Final Outside Reading Post

So Anne flopped between ethical and unethical her entire life. Never an outstandingly good person, but was by no means a villain either. Anne's nature, a balance between good and bad, was viewed differently by different people. She lived her life on both sides of the fence, and it caught up with her. Henry, her wedded husband, was starting to be seen with Jane Seymour, a lady in waiting. "Henry needed a way to be rid of her, so he turned to the rumors of the court as a way out of his second marriage" (Denny 245).
Henry charged Anne with adultery and treason against him. She was tried by a jury of peers, one of which was her own uncle. "The court was unsympathetic to Anne's pleas and condemned her and her brother to death." (Denny 289). In a final act of kindness, Henry hired a french swordsmen to cut of her head so that it would be quicker. (the traditional beheading device was an ax, which often took three or four blows before the head was completely severed.) Anne is today remebered as a queen who gave birth to one of the greatest rulers England had ever seen. She is not remembered for what she did, but for what her daughter became.
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So Anne Boleyn was married to Henry the eighth and all was well. Yeah...right. "Henry, after seeing the hatred of the people towards Anne, was appalled by her." (Denny 187). Anne was heartbroken and pregnant and when she gave birth to a healthy baby girl. The girl would one day become the legendary Queen Elizabeth the first. But, Henry never saw the intelligence and beauty of the baby. He saw a girl. A girl that wouldn't carry one the family line like a boy would. Henry was even more disgusted with Anne. It's no wonder after everything, that Anne was ethical.
One of the most unethical things that Anne did came after a miscarriage of her 2nd baby. Anne knew the miscarriage might cause her death at the hand of the executioner. At the time, althogh it was commmon practice to marry your cousin, you never were allowed to "fornicate with your brother" (Denny 226). But this is what Anne did. She knew she had to get pregnant again and quickly. But no only was this rumor frowned upon, it was also illegal. And if word got out, Anne knew that she would be killed.

When Anne Boleyn succceded in fully seducing Henry the eighth, she did somthing ethical. "Anne refused to bed with the King, despite his pleading, until they were married" (Denny 104) It was as if Anne didn't want to encroach on Catherine of Aragon's territory until she was gotten rid of. So in some ways, it was an ethical decision, and in some ways, it was not. She did get rid of the queen, but Catherine was divorced with "a bit of grace but with very little pride intact" (Denny 135) So Catherine is portrayed as the victim. But really, the both were victims. Although Anne had the king's heart, Catherine had the peoples' hearts. With all this hatred, is it suprising that Anne made some unethical decisions along the way?