is very important throughout the American Revolution because men needed them to do tasks they couldn’t do while they were at war. Eventually‚ these women got “caught between the older ideal of ‘notable housewife’ and the newer ideal of ‘pretty gentlewoman’” (8). Although not very happy about it‚ the women needed to serve the men in order to have places to live and not risk
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Bonnie and Clyde This is Plot Summary of Bonnie and Clyde. A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run. Bonnie Parker is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow. Clyde has dreams of a life
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Binge drinking‚ drug use‚ rape‚ murder and mateship. These five relatively serious social issues have been under weighed by our society. The issues that have been hidden in life are then revealed through texts. The play Blackrock and expository text Damage Done clearly reveals truths that reality has obscured. Binge drinking is a major issue which concerns teenagers. Blackrock is a play written by Nick Enright and shows how teenagers are allowed to purchase alcohol for a beach party that was unsupervised
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perception of her drove Marguerite to undermine social norms for women in the medieval ages. The text With A Sword In My Hand‚ written by authors Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem and Pat van Beirs‚ is explored through the perspective of Marguerite‚ Countess of Flanders. The text suggests that Marguerite’s natural personality of being outspoken‚ stubborn and strong willed‚ her desire to be loved by her family and her need to be accepted by society drove the fierce maiden to undermine social norms for women. The
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on the 19th of July 1916‚ being one of the many battles on the Western Front involving the Australians during World War 1. This battle was 19 days after the start of battle of the Somme. Established upon the previous French agricultural fields of Flanders‚ the battle was considered as one of the darkest nights in Australian history‚ with the Australian diggers fatality rate numbering 5533 and death rate almost 2000. Through this essay‚ an account of the happenings leading up to and behind it‚ intentions
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of greater expense. Thus aspiring ever higher and higher‚ and yearning upward with his whole heart‚ at length his great labors and cares bore much fruit of worldly gain. For he labored not only as a merchant but also as a shipman to Denmark and Flanders and Scotland; in all which lands he found certain rare‚ and therefore more precious‚ wares‚ which he carried to other parts wherein he knew them to be least familiar‚ and coveted by the inhabitants beyond the price of gold itself; wherefore he
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After the election of Baldwin of Flanders as emperor of Constantinople in 1204‚ the Latins’ control of Byzantium faced constant pressure from Greeks both inside and outside the city. Despite this adversity‚ they remained in control of Constantinople up until 1261. The struggle to both capture the city and then maintain it is described in Geoffrey of Villehardouin’s Conquest of Constantionple up through the death of Marquis Boniface in 1207. Villehardouin attributes the Latins’ success in conquering
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The Palace of Versailles was the official royal office in 1682 and residence of the court of France in 1682. Louis XIV broke tradition and ruled without a chief minister. The king viewed himself as a God‚ which he embraced the divine right to control the monarchy. After controlling the government‚ Louis XIV tightened controls of France and its overseas colonies. Marquis de Louvois‚ war minister‚ expanded the French army while Jean-Baptiste Colbert‚ finance minister‚ implemented reforms that reduced
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was not allowed to survive. Trade and commerce Portuguese and Spanish explorers found new trade routes – south of Africa to India‚ and across the Atlantic Ocean to America. As Genoese and Venetian merchants opened up direct sea routes with Flanders‚ the Champagne fairs lost much of their
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demonstrated by multiple characters in both the outer play and the inner. In the outer play‚ the lord dresses Sly up as a lord and makes the page boy dress as a wife to Sly‚ “I know the boy will well usurp the grace‚ Voice‚ gait‚ and action of a gentlewoman. I long to hear him call the drunkard ‘husband’.” lines 128-130. Characters in the inner play who dress up in disguise include Lucentio‚ who dresses as a tutor named Cambio‚ Hortensio‚ who also dresses as a tutor‚ and Tranio‚ who dresses as Lucentio
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