. In the story we read about the suitors begging for her hand in marriage when we truly know all they want is to be King of Ithaca. Penelope is a strong willed women; not wanting to believe that her husband is dead and therefor refuses all of the suitors. Even though Penelope has no powers or immortality she still holds true to what she believes and is patiently awaiting for her husbands return.
After reading the novel it can be said that true love is real and Hurston definitely presented the idea that true love is difficult to attain. Janie’s first marriage to Logan Killicks was mostly determined by her grandmother’s vision of wealth and security for her granddaughter. This marriage forced Janie to grow up very quickly and discover what she desires with another man. At a young age Janie’s grandmother had Janie married off to Logan Killicks. After a couple months of marriage, Janie goes to visit her grandmother and her grandmother questions why she is there.
Knowing that she was adopted as his sister, Victor realizes that they are to marry one day. “No word, no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me – my more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only.” (24) Upon Victor receiving Elizabeth as a present after her adoption, he immediately knew that she was meant to be something more than a gift, more than a sister, but a wife. Victor then looks at Elizabeth as the source of the pride and joy in his life by treating her like the most important thing in his life, like a treasure. This causes Elizabeth to become dependent on Victor, being her only reason and hope for a future. Becoming dependent on Victor causes Elizabeth to become very supportive and concerned about Victor and his health.
Introduction Capulet is protective to his daughter because he wants the best for her; he respects her as long as she respects him. He cares for her, he shows discipline to her. This quote suggests “my child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride, ere we may think her ripe to be bride.’’ This quote proves he cares for Juliet he doesn’t want Juliet to marry early because he thinks that she is still young to marry Paris and he thinks that she isn’t out of childhood yet to be a bride. He is also sometimes interfering, commanding, controlling, very violent person with a short temper. This quote conveys “Hang thee,
He is said to be the founder of the tribe and his descendents have been the leader of the tribe. The leaders have always been the first born and somehow they were all boys so the leader of the tribe would be the first born son. Kahu Apirana was the first born daughter which makes her the future leader of the tribe. But her grandfather is furious about the situation and wants nothing to do with her. “It’s a girl, I will have nothing to do with her.” As she grows up she tries her best to be appreciated by her grandfather.
I think that before Mrs. Forrester’s husband dies, Neil Herbert did not realize that she had no existence without a man in her life, and her value is derived from his values. It seems to me that Mrs. Forrester is actually like an empty box that the Captain fills to create her personality. When Mr. Forrester dies, I think this is the turning point in Neil’s perspective of Mrs. Forrester. It is also a turning point in Mrs. Forrester life, and greatly affects who she is and how she will act from now on. First of all, Neil Herbert finally realizes that Mrs. Forrester was actually no one without her husband; and that it was her husband that made her valuable, by what he said about her to people.
The mother of the Fitzgerald family, Sara, she and her husband Brian decided to create Anna, as a savior sibling for her older sister Kate who is suffering from leukemia. Although Anna is supportive to save Kate’s life seems like Sara’s decision to have Anna as a savior sibling justified. However, Anna feels isolated from her family and feels unsure about herself, and she is used as her commodities and also, she was forced to be matured more than her actual age with heavy responsibility for her family duty shows that Sara’s decision to create savior sibling is not justified. People who think it is justified to create a designer child as a savior sibling would argue that creating a savior sibling is necessary and they support this idea with the assumption that the benefit that savior sibling will provide perfect match with the patient. This will save the waiting time for a donor to be found and save the risk of a wrong match.