Three Blind Mice Research Paper

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“Three Blind Mice”
“Three blind mice, three blind mice
See how they run, see how they run!

They all ran after the farmer's wife
She cut a cheese with a carving knife
Have you ever seen such a thing in your life
As three blind mice?

Three blind mice, three blind mice
See how they run, see how they run!

They all ran after the farmer's wife
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice?” (Three Blind Mice - The Nursery Rhyme Collections).

The historical context behind the “Three Blind Mice” dates back to the sixteenth century during the reign of King Henry the VIII. It has been said that this rhyme is “about Mary I (1516 – 1558), the daughter of King Henry” (Three Blind Mice). Mary I was King Henry’s first daughter with his first wife Catherine who was a Catholic. Later on Mary I became illegitimate, because the marriage between her mother, Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII was declared invalid” (Three Blind Mice). Originally King Henry VIII requested for his marriage to Catherine be annulled by the Catholic Church, and it was declined, so he decided to create his own Church with his own religious beliefs that caused a chain of events throughout history.
Later on “Mary I married Phillip II of Spain and he became the King of Spain, and Mary I became …show more content…

In the rhyme the verse "farmer’s wife" can be explained by the fact that Phillip II had a lot of arable land” (Three Blind Mice). As we know if you are caught conspiring against the Queen or the King the consequences are incarceration or death. This is why the three men “were subsequently destroyed, killed or limited in their possibilities according to the rhyme (who cut off their tails with a carving knife)” (Three Blind

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