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- 21561: Society During The French Revo
- ... bourgeoisie. In addition to being taxed, the high prices of food made many people revolt against the ruling class. The peasant women who bought the food really revolted against the high prices. The French Revolution’s riots started on July 12th, and on July 14th, the storming of the Bastille (royal prison that symbolized the depotism of the Bourbons) because of the provocative acts of Louis XXVI. Suspicions also grew around Marie Antoinette that she was in constant communication with her brother Lepold II, the Holy Roman emperor. Because of popular suspicions regarding the queen’s activities and the complicity of the king, the royal family was apprehended on June 21 at Varennes while attempting to escape from France. This study will also include the period when public executions was out ... the Parisian outburst. violence, sporadic local disturbances, and peasant uprisings against oppressive nobles occurred in 6 many parts of France.” The Parisian bourgeoisie reacted by hastily establishing a provisional local government and organized a people’s militia called the National Guard. It was soon spread throughout the nation. “It seemed that the only way 7 for the people to change things was by rioting.” Unable to hold back the rising ...
- 21562: Rise Of Communism
- ... were going through an industrial revolution, while the Czars had made it clear that no industrial surge was about to happen in Russia. The popularity of the Czars further went down hill as Nicolas II’s poor military and political decisions caused mass losses in World War I. Eventually, the citizens could take no more and began a riot in St. Petersburg that led to the first Russian Revolution of 1917 ... against Lenin and his ways. Lenin and the Bolsheviks won and began to wean Russia of non-conforming parties eventually banning all non-communist as well as removing an assembly elected shortly after the Bolshevik’s gain of power. Lenin’s strict government, however, was about to get a lot stricter with his death in 1924. After the death of Lenin, his chief lieutenant Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin fought for control of the country. ...
- 21563: The Awakening
- ... her awakening and the consequences of her new found self. Edna was attracted to both women for their prospective connection to the two existences within which Edna struggles to find herself. Adele Ratignolle is Edna's close friend and confidante, but the two women are nothing alike. Adele is the perfect housewife and mother; she is the epitome of what a Creole woman and mother ought to be. She lives her ... Chopin, p. 18). They are not enough to justify her life. Adele could not understand how Edna could say that she "would never sacrifice herself for her children, or for anyone" (Chopin, p. 47). Edna's being is taking on a new importance in her life. She is starting to realize just how important it is to be true to herself. She has never done that before. She went along with ... very core of her being. Something inside her is stirred, and she feels alive like never before in her life. Edna respects Mademoiselle Reitz because she has the courage to be different. It is Mademoiselle's music that starts to "awaken" Edna and allows her to see the beauty and passion in life. An amazing transformation takes place in Edna throughout the course of a few months. The people with ...
- 21564: The Bean Trees
- ... in the novel made for the benefit of others or themselves. These sacrifices played a role almost as significant as some of the characters in the book. Some prime examples of these sacrifices are Mattie’s will to offer sanction to illegal immigrants, the fact that Taylor sacrificed the whole success of her excursion by taking along an unwanted, abused Native-American infant, and Estevan and Esperanza’s decision to leave behind their daughter for the lives of seventeen other teacher union members. Mattie sacrifices her business, her reputation, and her life to help out illegal aliens that are running, for one reason ... people who spoke Spanish and lived with her for various lengths of time. I asked her about them once, and she asked me something like had I ever heard of a sanctuary."(Kingsolver 105) It’s amazing how Mattie’s morals and beliefs make her sacrifice her everyday life for the benefit of people whom she had never met before. Taylor Greer had been running away from premature pregnancy her ...
- 21565: The Bean Trees
- ... to the state authorities in Arizona. She must formalize her relationship with her new-found daughter. She chooses to do what it takes to adopt Turtle. She has to find a way to contact Turtle's relatives in order to get their signatures to adoption papers. She decides to take her out of state, back to Oklahoma, along with Estevan and Esperanza, a refugee couple from Guatemala. However, when she arrives in Oklahoma there is no trace of Turtle's parents or her family. There appears to be no hope of Taylor adopting her without the permission of Turtle's family. Because Taylor loves and can not imagine losing Turtle, she turns to Estevan and Esperanza as her last hope. Feeling that she has no other choice, she asks them to help her by ...
- 21566: Voltaire and Machiavelli
- ... the belief that this is the best possible world that we live in, and there could be no better. Throughout the book, nothing but horrible atrocities occur, and this mode of thought, popular in Voltaire's time, is shown to be ridiculous. The following passage from page two will suffice to prove this point. Baron Thunder-ten-Tronckh passed near the screen and beholding this cause-and-effect chased Candide from ... concept that Voltaire targets is that of the despotic king. At a tavern two men are drinking with Candide and ask him if he loves the king. He asks them to drink to the king's health. At this point, the two men chain him and force him to serve in the king's army (3-4). Voltaire is showing how kings are out for themselves and not the interests of the people, yet they are still praised by them. When Candide is about to be executed for ...
- 21567: Properties of Water
- ... It is used by plants and animals for basic biological processes which would be impossible without the use of water. The origin of all life can be traced back to the water in the Earth's precambrien seas. Water is also the universal solvent. It reacts with more elements and compounds than any other substance known to man. Water is a polar molecule made up of on atom of hydrogen and ... It is attracted to itself by hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds are weaker than covalent bonds, but collectively these bonds hold water together and give it its cohesiveness. These bonds are also very important to water's ability to absorb heat, as without hydrogen bonds water would have a boiling point of -80 degrees C and a freezing point of -100 degrees C. In reality, however, water has a boiling point of ... that it freezes. This also traps just enough warmth to keep marine animals alive during the winter. The process of turning water into steam is a different story. Because it requires the breaking of water's hydrogen bonds, this process takes far more energy than it does to turn water into ice. The extra energy that is used in converting water into steam helps keep the overall temperature from getting ...
- 21568: The Cask Of The Amontillado - Revenge
- ... regret, and as he sobers with terror, the final blow will come from the equalization that his craving for the wine has led him to his doom. "The Cask of Amontillado" is about one man's family revenge on another family. In structure, there can be no doubt, that both Montresor's plan of revenge and Poe's story are carefully crafted to create the desired effect. Poe writes this story from the perspective of Montresor who vows revenge against Fortunato in an effort to support his time-honored family motto: "Nemo ...
- 21569: The Canterbury Tales: Picture of Society
- The Canterbury Tales: Picture of Society Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales presents a picture of the society in which the author lived. The pilgrim’s tales reflect the changing views held by society at that time. The pilgrims must tell their tales to and from the shrine. The criteria to choose the winner are that the tale be instructive and ... on a quest. In the tale, the Knight is sent on a quest by the queen to find the answer to her question of what women desire most. The Wife of Bath describes the Knight’s quest for the answer to this question. It appears that he has failed in his quest until he meets the lady in the woods. She gives him the answer that he is seeking. The ...
- 21570: "Life is a Series of Tests and Challenges": A Critical Analysis of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist, Sir Gawain, survives two tests: a challenge, which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur's knights accepts, to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality ... and self-reluctance in the form of the elements and the never-ending search for the chapel respectively. These feeling can be characterized as the inner turmoil suffered as a result of dealing with one's conscience. The journey also tested his faith in the sense that he was constantly in prayer during his journey, and not once did he curse or renounce the name of God. It seems as if the prayers were what kept Gawain sane and focused on the purpose of his journey. Gawain's prayers were answered when he rode along and finally came upon a place that he could petition for possible rest. This castle would be the setting for Gawain's next test. The test builds ...
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