Abstract
In this paper, the writer discusses that the Arbella Covenant and the Mayflower Compact are very similar in their Christian principles, but greatly differ in the allocation of legal authority for colonial governance. The writer maintains that for the writings of Winthrop, he saw a direct legal authority in the life of Christ and in the dictates of the New Testaments. The writer discusses that for the Mayflower Compact, is it King James that rules a "defender" of the colonists in the name of God.

Tags:arbella, winthrop, mayflower

Abstract
Concentrating specifically on the Duchess herself in "The Duchess of Malfi", this paper explores both her social and political transgressions that ultimately cause her tragic death. The author of the paper challenges Bartel's assertion that there is 'no escape for those subjects who show remarkable autonomy before they go', by concentrating specifically on the events surrounding the death of the Duchess. The author further attempts to demonstrate how the Duchess' 'remarkable autonomy' continues, even at the time of her death, leaving her the most powerful figure in the play.

From the Paper
"The Duchess of Malfi has been compared to the real lives of Arbella Stuart, and Catherine of Valois. All were noble women in socially isolated environments, each was at the mercy of more powerful male relative(s), and all three wanted to remarry but were forbidden to do so, yet each insisted on marrying anyway. Further to this, each married not only the man of her choice, but also someone beneath her on the social scale, resulting in each being persecuted."

Tags:arbella, stuart, catherine, of, valois, noble, women, socially, isolated, environments