week 16

A.  In-class notes

Henry VIII

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. Henry was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father, Henry VII. He is best known for his six marriages and, in particular, his efforts to have his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, annulled.

Anne of the Thousand Days

Director: Charles Jarrott

Writers: Bridget Boland, John Hale

Stars: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas

Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Director: Justin Chadwick

Writers: Peter Morgan, Philippa Gregory

Stars: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana

Stop whining!

Manifest destiny

In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America. There are three basic themes to manifest destiny:

l  The special virtues of the American people and their institutions

l  The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of agrarian America

l  An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty

The White Man's Burden (pic)

"The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands" (1899), by Rudyard Kipling, is a poem about the Philippine–American War, which invites the U.S. to assume colonial control of that country.

An Affair to Remember

Director: Leo McCarey

Writers: Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey

Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

George Eliot

Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. 

B.  1100 Words You Need to Know

umbrage (n.)- shadow, shade

extol (v.)- to lift up

fatuous (a.)- foolish, stupid

imperceptible (a.)- unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight

vilify (v.)- to lower in worth or value

insidious (a.)- deceitful, cunning, artful, treacherous

bogus (a.)- false, not real, or not legal

propriety (n.)- correct moral behaviour or actions

intrinsic (a.)- interior, inward, internal

sanction (v.)- to permit authoritatively

requisite(a.) - necessary or needed for a particular purpose

blasé (a.)- bored or not excited, or wishing to seem so

capricious (a.)- changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly

delve (v.)- to dig