the nineteenth century is a nation teeming with turmoil. Those loyal to Napoleon feud with those loyal to the French monarchy and Kink Louis. We are moved across this nation in this novel‚ and begin in a small port city in southern France‚ Marseilles. Marseilles is where the characters are introduced‚ and where the conflict first. We quickly proceed to an island that harbors a prison infamous for nearly impossible escape‚ and sheer brutality‚ the Chateau d’If . The novel places the characters in
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help and justice. When his priest friend died‚ he had the chance to escape. After escaping‚ he traveled to the island of Monte Cristo to find the treasure. He considered his fortune as a gift from God. After finding the treasure‚ he went back to Marseilles and disguised himself as an Italian priest. He used the treasure to punish those people who have hurt him and made his life miserable‚ and brought back his family. The movie gave me a new perspective of vengeance which is never meant for self-fulfillment
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Catherine De’ Medici was born on April 13th‚ 1519 in Florence‚ Italy. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici II and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne but was orphaned in less than a month from both parents dying from syphilis. She was served as Duchess of Urbino‚ Queen of France‚ Regent of France (for all three sons)‚ and was a huge source in the Medici family. Catherine de’ Medici was the most famous and influential woman of the Medici family. After her parents death‚ Pope Leo X and future Pope
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later‚ Ho left the academy before graduating and worked briefly as a schoolteacher in the town of Phan Thiet. 1911 Ho traveled to Saigon and obtained a job as a cook aboard a French steam ship bound for the French city of Marseille. Although the details of his journey are not well documented‚ Ho spent the next two years traveling around the world‚ visiting cities in Europe‚ Asia‚ North America‚ and‚ according to some accounts‚ Africa and South America as well. Ho eventually
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seemingly described as being an extremely trustworthy and very naive young man. He is a youthful sailor from Marseilles and is more or less favorably destined to become the next captain of the ship. While sailing abroad the ship named the Pharaon‚ the presiding Captain LeClure dies of what was then known as brain fever. Dantes assumes the acting position of commander and leads the ship back to Marseilles. The ship-owner‚ Monsieur Morrel‚ is overwhelmingly charmed to find that such a young man had the keen
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[pic] Soap From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Soap (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] A collection of decorative soaps‚ often found in hotels [pic] [pic] Two equivalent images of the chemical structure of sodium stearate‚ a typical soap. In chemistry‚ soap is a salt of a fatty acid.[1] Soaps are mainly used as surfactants for washing‚ bathing‚ and cleaning‚ but they are also used in textile spinning and are important components of lubricants
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André-Marie Ampère‚ a French physicist and mathematician‚ founded electromagnetism‚ which he called electrodynamics. He was born in Lyon‚ France during the French Enlightenment‚ on January 20‚ 1775. His father‚ Jean-Jacques Ampère‚ and mother‚ Jeanne Antoinette Desutières-Sarcey Ampère‚ believed André’s education should be without formal schooling‚ and allowed him to teach himself with their library. When he was twelve‚ he was able to teach himself advanced mathematics because of his access to books
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communities and people. Also‚ the variety of English can be understood by many English people‚ but probably not by other English speakers. The author makes use of different examples to sustain his argument; the variation of the French language in Paris‚ Marseilles‚ Québec‚ Guadeloupe‚ Martinique or Senegal‚ which can lead to difficulties of understanding. Baldwin also mentions languages such as Provençal‚ Basque and Welsh‚ which are sometimes perceived as dialect instead of a language. Baldwin also takes
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propaganda movement in Hongkong * To be near to his beloved Philippines and family Farewell to Europe * On Oct. 3‚ 1891 (2 weeks after Fili‟s publication)‚ he left Ghent for Paris‚ bade farewell to his friends‚ he proceeded by train to Marseilles and boarded steamer Melbourne for Hongkong (HK). * On Oct 18‚ bringing recommendation letter by Juan Luna for Manuel Camus with 600 copies of Fili * Rizal befriended many passengers who were mostly missionaries for China including Fr. Fuchs
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fled‚ death was principally directed towards the poor…” explains French author Nicolas Versoris. This means the poor were left to die and infect more of the poor people while the rich were able to flee. According to M. Bertrand‚ physician at Marseilles argues “The plague must be considered a particular chastisement exercised by an angry god…”. Meaning that it was god’s way of showing his anger by taking the lives of people. Again‚ the plague took the lives from all walks of life‚ whether rich
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