For this fact, Queen Mary deserved to be given the nickname "Bloody Mary". ... Mary chose to kill the Protestants rather than forbid them. ... From this we cannot gather that she is "bloody", however, it shows her ruthless and somewhat greedy character which leads to the countless persecutions of the Protestants, and it shows her hatred towards the Protestants. ... In conclusion, Mary Tudor deserved to be nicknamed "Bloody Mary" because of the extent of killings which she instructed to occur. ... From these killings, Mary will always be known as Bloody Queen Mary. ...

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From the classics of "Friday the 13th" to infamous Bloody Mary, superstitions have become part of our daily lives. ... Well, there was a superstition that originated about 100 years ago about a woman named Mary. ... Bloody Mary, as she is called, roams the earth as an evil spirit. ... As a kid, we used to dare each other to go into a bathroom by ourselves, turn off the light, and say "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Blood ."... Blood Mary originated with parents or the church to try to scare kids away from calling up ghosts or spirits because the church linked it to Satanism. ...

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Mary was the child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. ... Mary was Roman Catholic. ... During Mary's reign she changed all the churches in England back to Roman Catholic. ... Mary executed Thomas Cranmer who was a senior member of the church. ... I don't think Mary deserved her nickname because other monarchs executed people too. ...

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Mary was the only child to survive from her parents' marriage. ... Finally, in 1553, Mary Tudor became the Queen of England. ... Her nickname "Bloody Mary" derives from the fact that during her four-year reign, 277 Protestants were burned as heretics. ... Mary was generally not a happy woman. ... Mary Tudor died on November 17, 1558, at the age of forty-two. ...

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Mary Magdalene. ... It was a story that intrigued me and Mary definitely piqued my interest. ... On the table with the lamp sit some books, a wooden cross, and a bloody scourge. ... The books show her spirituality, and the bloody scourge is indicative of the more physical repentance that is sometimes practiced. ... Mary is gazing at a candle burning on the table beside her. ...

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Hamlet's replies by accusing his mother of the "bloody deed" she helped to act out, in order to kill the King, her former Husband. ... Is she just lying or is she maybe in denial and still believes that she is a saint, the typical Mary that she is supposed to be. ... Notice how rose is used in reference to the typical caring and loving housewife, the classical Mary characteristics. ... The classical Mary is seen as pure, innocent and perfect with no sign of evilness. The image of women conveyed in this passage can be broken down into two types; one being Mary and the other Eve. ...

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Mary Rowlandson," how the Indians so savagely murdered a family in their own home. ... Her woman master Wetamo was very hard on Mary, often taking her anger out on he! ... Mary quickly retrieved it and kept it out of her horrible master's site from then on. In another instance Mary complained of her traveling pack being to heavy. ... One night when Mary was cold she moved a stick from the fire to keep her warm. ...

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Jane Grey was the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary.... Doing this, Mary earned the nickname "Bloody Mary." ... During the time that Bloody Mary was at the throne, she was deeming marriage to Philip of Spain.... Mary, convinced Elizabeth was faking, sent her own doctors. ... (Starkey 139) Through this pass, she was taken under the Bloody Tower and glimpsed, on the other side of the court and saw the scaffold on which Lady Jane Grey was executed. ...

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The Next Tudor to rule England was Edward's half sister Mary I or Bloody Mary in 1553 she completely reversed the religion of England but became very unpopular by her subjects when she married King Philip II of Spain she ruled England until she died in 1558. After Mary was her half sister Elizabeth I or the Virgin Queen who ruled England from 1558 to 1603 some say she was the greatest ruler England ever had once again broke ties between England and the Roman Catholic Church and she led the English navy to victory against the Spanish Armada. ...

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he died in 1547, and that's when Mary Tudor, also known as bloody mary, became queen. Elizabeth tried not to get to involved in politics during Mary's reign but certain conspiracies arose and Elizabeth was locked in the tower of London. When Mary was six her mother , Anne Bolyen, was charged with treason and executed and at the age of fourteen her father died also. ...

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Cynthia Bourgeault's opus, "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity," offers a provocative study of the life of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with the prophet Jesus of Nazareth. ... John's is the only one to name her, and he calls her Mary of Bethany. ... "3 This image of Mary Magdalene is later solidified in 594 by Pope Gregory the Great who preached, "She whom Luke calls the sinful woman, whom John calls Mary, we believe to be Mary from whom seven demons were ejected according to MarkThis woman previously used the ...

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They did succeed in producing a single child, Princess Mary (soon to be Mary I or Bloody Mary). ... Although, Henry VII spelled out the order of succession which would be Mary, Elizabeth, and then Frances Grey and her children, Edward knew that Mary would restore the country to Catholicism. ... After nine days of rule, she was executed and Mary took the place of her. Mary I Mary was the first child to be born. ... This earned her the nickname Bloody Mary. ...

