Hailey C. Brandon G. English Honors ¾ 29 April 2013 The Real Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was born on March 6‚ 1619 in Paris‚ France. Cyrano was the son of Abel de Cyrano and Esperance Bellanger. Abel de Cyrano was the lord of Mauvieres and Bergerac. The name “de Bergerac” was given from a place that was attached to one of Abel’s estates. In 1622‚ the Cyrano family moved to Mauvieres‚ a commune in central France. Cyrano was educated by a priest he highly
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Edward de Bono was born in Malta on 19 May 1933.His father‚ Joseph‚ was a Professor of Medicine‚ and was awarded a CBE. His mother‚ Josephine‚ was ine of the first female journalists writing for The Times of Malta. He attended St Edward’s College‚ Malta‚ during World War II and then the University of Malta where he qualified in medicine. He preceded‚ as a Rhodes Scholar‚ to Christ Church‚ Oxford‚ where he gained an honours degree in psychology and physiology and then a D.Phil in medicine. He also
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The Rio de Janeiro Carnival - Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with 2 million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1823. The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers‚ floats and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio. ur number one is Rio Fest. The first records of Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro
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Jr. were all boxer. 2. How he started a De La Hoya’s parents moved to the United States from Mexico before he was born. b. . He started boxing at the age of 6 c. At the of age 15‚ De La Hoya won the national Junior Olympic 119-pound title. B. Professional Career 1. With the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona‚ De La Hoya defeated Marco Rudolph of Germany to win gold and become the only U
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On Alain de Botton’s "On Anticipation" Alain de Botton’s main argument on the relationship between anticipation and travel is that while one waits in anticipation of a trip they begin to imagine the most beautiful scenario while often leaving out reality. He also explains how when we are going to travel we tend to leave out the thoughts of the actually travel itself. We see ourselves somehow just showing up to this beautiful destination without having any travel or problems. "In my anticipation
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“The Horla” By Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Horla” is a great example of the notion that art sometimes imitates life. In 1887‚ while battling the end stages of syphilis and institutionalized for insanity‚ de Maupassant’s last story “The Horla” was published. In the pages his fictional character‚ the narrator‚ chronicles his journey into madness while fighting an unseen beast. The protagonist can be compared to de Maupassant and his own struggle with syphilis and psychosis
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Christine de Pizan was a versatile writer/poet. She was born September 11‚ 1364. In her writings‚ she advocated for women’s rights and equality. Pizan was one of the first women to have her writings read because back then people didn’t pay attention to women’s writing. People paid attention especially because of her writing about Joan of Arc. Christine de Pizan was very important to women in medieval times because of she fought for her education‚ how she provided for her family at a young age and
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Picking the Aphrodite of Melos as the topic I wanted to write on was easy because I’ve seen the figure before over time and in many places‚ it is a renowned classic in art. The culture the figure is from is ancient Greece. To Socrates and Plato‚ Aphrodite was a real god because she represented the giver of love and life and joy‚ among other things. Further back and in even more ancient times‚ this Venus or Aphrodite was the mother of all mankind‚ and although the roman’s didn’t restrict her to just
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Cosimo de Medici grew up gaining the interest in artistic achievements and knowledge in his quest to become someone great. His father was Giovanni de Medici who started the family’s banking and trading empires. When his father passed on‚ Cosmo became the chief controller of the family’s finances. His central bank was the Medici bank that propelled him to be the wealthiest man during his times. Despite him being rich‚ Cosmo was concerned about the plight of the less fortunate people in the city
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Honor in Cyrano de Bergerac People in today’s society have many different aspects about their character that make them who they are. Positive character traits can be found in people around the globe and in the characters that many read about in books. Edmond Rostand presents the character Cyrano in the play Cyrano de Bergerac with a many positive traits that make him a very relatable character. Cyrano lives his life based on a strict code of honor through his actions. A code of honor can be
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