Countries have been known for what they might particularly stand for. Some might also be known for those that stand for the nation itself. For the country of England, Lady Diana Frances Spencer was vastly known for her constant engagement in the kingdom’s social issues. She was a child activist and was quite popular in media due to societies’ fascination with English royalty. Princess Diana used this to her advantage and, “she devoted herself to her sons [Prince William and Prince Harry] and to such charitable efforts as the battle against the use of land mines” (Diana, 2014). Her life in mainstream media helped to have her be heard beyond the boarders of England and she became an icon to the world for her gracious poise and outreach to the people of average society. With her marriage to Prince Charles of England, each aspect of her life was broadcast and the pressures consumed her. She then decided to pursue outreach interests of her own. “Diana served a strong supporter of many charities and worked to help the homeless, people living with HIV and AIDS and children in need” (Diana, 2014). Her work through charities for children and those with AIDS helped to create a friendship between herself and Sir Elton John.
Elton John was highly active within England’s royal family and the charities held by Prince Charles such as annual charity concerts. Throughout the years Princess Diana and Elton John’s friendship grew strong. Then on August 31, 1997, Diana passed away due to a car accident in Paris, France. This devastation struck the world and many mourned with the royal family as to their terrible loss. Elton John was heart wrenched hearing the news that a great friend of his had passed. In 1972, “Candle in the Wind” was first create...
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Love and heartbreak, they are one in the same. Without one, the other is nonexistent. American Rock Band Poison in their 1980’s Hit, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”, Lead singer, Bret Michaels fervently reflects on the anguish suffered while being in love and getting your heart broken. Michaels supports his claim on love and romance by utilizing figurative language, anaphora and parallelism with the goal of expressing how love and heartbreak feels.
"Briar Rose," written by Jane Yolen, is a heart wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the evils of World War II. Yolen has taken the story of Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) and developed two parallel stories. Becca is the granddaughter of Gemma, soon to be found out as Briar Rose. Becca promises her grandmother, Gemma, to find out the truth about her. Through the help of Stan, and Josef, Becca finds out the truth: her grandmother had survived an extermination camp at Chelmno, and afterwards with the partisans. The enormous amount of deaths and genocides can sometimes be very hard to grasp when it is simply another page in your history textbooks. However, this novel helps give a tangible perspective of such madness and atrocity through a fairytale lens. It also allows us to contemplate and remember an unconscionably dark chapter of human history. Briar Rose is an interesting book that connotes realism, optimism, and a sense of mystery in the timeless fairy tale ending, "and they lived happily ever after."
Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
Within the experts of Schindler's List and add At the Heart of the White Rose; Letters and Diaries of Hans Sophie Scholl, both experts demonstrate courage and the ability to be an upstanding are by standing up for the Jewish racing and defying Nazi commands. To begin with, Schindler was the ideal Aryan, to avoid military service he joined the German intelligence and traveled to Poland following the invasion. In 1939 Schindler acquired a contract for supplying kitchenware to the military and opened a manufacturing plant in cracow. He moved his shoe is labors to a remote and safe location away from enemy lines and treated them well until the war was over. The narrator states, “At his own expense he provided did his Jewish employees with the life suspicion diet, unlike the starvation-level rations mandated by the Nazis” (2).
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In conclusion, Oprah Winfrey is an excellent representation of the hero archetype in mythology. Her rise from early hardships, quick success in her career and amazing global philanthropy work secures her a spot in history one of the most highly influential people of our time. She has proved that truly anything is possible through talent and hard work. What direction would the world be moving towards if it hadn’t been for Oprah’s influential television show? It is hard to say, but we do know that without her television, and the world, would not be quite the same.
