Guy Fawkes is famous for his
attempt to blow up not only King James I of England but also all of Parliament
as well. He and thirteen other people had thirty six full barrels of gunpowder
ready to explode in the cellar under the House of Lords, the day before the
opening of Parliament the next day.
Nowadays the people of England
celebrate the fifth of November by making huge bonfires with Guy Fawkes dolls
in them and setting them ablaze. The BBC’s Sherlock
acknowledges this when John is kidnapped in the middle of The Empty Hearse and tied up under a pile of firewood which is
about to be set on fire. A little girl is the first one to mention Guy when she
tries to stop her father from lighting it up by saying “He doesn’t like it
Daddy. Guy Fawkes, He doesn’t like it” Then, the kidnapper texts Sherlock
saying “What a shame Mr.Holmes. John is quite a Guy” which he doesn’t put
together until later.
In the Episode Sherlock is called
back to London from where he is hiding because
the government believes there is an underground terrorist network in London , planning an
attack. His mom tells him they won’t let anyone into parliament because there’s
some big debate going on. Sherlock puts that together with the bonfire and they
recognize it is the fifth of November; the terrorists are going to try to do
what Guy Fawkes had planned, and blow up parliament.
Sherlock and John eventually
realize that the underground network is literally underground and find an
abandoned subway station directly under parliament. There is just a single
train car there; entirely packed with explosives ready to blow up parliament
two minutes and thirty seconds after the terrorists engage it. Luckily Sherlock
finds the off switch for the bomb before it explodes and once again parliament
is safe from being blown to pieces.
This episode directly connects to
the attempt on James I’s life back in 1605. The people of England do
remember the fifth of November and Guy Fawkes is still important to them today.
"BBC
History Guy Fawkes." BBC
News. BBC <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/guy_fawkes#default>
"BBC One Sherlock." BBC News. BBC, <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws>
Great job on your blog post! It was really interesting that this T.V. show directly correlated with Guy Fawkes and what we learned in history class. Also, I liked how your pictures broke up the text and made it easy to read. Overall I enjoyed reading your blog post.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you picked something that you knew a lot about to tie in with Guy Fawkes. It was also really cool how you used scenes from the show as your pictures. Great job!
ReplyDeleteOverall, good job with your blog post. Anything related to Sherlock the T.V show is sure to be interesting, and I think that you made a great connection with it and something from our class's studies. Celebrating the fifth of November as Guy Fawkes Day due to his failed attempted plan is still done in the world today and I think that a lot of that is well portrayed within that episode. Maybe to enhance your blog post you could consider going more in depth about the reasoning behind Guy Fawkes's plan, rather than explaining the majority of that episode of Sherlock itself. Again, very well done.
ReplyDeleteQuality work, however I think you could have added more information on Guy Fawkes. But I don't know I really enjoyed your blog post overall though
ReplyDeleteAmazing blog post, Kara! I really liked how you named your blog post something interesting and it immediately caught my attention. Also, I really enjoyed how you connected Guy Fawkes to something so popular today, making learning about Guy Fawkes even more interesting. One thing you should do it add citations as to where you got your pictures. Quite frankly, I don't want to be the one to bail you out of jail and Shaelyn and Natalie don't either.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post! You related this very well. You grabbed my attention right away with your pictures. the Sherlock series is a great show so it was nice to hear about how it can relate back to a historic event. It is very obvious that the producers based it right off of the actual historic event. You wrote about it very well.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I'll just say that you chose a great topic. Sherlock is my favorite show ever. Good choice! This episode certainly is a great connection to what we've talked about in class. Your post was also well-written and broken up nicely by the pictures. A little bit more about the connections might have been good, but overall, nice work. You, evidently, did your research.
ReplyDeleteOk first off I hate you I was going to do this, just kidding. But seriously though I'm pretty sure you did a better job than I would have at explaining everything and being very clear and descriptive. I enjoyed all the pictures you included and it was a very well organized blog post.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that Guy Fawkes is still remembered this vividly today. It shows how much people are willing to come together and rally against terrorism, even if it is against a disliked ruler. It, however, is sad to think that terrorism was around hundreds of years ago, and will most likely still be around hundreds of years from now. Nice blog post, and great connection to our history class.
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