Twist (1838-39) and Barnaby Rudge (1841); and William Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood (1834) and Jack Sheppard (1839-40). Several of these novels were based upon famous crimes and criminal careers of the past (Eugene Aram, Dick Turpin in Rookwood, and Jack Sheppard); others derived from contemporary crime (Altick, 1970, p. 72). Although many authors chose to base their stories on criminals, William Harrison Ainsworth’s Rookwood and Jack Sheppard are two of the best examples of the theme of ‘crime
Protection is what most world leaders depend on, but not even protection can help someone in a life or death situation. The political situations that lead up to the the plots were very similar and different. The political situation behind the Gunpowder Plot was a religious dispute, King James I had agreed not to prosecute any Catholics resulting in a time of tolerance towards the Catholics. However, accusations came up that James was not Protestant because he allowed tolerance towards the Catholics
Novels were the major form of Western literature in the nineteenth century. There is an abundance of work produced during this time that is considered milestones in the development of this literature form. Micheletti suggests that most of these novels were sold as domestic fiction written by women, for women, and for the most part, featured women as protagonists. Also these novels were not exactly romances. Majority of the male characters in these were nothing short of cardboard figures that were
be seen. The stories of E.A.Poe are considered to be the first of detective genre. No other author was able to write detective story which would achieve international popularity. Then there were Harrison Ainsworth with his immediately successful Rookwood and then in 1837 Charles Dickens with his novel Oliver Twist. But the critics response wasn’t very positive on this new growing style so the whole genre went underground. Dickens was fascinated by crime so he put it in a lot of his novels. (FIDO
Macbeth and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Shakespeare’s Macbeth was influenced by the gunpowder plot of 1605. The equivocation that was inspired by this event played an important role in the play. The general theme of Macbeth reflects the mood of society at the time that it was written. This relationship is a direct reflection of the mimetic theory. This paper will examine the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and the role of equivocation in the subsequent prosecutions during the time that Shakespeare was