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…The book that I read was The Eyes of the Dragon. The author was Stephen King. It was published in 1987. Stephen King grew up in Maine and has lived most of his adult life there, both in Bangor and in the Portland area. He and his wife, Tabitha…

…. The king of France became the heart of this policy, which gave him control of religion when this went into effect. The next major point was the increase in need for governmental financing. In England, taxing had become under the control of Parliament…

…, Charles was pressed to call upon Parliament, who refused to even consider funding a war until the King rectified several religious and political injustices. Charles, in response, promptly dismissed the Parliament. However, when the Scots defeated an English…

…in which a ghost, who looks like the late king of Denmark, visited the guarding place last two knights. While his telling the story the ghost appears. Horatio who supposedly knows how to talk to ghosts tries to communicate with it, but the ghost leaves silent…

…"The Masque of the Red Death" is a very interesting story. It deals with the deadly red death that can kill in a half-hour. The ruler of the kingdom where the red death started is King Prospero. He was a selfish and cruel man. He basically left his…

…Oedipus is the ideal tragedy according to the definition offered by Aristotle in Poetics. Oedipus is king of Thebes. Oedipus's plot has a beginning, middle and end. The characters help the plot flow smoothly. He saves the people of Thebes from…

…Sophocles' trilogy of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone is a powerful, tragic tale that examines the nature of human guilt, fate and punishment. Creon, Oedipus' uncle and brother-in-law, is the story's most dynamic character. His…

…In Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the main character, Macbeth has many motivators and influences causing him to do evil deeds. Lady Macbeth is the main one. She pressures Macbeth to kill king Duncan. Also, there are the three witches, who give Macbeth…

…The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Including the miss adventures of the Duke, the King, and "The Royal Nonesuch" The Duke and the King in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have created a rather large scheme to swindle some town's people out…

…Saint Thomas More was one of the greatest defenders of Catholicism in England during the time of King Henry VII's separation of Britain from the Church. Despite the threat of death, he stood by his ideals and never accepted the English Act of Separation…