Even twenty years after her death, the world continues to remember the princess who perpetually remembered them. Princess Diana lived as one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. She devoted her life in the spotlight to bring recognition to causes that she felt others should care about, such as AIDS, homelessness, leprosy, and landmine removal. Diana believed that love and kindness served as the remedy for any sort of suffering. She once stated in an interview with BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, “I think the biggest disease this world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month—I’m very happy to do that and I want to do that” (Roisin Kelly). While the matter remains certain that people were initially starstruck having a princess in their midst, it is undoubtedly Diana’s kindness that attracted and continued to attract beings to her presence. She held the hands of those deemed unsafe to touch and broke down stigmas in the process. Diana became a hero for those who had no one to speak up for them, or the trials they endured, through simple acts of kindness, such as a warm smile or a gentle handshake. While Diana aided those around her, she herself desperately craved love and kindness, as discussed in the following quote from the New York Times’ Article, “Diana in Search of Herself”. “Indeed, Diana's unstable temperament bore all the markings of one of the most elusive psychological disorders: the borderline personality. This condition is characterized by an unstable self-image; sharp mood swings; fear of rejection and abandonment; an inability to sustain relationships; persistent feelings of loneliness, boredom, and emptiness; depression; and impulsive behavior such as binge eating and
All the work done by Princess Diana was because of the abundance of compassion in her heart. She once said, “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to
Ser Elton John has been one of the most iconic and successful British pop stars since the 1970’s. His music is based from his own life experiences as well as those of his country and of his time. Elton John is known for his passion and vivacity for his career, his fortitude to fight AIDS, his homosexuality and his importance to the evolution of the British and the American pop/rock genre.
Throughout her life Diana displayed a very insecure nature. Psychologists think this was rooted in her childhood (Smith). When she was six, her mom left her family (Smith). After her parent’s high-profile divorce was finalized, she remembered her father’s distant, lonely silences, and her mother’s constant crying (Morton 35). Diana described this as a “wish-washy and painful experience” (33). Due to these circumstances she felt detached and different from others at a very young age (34). For Diana’s engagement party to the Prince of Wales, she wore a black dress that she thought was “pretty and smart” (51-52). When Prince Charles saw her, he said with disgust, “only people in mourning wear black” (170-171). She was destroyed by this comment. She needed people’s constant support and compliments (170). Later in her marriage, her husband’s lack of attention led her to suffer from bulimia and to make several suicide attempts (85-86). Once, when she was attempting to gain Prince Charles’ attention, she took a penknife and cut her chest and thighs (77). Seeing the bloody sight he said, “You are crying wolf.” This comment added to her negative self-esteem (188). The constant press coverage put her under lots of pressure. “It warped her sense of who she was through its unrealistic expectations, distortions, exaggerations and outright inventions” (Smith). It made her believe she had to live up to the impossible expectations that were being forced on her (Smith). Diana was easily influenced and very sensitive. She let other people’s views of her and life’s uncontrollable circumstances affect her self-image.
The Wars of the Roses began in 1455 after the people of the House of Lancaster and the House of York began to dispute over the throne of England. The Wars of the Roses was a time of multiple civil wars between the two houses of the Plantagenet royal house over the throne of England. The war consisted of a total of seventeen battles. Both houses were traced back from their ancestor King Edward III. The House of Lancaster was associated with the red rose and the House of York was associated with the white rose. “Wars of the Roses” was not used during that time period because the ones in wars often wore badges of their protectors. The red rose was associated with the House of Lancaster, and the House of York was associated with the white rose. The wars were fought by the aristocracies and the ones who kept up the feud between the two. Each person who supported a certain side of the war depended on the marriages or the tenures they held during that time.
Diana Spencer was born July 1, 1961. This date was the start of one of the most remarkable individuals in the world . She was once quoted as saying, "One minute I was a nobody the next minute I was Princess of Wales, mother ,member of the royal family and it was too much for one person to handle" (Morton story,104). The Princess of Wales struggled throughout her life due to bulimia, an unhappy marriage, and the media.
People always look up to someone in their life whether it is a teacher, classmate, or a famous person online, Princess Diana was not only known for her great sense of fashion taste but her appreciable impact on the world. She raised millions of dollars for charities with little supports and tried her best to make people more aware of the issues that surrounded them. Princess Diana help over 100 charities and that still would not be enough to say how a great philanthropist she was.
Diana, Princess of Wales, was a role model for women around the world, due to her status in society and extensive media coverage. Born into an aristocratic family, Lady Diana Spencer was predetermined to live a life of royalty. Diana was introduced to Prince Charles in 1977, when she was 16. Charles, at the time, was in a courtship with Diana’s sister, Sarah Spencer. After only seeing each other twelve times, Diana married Prince Charles at St. Paul's Cathedral in London in the mid-summer of 1981, joining the Royal Family with the title of Her Royal Highness, Princess of Wales. Diana was arguably most known for the humanitarian work that she dedicated herself to throughout her public and private life. Diana worked with charities to shift