When I opened the door‚ in front of me stood the Baron Armand de Valfort. At least‚ it was the name I read on the card he presented to me with a large and powerful gesture‚ unintended to be aggressive nor demeaning. This gentleman appeared to be forthright‚ and to know what he wanted while his deportment reflected authority and confidence. “You are Captain Walter Morsirisse‚ n’est-ce pas?” he said‚ in a voice which dark resonance added to the black color of his eyes. “Premier Bataillon Étranger
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Charlotte Brontës Villette‚ which is loosely based on the authors time as a student in Brussels‚ Belgium‚ is a first-person narrative of development‚ with Lucy Snowe at its center‚ both as protagonist and as a sometimes unreliable narrator. In the course of the novel‚ Lucy grows from a shadowy‚ self-effacing adolescent into an independent‚ self-possessed woman‚ learning to live her own life and tell her own story. She narrates that story from within the framework of the conventional female narratives
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Historian as curandera Abstract History is story we tell ourselves as Khalil Gibran Muhamad defined it ‚ or Story we tell ourselves about how past explains our present and the way story is told is shaped by contemporary needs as Aurora Levnis Morales nicely put it. Likewise it could be stated that we become stories we tell ourselves. Thus‚ history has role in construction of our identity. Given the importance of the story for us‚ could it be different story then the one we are told in mainstream
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their honeymoon‚ Emma attempts to love Charles but he continues to disappoint her. Emma trying to love Charles‚ proves she conforms outwardly to the societies beliefs of staying faithful to a spouse. While pretending to love Charles‚ Emma meets Monsieur Léon. They learn they share many of the same interest‚ the two feel an instant closeness. Emma again questions her life with Charles‚ and hope Léon will make her happy. The town begins to suspect an affair between the two. Although Emma wants Léon
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Barsad‚ an English spy‚ knows that she is “knitting an extra something into his name that boded him no good” (183) during their conversation at the wine-shop. Even someone innocent‚ like the mender of roads‚ fears meeting her eyes while she knit. Monsieur Defarge once comments‚ “‘To be registered‚ as doomed to destruction’” (174). The deadly quality that her knitting possesses is magnified in the impending
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Olympus de Gouges was a French social reformer and writer who challenged the convention views of many important topics‚ but most notably on the role of women as citizens. Gouges dedicated her life to reforming the political and philosophical views held by many in society about the status of women by working to achieve representation and full political participation. Among other topics‚ De Gouges also advocated for human rights‚ slave emancipation‚ rights for single mothers and orphans‚ and free
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be his father‚ Arnaud du Tilh. To him the real Martin Guerre was a stranger. Martin’s father was greatly disappointed in him‚ leaving the old man very bitter until the day of his death‚ as quoted by the narrator‚ “The displeasure of Monsieur Guerre had become as necessary and inevitable a part of his character as
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“The Sins of Fathers Must be Visited Upon by Subsequent Generations” The Count of Monte Cristo once said that “the sins of fathers must be visited upon by subsequent generations.” After seeing the effects that revenge could have on the innocent‚ the Count of Monte Cristo realized that people should not be punished for previous generations’ mistakes and sins. One of the men who betrayed the Count was Fernand de Morcef‚ a man madly in love with Mérecédes‚ Edmond Dantes’ fiancée. The Count was determined
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The corpse of Madame De Villefort lay lifelessly across the doorway leading to the room in which Edouard’s lifeless body resided. With tears in his eyes‚ the miserable Monsieur De Villefort revealed the sorrowful scene to Dantes. After beholding the results of his vengeance‚ “ [he] became pale at the horrible sight‚ he felt he had passed beyond the bounds of vengeance…. And could no longer say “God is for and with me”. Dumas exhibits the theme of loyalty and divine intervention throughout his book
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Gascony home to the bright lights of Paris with intentions of becoming Musketeer of the Guard. On the way d’Artagnan hears a man making jokes about his horse and demands a fight. He loses the fight‚ breaks his sword and get a letter of introduction to Monsieur de Treville stolen. In Paris d’Artagnan goes to meet Treville and manages to schedule three consecutive duels with Aramis‚ Athos‚ and Porthos–the three musketeers. The rest of the story follows our young friend while he duels‚ falls in love‚ manages
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