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In general the living standart declined as the population growed: the pressure on the food supplies made the food more expensive the wages of workers lost their finacial force; dropped 57 per cent since 1500 Starvations: 1481-3, 1519-21, 1527-8, 1544-5, 1549-51, 1555-8, 1585-8, 1595-8 caused by poor harvests, bad weather Henry VII 1485-1509 v born in 1457; son of Edmund Tudor and Magret Beaufort v became king of England through personal fight: after defeating Richard III in the battle of Bosworth he proclaimed himself as the king of Enfland v he brought law and order to England a...

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The movie is based on the legend of Jack The Ripper, and it features stars such as Johnny Depp as Inspector Fred Abberline, Heather Grahm as Mary Kelly and Ian Holmes as Sir William Gull. ... Women cringe and men's eyes light up with each and every bloody murder. ... Little nuances, like the visions of victims, Inspector Abberline has and Mary Kelly (Grahm) being the prettiest prostitute ever try to fuel the movie. ...

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Although many people only know of Henry VIII's bloody behavior, he strengthened England's navy and built churches as well. Catherine and Henry had a daughter named Mary. ... When all of Henry and Catherine's children who were born after Mary, died in infancy, Henry determined to produce an heir, and became frustrated and angry. ...

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Mary, naturally, because she was raised catholic, changed the religion of England back to Catholicism. Mary had gained the title of "Bloody Mary" for the amount of people she had executed. Mary even imprisoned Elizabeth in the tower of London, then under house arrest as she feared she would be overthrown. Mary eventually died on November 17, 1558 leaving behind no heir, and as a result, leaving Elizabeth as the heir. ... After Elizabeth was crowned, Phillip of Spain, Mary's widower proposed to her. ...

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One of the suggestions is Mary (or Mall) Fitton, who was Maid of Honour to the Queen and by the way she was the mistress of William Herbert (the Earl of Pembroke), who is suggested to be the subject and addressee of the first 126 sonnets. ... (Here I want to add that Mary Fitton later bore a son to William Herbert in 1601 . This fact may support the Mary Fitton theory). ... "Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action lust Is perjured, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; Enjoyed no sooner but d...

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Henry's eldest daughter Mary, a fervent Catholic, is queen. ... The Catholics" greatest fear is the succession of Mary's half-sister. ... Throughout Mary's reign, later known as Bloody Mary, people of Protestant faith were burned at the stake on her command. ... "He was involved with the plan for Norfolk to marry Mary Stuart and it was not, to begin with, a plot to kill Elizabeth. ... Along with that discrepancy, he also never traveled to Scotland to seduce and poison Mary of Guise, Elizabeth's rival. ...

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On August the31st, 1888, Mary Nichols body was found, Mary's throat was slashed open, her vertebrate exposed and she was repeatedly stabbed in the stomach. ... Mary Nichols was laid to rest on September 6, 1888. ... Mary Kelly, "Black Mary", they called her was unlike the other victims. Mary was young and very attractive and a prostitute. ... Mary was buried at Walthamstow R. ...

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Her husband states that he does not believe in the local priests "hellfire and bloody damnation,"(Crucible 1187) sermons and that is why they do not go to church. ... She says that she did not make the doll, but the housekeeper Mary had made it in court and had given it to her at dinner. ...

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Three novels that display this parallel in themes effectively are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Sharer, and William Shakespeare's Macbeth. ... Both Victor and the Creature compromise the social order within Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ... One of these acts is the very violent and bloody murder of Macduff's wife and children. The just retribution of the play is that Macduff kill Macbeth die in a bloody manner and that he. ...

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In the book The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart makes the reader see that Merlin is not just a magician, he is first and foremost a man. ... (The Crystal Cave pg. 2) Mary Stewart describes this scene so well that the reader can actually see the mist rising up the trees and into the forest. When describing the fight scenes where Ambrosius, Merlin's father, is trying to gain the title of High King, she uses enough detail to get the point across, without making the scene gory and bloody as so many things are in today's world. ... Throughout this novel Mary Stewart helps the reader connect wit...

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On this day Mary Anne Nichols had been murdered in Bucks Row. ... At almost 1:45am Catherine Eddowes's bloody corpse was found silently slaughtered by the fearsome and clearly a practiced killer. ... Jack's first victum was Mary "Polly" Nichols. ... The fifth and final victum that Jack The Ripper killed was Mary "Black Mary" Kelly. "Black Mary" was unlike all the other victums. ...

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What results is a bloody battle and an end to the feud, with only one Grangerford still standing and that is Miss Sophia. ... Right then Mary Jane, the eldest orphan, walks in and scolds the girl for being rude, and makes her apologize. ... (205) He decides that he had to tell Mary Jane the truth, so he goes into her room and confesses the whole scandal. ... "(221) Huck makes the right decision in telling Mary Jane what the rapscallions are up to, and he saves three orphans. ...

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What results is a bloody battle and an end to the feud, with only one Grangerford still standing and that is Miss Sophia. ... Right then Mary Jane, the eldest orphan, walks in and scolds the girl for being rude, and makes her apologize. ... (205) He decides that he had to tell Mary Jane the truth, so he goes into her room and confesses the whole scandal. ... "(221) Huck makes the right decision in telling Mary Jane what the rapscallions are up to, and he saves three orphans. ...

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