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    Marie Antoinette‚ the 2006 film‚ is a great example of popular history and its techniques to provoke interest. Popular history is the genre of history with its main motive to entertain rather than inform. The director‚ Sofia Coppola has lost the historical integrity of the film‚ replacing it with what would make Marie Antoinette most engaging for entertainment rather than portraying the real events. In order to entertain the audience‚ Sofia Coppola decided to over exaggerate‚ a technique that popular

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    France‚ Marie Antoinette. The blame for The French Revolution was put mostly on her.  Marie Antoinette is a misunderstood historical figure who does not deserve the bad name she has been given. She was the first victim of bad publicity‚ for example‚ the infamous saying “Let them eat cake”. Marie Antoinette did contribute to the debt the French state was in‚ but only slightly. Her husband‚ Louis XVI’s‚ grandfather contributed to the debt much more than her or Louis XVI did. She did not do enough damage

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    ever wondered how it would be to get married‚ right now‚ at your age? More importantly‚ with someone your mom chose and you’ve never met? And finally‚ accept the fact that you had to have kids with them? Marie Antoinette went through all of this and more in her marriage. Archduchess Marie Antoinette was married at the age of 14 to the future Louis XVI. They were basic strangers on their wedding day‚ which was on May 7‚ 1770. The young Dauphine had already been expected to begin the process of

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    2012 Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake" is probably one of the most recited quotes around the world‚ which is known to be spoken by the last Queen of France‚ Marie Antoinette. Although often reffered to as "The Party Queen" or in other words‚ the Queen who danced while her people starved. But what many fail to recognize is the fact that Marie Antoinette was the Queen who cared for her people. The only

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    MESINA‚ Sheenna Marie I. C32 Writing Task: Definition Essay Cebuano Living               Just like a bowl of assorted peanuts‚ the Republic of the Philippines finds its exquisite and unique flavor through its many islands with their own local taste to offer. Aside from the busy and bustling capital metropolis Manila‚ the Philippines has surely one of its best cities to offer to the world: Cebu.                   What attracts people all over the world to the little island in the heart of

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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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    Marie Curie How were the elements of the periodic table discovered? Who discovered them? These are questions that some people may ask. Marie Curie and her husband‚ Pierre Curie‚ were two scientists that discovered two elements of the periodic table‚ polonium and radium. She and her husband worked all of their lives to understand radium and radioactivity. When something is radioactive‚ it produces radiation‚ which is moving subatomic particles.The interesting thing is‚ that radium‚ what Marie Curie

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    Many individuals claim that there is nothing worse than death. But what about the great misfortunes and cruelties one endures long before they meet their demise? Perhaps something worse than death is the actual living itself‚ when a person’s differences are constantly condemned and excoriated by those around them. Andre Gide writes‚ “Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.” For gay teens‚ the vitriolic diatribes by peers at school‚ the ostracism

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    Most of us have once thought about what legacy we want to leave behind when we inevitably leave this world. We want to be remembered and we want to have our names known years from now. In the case of Marie Antoinette‚ her legacy has lived well beyond her time. Though‚ some believe she was a horrendous person‚ others seem to think she was a respectible queen‚ and overall a good person. She is famously known for the ignorant comment said to be made when she was informed that the peasants had no bread

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    Marie Antoinette This film is a motion picture displaying the life of Marie Antoinette as a young queen. It trails Marie’s life as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman expressing her nature and her life of fabulousness and outrageousness. She was only 14 years old when she was pledged to marry Louis XVI for an alliance that had nothing to do with love. She then was sent to France‚ ripping completely from her old life. As time had passed‚ Marie had found life at Versailles stifling

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