I. Introduction Marie Curie’s work and achievements on radioactivity have impacted and benefited the world in numerous ways. Marie Curie’s contributions have led to many important discoveries in the scientific world. Marie Curie was most famous for her remarkable work in radioactivity. Due to her great effort in discovering two radioactive elements‚ Marie Curie received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. The Nobel Prize is a prize that is annually awarded every year to people with outstanding
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Section 2: Marie Curie’s Career Ann Welling Throughout her career‚ Marie Curie was productive in the field of science‚ where she contributed to the field greatly. First‚ she contributed by discovering two new elements‚ she used her early contributions and applied to them for modern-day use‚ and also helped research at the Sorbonne. After she graduated from the Sorbonne‚ Marie Curie looked for work. She was eager to become a scientist and tried to find employment everywhere. First‚ Marie Curie found
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Professor Nicole Johnston TAM 3510 April 16‚ 14 Marie Antoinette: The Gall of Gaulle Marie Antoinette went from an innocent young archduchess of Austria to an international pop culture icon once becoming the Queen of France. The portrait of Antoinette by Vigee-Lebrun was suppose to be another ordinary portrait of Marie that Vigee-Lebrun had done many times before in the past‚ but quickly turned into a national phenomenon in France. The common folk were not used to seeing a Queen‚ especially
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Marie de France’s twelve lais are thought to have been written between 1155 and 1170 in England (Rikhardsdottir 26). The writer of the prologue to the set of lais introduces herself as Marie. Because she only offers her name and her wish for herself and her works to not be forgotten‚ not much is known about Marie de France (Kinoshita and McCracken 202)‚ but her writings and the authors who mention her in their works help provide more information about Marie de France (Kinoshita and McCracken 207)
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sometimes aren’t even real. It shouldn’t be that complicated. Werewolves. Tall tales. Experience? Marie de France speaks of the curse of the werewolf as an actual problem‚ as stories‚ stories that has been passed on and believed. Is belief all there is to the curse’s existence‚ nothing else? Marie de France informs us she would be remiss to omit the lay of Bisclavret‚ a werewolf from the old days of Brittany. Marie introduces Bisclavret as a noble man‚ a loving husband‚ and a mysterious person who disappears
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Very little is known about Marie de France. It is known that her name is Marie and that she is from France although she spent a good portion of her life in England. Marie de France is attributed with three works Lais‚ the Fables‚ and St. Patrick’s Purgatory. The Lais are short narrative poems that are written in poetic verse. Marie wrote twelve Lais‚ short amorous tales. They are of noble lovers going through critical situations and incidents. The Lais created the style “Breton Lai.” Milun is the
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Amanda Villanueva Lais of Marie de France World Literature Paper In Lais of Marie de France‚ the author‚ Marie de France‚ uses symbolism to portray human experience through inhuman things. Lais of Marie de France is a collection of short stories that tell about the different kinds of love and chivalrous knights around the medieval times. Marie uses animals like a werewolf and a swan‚ objects like an arrow‚ a ship‚ and a knot to portray human experiences like selflessness‚ unconditional love‚ selfishness
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The person who had the greatest impact on the French Revolution was Marie Antoinette. Marie was known for her extravagant lifestyle‚ because of her abnormal lifestyle (always wonder why she was able to spend so much money?)‚ a large amount of money was spent‚ and funding the American Revolution also took a humongous of money‚ eventually France was declared bankruptcy. In 1789 about 10‚000 people had gather outside the palace of Versailles. They demand that the King and Queen be brought to Paris‚
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Betty Marie Tallchief always had big dreams. She thought of herself as a typical Indian girl. Her dreams made her more than that. She wanted to be a dancer. She got lessons and found that she was a natural. Betty Marie soon found out that raw talent wasn’t enough. An instructor told her that she hadn’t learned the basics properly. She had to go back to the beginning and start all the way over. She realized that there was always room for improvement. She started over and became an even better dancer
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In the story of “Lanval” by Marie de France‚ the titular knight of King Arthur’s court falls in love with a beautiful‚ otherworldly maiden‚ a maiden who warns Lanval that he must keep their affair a secret if it is to continue. Anytime he wishes to see her‚ he merely needs to think of a pure place and she will join him there. When approached in lust by the Queen and accused of homosexuality‚ Lanval reveals that he is in love with a woman more beautiful than the Queen. By revealing the secret‚ he
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