Essays on Bertie

Fears and Expectations in The King’s Speech

Speech impediments are often the highlight of ridicule which leaves traumatic and ongoing scars in the individual. The King’s Speech highlights these scars by portraying in detail King George VI’s battle with his speech impediment. His stammering has caused him to lose confidence in himself, most especially with all the expectations that people latch onto him as part of the royal family. These viewpoints are often attributed as a lack of skill in the individual rather than being seen and tackled in a more serious regard. King George VI, or Bertie to his close relations, stammers more ...

Northampton community, Virginia is usually regarded as a small town which has invested in sustainable rural development. Northampton County forms the gateway to the Chesapeake Bay, and it is the southernmost county in Virginia's Eastern Shore (Mitchell & walls, 2013). The county is characterized by beaches, marshes, tidal creeks, woodlands, historic villages, farms and a variety of marshes. In addition to the natural and cultural assets, the county has a diverse home for over 250 species of birds, fish, and wildlife. One of the most saddening facts is that the county is among the poorest in the entire Virginia state. ...

Comparative Studies: Cultural Context

Culture is simply the people’s way of living. The Cultural context in a movie, play or reading materials can be analyzed in terms of time at which the people lived; the place; setting; environment; social organization; social divide; family culture; gender roles; economic, religious and political status (Mcdonough 2005). In most cases authors of novels, books or articles and the directors of movies and plays apply more than one of the cultural contexts to bring out several intended themes. Integration of these aspects permits them to develop a close contact with the readers since this set platform for ...

1. What issues need to be dealt with before the King found his voice? In the movie, The King’s Speech, which starred Colin Firth as King George VI of England, needed to deal with different issues in his personal, professional, and family life. For one, the debilitating issue of his being found to be afflicted with a speech impediment (both stuttering and stammering) worried him and his wife, Elizabeth, who was played by Helena Bonham Carter in the movie . This was the major issue in the film since ascending to the throne as King George VI requires a lot ...

Steel drums or what we called Steel Pan were originally created on the island of Caribbean, Trinidad in year 1930s.However, Steel Pan’s history can be traced back to the confined Africans who were brought to the islands during the 1700s (Steelpan-steeldrums-information.com par. 1). They had taken with them components of their Africa lifestyle such as the enjoying of hand percussion. 2). Hand drums are percussion at Africa called Membranophones. These drums became the main percussion gadgets in the yearly Trinidadian event festivities. In year 1877, the judgment English Government prohibited the playing of percussion in an effort ...

The movie "The King's speech" tells us the story of one great monarch that had problems with oral communication, he stuttered. This problem was extremely disturbing for him, as being a King means being a good orator, the King has to be inspiring, he needs to motivate and support his lieges through the good and through the bad times. The King George VI had all the qualifications for being a great leader except for the ability to promote speeches. This is where the story begins. It is very difficult for me to choose one favorite part of the movie as I ...

Biography and Criticism - Aemilia Lanyer

In the realm of the English literary canon, one of the most intriguing figures is Aemilia Lanyer. As mysterious as she is important, not a great deal is known about her life - in fact, there is no physical representation of her in artwork or pictoral form, so we do not even know what she really looked like. Nonetheless, she left an indelible impact on English literature, not the least of which through her interaction with William Shakespeare. Her own poetry is thought to be some of the best of Renaissance literature, and what is known about her history is ...