Napoleon anxiously paced back and forth across his study. His window was opened slightly‚ and the chirps and songs of various birds could be heard echoing across the busy city of Paris. Often‚ Napoleon could hardly tell the difference between the songs of these animals and the countless conversations that all seemed to translate into one constant noise. These sounds only succeeded to aggravate him further‚ so he walked to the window and closed it. “Merde…” Napoleon murmured under his breath. “Where
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when Dantes says who the letter is going to‚ he changes his mind because the letter is going to his father. 5. Dantes believes a mistake has been made and is not alarmed 6. Dantes is taken to Villeforts house 7. Dantes is taken to the Chateau d’If because he was carrying a note to Villeforts father about a Bonapartist plot 8. Villefort visits the King‚ he brings the king a message of a plot against him and earns his graditude. 9. He does not say the note was going to his Father
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been best friends for the entirety of their youth. Yet despite this‚ Fernand chooses to betray his friend to gain something he selfishly wanted. In the meantime‚ Edmond never committed the crime he was accused of‚ leading him to a false sentence in Chateau d’If prison. This is like Jesus walking through his life knowing his one friend‚ Judas‚ would eventually betray him. Judas received gold for his selfish want‚ while Jesus was crucified for a crime he never committed. Fernand‚ like Judas and many people
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CONDE‚ CARL KEVIN R. BSHRM IV TRAVEL 1 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Flat maps are terribly distorted‚ because you can’t flatten a ball (what the earth is) into a rectangle (what most maps are). 2. Certain wind patterns are quite predictable and most certainly affect travel (1) In temperature zones (2) In tropical zones (3) Hurricanes 3. Oceans‚ Seas‚ Gulfs‚ Lakes and Rivers. *A stream is a body of water with a current‚ confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or
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Zimmerman Note 1917 - Germany sent this to Mexico instructing an ambassador to convince Mexico to go to war with the U.S. It was intercepted and caused the U.S. to mobilized against Germany‚ which had proven it was hostile Fourteen Points the war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918‚ which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination‚ freedom of the seas‚ free trade‚ end to secret agreements‚ reduction of arms and a league of nations Committee on Public Information
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was very powerful in the sense that it foreshadows the series of events that occurs within the book. Edmond Dantes‚ the main character of the book‚ was stripped of his innocence by 3 conspirators‚ which he had called friends‚ and was sent off to Chateau d’If‚ an infamous jail in which the worst criminals go. He miraculously escaped‚ became wealthy‚ and sought vengeance against these 3 men who had taken his youth and innocence and turned it into something horrible... the Count of Monte Cristo‚ the
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When he is being hunted that talk about how important it is to be on the island because if they were not on the island they would not be as secluded as they say in "Across the cove he could see the gloomy gray cove of the Château. Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. " which explains the inexplicable dangers of being alone on the island with the crazed killer. It is very difficult for Rainsford to have to deal with this because he will have to either a live with
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few deaths and a great many prisoners.” The elaborate house is “a sort of floating fairyland”. Unger is made drowsy by the “honeyed luxury” and is bathed while asleep. When he wakes‚ Washington tells him that the diamond is the mountain that the chateau rests on. Unger is bathed in a blue aquarium of rosewater‚ with a personal moving picture machine at his disposal‚ offered by the enslaved African American manservant. All is decadence and lavishness. Washington recounts the history of his family
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Louis XIV embodies the most prestigious form of absolutism in France; he is one of the monarchs who most influenced the history of France and Europe. The installation of his government and his court at Versailles occurred in 1682‚ where numerous alterations and expansions were undertaken. Versailles not only became the symbol of power but also was actually an instrument of power. The Palace of Versailles reflects the style and tastes of Louis XIV and the image he has of the functions of a royal:
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Chapter one Baroque art what is baroque art and its features Baroque is an artistic style prevalent from the late 16th century to the early 18th century in Europe.It is most often defined as "the dominant style of art in Europe between the Mannerist and Rococo eras‚ a style characterized by dynamic movement‚ overt emotion and self-confident rhetoric".The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church‚ which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent
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