percent more to what you see with your human eyes and the rest of your four senses than you think. Do not rely on your senses alone to make decisions or place judgment. The short story‚ “The False Gems” by Guy de Maupassant‚ is about a woman named‚ Madame Lantin‚ who has a gem fetish. This bothers her husband‚ Monsieur Lantin‚ just a little only because she likes to taunt him with her false gems. Monsieur Lantin frequently remonstrates against his wife by saying‚ "My dear‚ as you cannot afford to buy
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was predominately portraits of women. Madame Le Brun was born to a portraitist and fan painting father and a hairstylist mother. Her father served as her first teacher until she was sent to live with relatives and eventually a convent. Madame Lebrun’s other influential teachers and counselors where Gabriel François Doyen‚ Jean-Baptiste Greuze‚ Joseph Vernet‚ and other masters. A quick learner and skilled artist she
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pot. He was competing with a fat man to marry her‚ he went to Madame zeroni for advice to compete. Madame Zeroni told him to not marry her and go to America that was where her son was because her head was as empty as a flower pot but if he did want to marry her he had to take a piglet and carry it up the mountain everyday for it to drink water then if he did it he had to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain. But if he forgot about Madame Zeroni he would be curse forever and
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Madame Manec and several other ladies in the area form an old ladies’ resistance club which organizes small acts of resistance‚ like painting the French flag on a stray dog and sending it running through the Place Chateaubriand. It brings Madame Manec joy to be able to participate in something she believed was right “‘Seventy-six years old‚’ she whispers‚ ‘and I can still
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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story “The gift of the Magi” both of the characters‚ Della and James‚ sacrifice the most important things they had (Della’s hair and James’s watch) to give the other happiness to find out the gifts were useless in the end while in “The Necklace”‚ Madame Loisel sacrifices both her own and her husband’s youth to pay for her friend’s necklace that she lost just to find out that the necklace was faux‚ to represent the theme of sacrifice. In both of these stories‚ the authors used irony effectively to
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framed by a garland painted by Belin. He illustrates Madame de Thorigny in a luxurious setting‚ thereby letting the viewer know of her status and social standing. To emphasize this‚ he paints the background with ornate‚ classical columns‚ high ceilings‚ and an impressive interior design. Jean Baptiste Belin de Fontenay was a French painter who specialized in painting flowers. In this portrait‚ he painted the floral garland featured around Madame de Thorigny as well as the flowers in her hair. In
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proud of‚ and do others see it? Do you think Dickens intends to convey that others see his pride? Carton is proud of his plan to save Charles Darnay‚ and how it worked. He is proud that he was able to keep his promise to Lucie‚ and was able to do everything in his power to keep Lucie happy‚ even if it meant losing his life for her. Others can see that he is proud‚ and some look upon him as brave even. Yes I think that Dickens intends for others to see his pride‚ because for
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and when she does find out‚ she wants to get out right away. Madame Duret and Professor Farley are the teachers at her school. They are pale and really boney. Tracy‚ Kit’s best friend‚ is nice and sweet. She used to go to school with Kit untill she moved to Blackwood. Ruth Stark‚ Lynda Hannah‚ and Sandra Mason are her fellow classmates. They are all Kits age. The conflict is Kit wants to get out of Blackwood. She found out Madame Duret and Professor Farley are letting the past talented spirts
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one’s way of life? The desire to be rich and popular is what took Madame Loisel’s middle class stature and turned it into a life lesson. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ Mathilde Loisel gets so lost in the thought of becoming rich that her fear of being poor becomes reality‚ showing that
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