He is Lord of lords and King of kings If hundred thousand people have to die, they will die. But well seize the power Oh, Mother-Earth, how many battles have you seen?! How many brave and great sons of yours have died in the fields of massacre and shame?! They have been led by those, who want to own you, by those who desire their names to be written on your face. They could flood you with blood of innocent people, with tears of mothers, wives and children; they could cover you with the broken lives of those who were left to lie on the battlefields. They forget about your Creator, about the One, who gives them power One of those leaders, who wanted to seize the power, was William the Conqueror. William the Conqueror Duke of Normandy, King William I of England was born at Falaise in 1027 or 1028, and probably during the autumn of the latter year. His father was known as Robert the Devil and Robert the Magnificent.
William was born of a liaison between the devilish duke and a tanners daughter, named Herleve of Herleva, and popularity remembered as Arlette or Arletta. According to legend, Robert and Arlette met when they were both in their late teens. Robert was riding his horse one day when he saw the lovely Arlette washing her clothes in a river. Instantly smitten, the duke sent one of his servants to summon Arlette to his castle. She agreed to become Roberts mistress, but insisted on living with him openly rather than conducting the affair in secrecy. Their son William was born within a year of their first meeting.
The Essay on The Death of Cordelia in William Shkespeares King Lear
The Death of Cordelia in William Shakespeare's King Lear King Lear is a tragedy unlike any other written by William Shakespeare. It focuses on the psychological downfall of a powerful King. It proves that as long as a nation has a king on the throne all is well, but as soon as a king steps off the throne nothing but chaos transpires. The downfall of the king results in the downfall of the ...
Having read about the Williams childhood, it made me to realize why he wanted to be the first, and why his anger in the future would come out on people. William became the Duke of Normandy at the very early age. Even though his fathers barons swore fealty to William, after all they were trying to kill him. First one of Williams guardians, Gilbert of Brionne, was murdered; then Williams uncle Osbern, Arlettes brother, was killed while protecting the young William from kidnappers who had invaded the boys bedroom. Williams tutor was also murdered. William grew up very fast. At the age of fifteen he was knighted, and at the age of nineteen he started to war everyone.
First he went to war against his cousin Guy of Burgundy to defend his inheritance. He defeated Guy and then forced the rebels to swear allegiance to him. It was a beginning of William the Bastards era, as his enemies called him. Almost for his whole life, he has always been fighting someone; even his own allies. A nice boy became a ruthless, powerful, and greatly feared conqueror.
