Aristocracy

How far do you agree that Pitt’s success as a reformer to 1793 was dependent on Royal support? Initially Pitt owed much of his success as a reformer to George III. When he took office, Pitt headed a minority government which meant it was difficult for him to push through legislation, consequently meaning his basis for authority stemmed more from the king than from support from Parliament. However, this changed following the 1784 election where Pitt secured the majority needed for effective government

Paulina Wapińska The representation of the relations between the aristocracy and their servants in Robert Altman’s film Gosford Park An old British mansion, many guests for the weekend, a murder in the library... All these familiar elements of a detective story are present in Robert Altman’s film Gosford Park. In autumn 1932 Sir William Mc Cordle and his wife, Lady Sylvia, invite their friends for a shooting party. On this occasion some family secrets are revealed, some hidden emotions burst

is portrayed as being friendly, kind, brave, adventurous and outgoing. Occasionally, some of her ideas suggest an inherent condescension towards the middle class, while maintaining that the natives and certain Europeans possess a certain innate aristocracy. • Farah - The servant closest to the narrator. Farah is the chief of all servants, managing the entire household. He is the narrator's closest confidant and she often appears quite dependent upon him. • Kamante - A servant on the farm

extract at the same time. The issue raised in the second extract is whether clubs are UN-American or not from a cultural, historical point of view? Are they contrary to American values of equal opportunity? Are they an attempt to create a form of aristocracy? This issue is hinted at in this extract through the two characters’ difference of opinion. The first sentence of this extract is “Not those kind of people. We’re not!” This is what Corinne feels about the members of the Mount Ephraim Country

He rents a single-story house between two mansions in West Egg, one of the wealthiest communities in Long Island. There meets Carraway his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom, who studied in Yale with Carraway, designed as the wealthy “old aristocracy” of New York. Nevertheless, the story is all about Dick’s mysterious neighbour from the huge mansion, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, who is one of the wealthiest men in West Egg, throws lavish receptions of hundred people in his house. One weekend, Carraway

It was created at the end of the 17th century and they have governed England for most of the last 300 years. At the beginning, it was called the “Tory Party”. It represented the interests of the royal family, the Anglican Church, and also the aristocracy (the land owners). They changed their names in 1830 under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel => it became the “Conservative Party”. He wanted to change the name because “Tory” was a pejorative name, it meant “an Irish Catholic rebel” in

Queen) who was born in 1533 and die in 1603. She is the daughter of Henry VIII. She ruled without Parliament, divine right of kings. She believed in cosmic order. Elizabethans feared chaos. The first permanent theatre was built in 1576 for aristocracy and the rabble. No woman in stage. In 1660 the first women in stage.

to think go appear, we fight thanks to labor unions and demonstrations (as those for the right to vote of the women). During this period we shall also note the big series of murders very known for Jack the “éventreur”. On the social plan, the aristocracy for example mixs easily with the new “bourgeoisie” and participates in the industrial and commercial business. The semi-skilled workers, as for them, formed an elite which grouped in labor unions or Trade unions (not socialists) which dealt directly

when Britons too often resent it. Proof of this is the rigid class structure of the British society. While most Americans, poor and rich alike, regard themselves as middle-class people, the British still have an influential (and well-provided-for) aristocracy at the upper end, and a poor, uncultured working-class at the lower end. Few, if any, working-class people are never appointed Life Peers; no aristocrat is ever demoted to a lower position. But this is not just about money and social class, it

a social and a religious contract. It’s a contract between them and God. 2) The differences between the Charter of Virginia and the Mayflower Compact is that the first was just a governmental agreement between the King and some people of the aristocracy, and the second was a contract between the puritans and God. It was essentially a religious contract. 3) Indentured servants were European people who wanted to go to the New World, but they didn’t have the money to go there. So, to go their they