Compare the use of location and the environment in The Great Gatsby and The Go-Between F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and L.P. Hartley’s The Go-Between are two novels set in very different places in the world‚ but both show how love between different classes is doomed to failure. The environment is used to depict the lives of the people around it‚ such as the opulence and decadence in East Egg‚ and a dull‚ lifeless place in the valley of ashes. Both Fitzgerald and Hartley use the environment
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World Events that Coincided with the American Revolution (1750-1800) Art The Mid to Late 18th Century is the period in time remembered for the reversal of great world powers and new age of revolution. Many works of fine art were produced during this time‚ along with a renewed interest in philosophy. Inspirational music‚ literature‚ portraits‚ sculptors and architecture flourished with the ideal of the past influencing the minds of the people. For this inception of ideas‚ this period in history
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World Civilization II Take Home Test AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: * The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) or American War of Independence or simply American Revolution‚ began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America‚ and ended in a global war between several European great powers. * The war was the end result of escalating political tensions between the Parliament of Great Britain and colonists opposed to various taxes and other
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There are three revolutions‚ the Glorious‚ American‚ and French‚ that heavily influenced the world we know today. These revolutions were all similar because they wanted to get rid of monarchies‚ they resisted taxes‚ and they were highly influenced by the Enlightenment. The Revolutions had their differences when the American and French killed numerous people‚ the American and Glorious had no Reign of Terror‚ and the Glorious and French had large amounts of debt. Although the Glorious‚ French‚ and
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In the article “Robespierre and the Terror” by Marisa Linton‚ Maximilien Robespierre is foremost depicted as a heartless monster that terrorized the people of France during the 1790’s. The article states facts about Robespierre starting with his birth in 1758‚ his “Reign of Terror” and ultimately ends with his death by beheading. Though Robespierre was an active revolutionary that represent common people‚ his radical ideas and hofficic actions inevitably scarred France’s history so he will forever
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At the time‚ their absolute monarchy was an absolute disaster. First of all‚ King Louis XVI brought France to mass debt. He and his wife‚ Marie Antoinette used money without any limits‚ as Priya Karan from Suit101.com says‚ “Louis XV also spent extravagant sums… Antoinette spent incredible amounts of treasury money.” Considering France was in a massive debt‚ King Louis XVI did not do anything about it. This did not only apply to the debt he caused but to
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His decisions were rash and he often ignored his political advisors and listened to his wife‚ who was just as unqualified to being a leader as he was. Marie Antoinette was notorious for spending a great deal of money on unnecessary things like dresses and ridiculous hairstyles. She also gambled quite when she was bored. With the help of Marie Antoinette‚ King Louis decided to fund the American Revolution. When King Louis decided to fund the American revolution‚ he exposed France to what was going on
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bitter. She did‚ however‚ receive custody of the late dauphin’s papers which included instructions should his son become king and had a heavy influence on him in the early years of his reign. She held a terrible grudge against her nephew’s wife‚ Marie-Antoinette‚ because their marriage removed Adélaïde from power. This hostility caused her to coin the famous phrase “The Austrian Woman” that stuck with the queen for the rest of her life. Later in her life‚ Adélaïde was described as an old hag who gossiped
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Name: Jared Bracken World History on File: American & French Revolution 1. What taxes were placed on the Colonists? Do you think the British had the right to tax the Colonists? Why? Some taxes that were placed on the Americans involved stamps‚ sugar‚ tea‚ imported goods‚ and more. I don’t believe the British had the right to tax the colonies. This is because the colonies had no say in parliament and could do nothing to stop the taxes. 2. Which event do you believe was the biggest cause of the American
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rights. Therefore‚ in her Declaration of Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen‚ she argued for the right for women to express their ideas in the public. Marie Antoinette‚ an Austrian-born queen angered many people because she spend too much money for her own luxuries instead helping to feed people who were dying of hunger. As a result‚ Antoinette triggered a crowd of women marching from Parish to Versailles and forced the king and his family to return to Parish. To pay of the debt in the government
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