resulting in the deaths of thousands of people living in France at that period of time. The terror followed the trial and execution of King Louis XVI in 1793 and was incited by the conflict between the Girondins and Jacobins. Soon after‚ King Louis’ wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ was executed in the guillotine- the new form of constitutionalist justice. Many of the people who were executed during this period of time were not aristocrats‚ but ordinary people who may have only stated a critical thought or judgment
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Marie and Meursault: Meant to Be or Want to Be? “It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over‚ that Mamam was buried now‚ that I was going back to work and that really‚ nothing had changed.”(1.1.15) These are some of the words that ran through Meursault’s mind after his mother’s death. He was very isolated from her so he felt as if nothing had changed. He was not the most outgoing person but the same cannot be said about his love interest‚ Marie. Throughout the novel‚ The Stranger‚ Meursault
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the causes that led to his own downfall. The income of the government mainly came from heavy taxation on the citizens and several incidences led to the bankrupt of government. One of the main reasons was Louis and his family‚ mainly due to his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ who spent a lot of money in luxuries such as clothes‚ jewelry‚ and gambling. She even spent lots of money in creating beautiful gardens structured like a real peasant village around her palace‚ in which many people found it pointless and
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Adam Chin Ms. Pearlman The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most important revolutions that had taken place. During that time‚ the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions were disliked by many of the French people‚ especially those in the Third Estate. Many of the French were influenced by the new views of government and society and attempted to try and change the way the government thought. The First and Second Estate were filled with many high class and church members
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general and chancellor. Even though I did end up reaching a high ranking‚ I was unable to advance in the church because I wasn’t born of noble birth. After a few more years I absolutely hated the aristocracy and monarchy‚ ruled by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ (they had no balance of power) by the time the Estates General were summoned in 1788. After seeing how the nobles acted and the way the monarchy blatantly ignored the Third Estate‚ I wrote What Is The Third Estate? which identified the
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Marie-Laure had always been curious and questioned what ordinary people did. “‘Why not‚’ she asks‚ ‘just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?’” (pg. 23). When she went blind however‚ even small tasks seemed daunting‚ and her father had to help her regain her courage. The Nazi’s invasion of France forces her to use that courage and not lose her mind in a seemingly difficult situation. “‘You did well‚ Marie-Laure. I’m proud.’” (pg. 117) says her father as they evacuate the city. Upon reaching
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approximately six thousand angry French women wanted food and money and were willing push extreme limits in order to fulfill that demand. Conclusively‚ it can be inferred that this event was influenced by the lack of bread and money in the country. Marie Antoinette was the King’s wife‚ and she was a very greedy woman; taking all of the bread and money to herself when there was a decrease in flour throughout the country. For this reason‚ they besieged the Place of Versailles and after a violent and
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then family? In the two essays ; Shooting Dad and TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ both show what being a family is like for different people. Each essay shows pathos‚ ethos‚ and cause and effect in both different and similar ways. TV: The Plug-In Drug‚ by Marie Winn‚ is about televisions “taking over” quality family time. Winn uses pathos by talking to different types of people who come from different types of families; this way you get to hear from other people how the television is taking away from precious
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CASE STUDY Marie Collins quits Vatican Commission The article involves a case study of Marie Collins who was subjected to sexual abuse by a priest from Ireland at the age of 13 years. There has been undergoing through a lot of frustrations since she was young whenever she encounters a priest has sexually molested any minor wh0o. As a plan to take action against all the priests who are found guilty of sexually abusing a minor‚ Catholic Church in Rome decided to form a commission that will be investigating
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face again. She’s back at it with her clicking and her tapping. Market piggy is running all the way to the market. Another click‚ another pause‚ another wave. Even the little guy who usually stays put home is going to the market now. “Well maybe….’” Marie mutters to herself‚ nibbling
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