Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7‚ 1867‚ the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students’ revolutionary organization and found it hard to leave Warsaw‚ then in the part of Poland dominated by Russia‚ for Cracow‚ which at that time was under Austrian rule. In 1891‚ she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licentiateships in Physics
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I selected this article because it explains how China uses a group of students as a scapegoat‚ similar to how Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat. I thought it was interesting how Animal Farm and this article compare and contrast. This article describes how Hong Kong‚ a former British colony was returned to Chinese control in 1997 and “placed under a semi-autonomous administration” that many consider to inreality be under Beijing’s control. The author states that “Since the handover‚ China has
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character’s name is Antoinette. She grew up in Jamaica in a rich family. After her brother Pierre died‚ her mother went crazy. Later on in the book‚ Antoinette goes crazy as well. Some critics believe that Antoinette’s madness is heredity. I disagree with that critique. The primary source of Antoinette’s madness is from the harsh treatment of her husband‚ Rochester. There are smaller causes as well‚ like the night when slaves burned down her family’s house. Antoinette is devastated. The
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Introduction The Scapegoat is a painting by William Holman Hunt that depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus. The painting was commissioned in 1854 by the Dead Sea‚ during his stay in the Holy Land‚ but wasn’t finished until 1855 in London. It is oil painting on canvas with the dimensions of 33.7 cm × 45.9 cm. It is being held at the Manchester Art Gallery. Inscribed on the frame are two quotes from the Old Testament. The first come from the book of Isaiah ’Surely he hath borne
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Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre intertwined In Wide Sargasso Sea‚ author Jean Rhys uses intertextuality to tell the story of Antoinette Mason. Intertexuality is when an author bases their book/novel off of another text. In this case‚ Wide Sargasso Sea is shaped from Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and it elaborates on the character of Bertha‚ who is Antoinette Mason in Rhys’ novel. By reading Wide Sargasso Sea we are enlightened on things in Jane Eyre that Bronte does not tell us about or elaborate
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Anne Hutchinson: Scapegoat Imagine being sent away in disgust from a society founded on the ideals of religious freedom for practicing just that. In 1638‚ Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay colony for spread of independent theology amongst men and women outside of her expected submissive societal role. Anne Hutchinson worked to better understand her religion as an independent mind‚ which resulted in her exile and exemplifies the negative responsiveness to woman existing outside
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his country’s government. Napoleon was now in power‚ and he was kinder than Marie Antoinette. Napoleon gave Lafayette a seat in the Chamber of Deputies and offered a seat in the senate‚ but Marquis de Lafayette only accepted the vice presidency in the Chamber of Deputies. By now‚ Lafayette’s fortune and properties were seized‚ and the majority of his family was either separated from him or decapitated by Marie Antoinette. He was left to live with what his wife had owned as a family member
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ruin of the french monarchy is considered as Marie Antoinette. It is widely believed that her spending caused the French Revolution and execution. Her image in pop culture is one of a woman in a garish period dress with her hair towering above her head‚ declaring the starving peasants should just eat cake. There are many things most people do not consider when it comes to the repute of Marie Antoinette. Understandably‚ the modern population views Marie as a person who had far more power than she had
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Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena Josquin Despres (c. 1440-1521) was acknowledged by his contemporaries as the most accomplished composer of his time. Martin Luther proclaimed that‚ “Josquin is a master of notes‚ which must express what he desires; on the other hand‚ other choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his
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the fate of the person picked. The scapegoat of the story was a mother and wife named Tessie Hutchinson. A scapegoat can be an animal or person that is unjustly blamed for something or used to take on the sins of others. It was quite controversial because no one questions the ritual and just accepts what is to come. On the other hand it was quite remarkable that the whole time in the story she was standing
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