Mehrnaz Nodehi Rachel Crawford English 1304‚ Thinking‚ Writing‚ and Research 2 May 2011 Marie Antoinette; an Impossible Image “Let them eat cake”‚ quoted by the misunderstood Queen of France is a line that has been twisted and misinterpreted by the people of France. The film about Marie Antoinette was created by Sophie Coppola‚ and is a similar depiction of what the queen was like during the 18th century. In spite of the fact that Antoinette is famous for being hated‚ Coppola does a superb job
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Marie Antoinette‚ the 2006 film‚ is a great example of popular history and its techniques to provoke interest. Popular history is the genre of history with its main motive to entertain rather than inform. The director‚ Sofia Coppola has lost the historical integrity of the film‚ replacing it with what would make Marie Antoinette most engaging for entertainment rather than portraying the real events. In order to entertain the audience‚ Sofia Coppola decided to over exaggerate‚ a technique that popular
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2012 Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake" is probably one of the most recited quotes around the world‚ which is known to be spoken by the last Queen of France‚ Marie Antoinette. Although often reffered to as "The Party Queen" or in other words‚ the Queen who danced while her people starved. But what many fail to recognize is the fact that Marie Antoinette was the Queen who cared for her people. The only
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Marie Curie was a brilliant scientists whose discoveries greatly impacted the world and helped many lives. Marie Curie was extremely famous and well known for good reasons such as discovering two elements‚ radium and polonium. Even though Marie Curie had a tough early life with financial problems and unfortunate events‚ she advanced to become one of the most brilliant scientists that impacted the world tremendously. ` Known as Marie Curie‚ Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw‚ Poland on November 7
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did you know that Christopher Columbus & Marie Curie were some of the craziest out of the bunch? They both have their similarities and their differences. Christopher and Marie Curie had their differences like about their work ‚ what they did ‚ and etc. THey both died in different years. Christopher died in 1506 and Marie died 428 years later . Christopher died of Reiter’s syndrome‚ and Marie died of aplastic anemia from constant exposure to radiation. Marie made the decision to never stop her work
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for Elvira Shatayev” both these poems are about women who once were oppressed and told that they couldn’t follow their dreams. Rich wrote about them paying the price to follow those dreams. In the poem “Power” she talks about the famous scientist Marie Curie‚ and how she found both elements Polonium and radium. She also discovered radioactivity‚ which means that she was working with radioactive elements her whole working life. The radioactive elements caused her to get sick and eventually die. In her
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When people think of The French Revolution‚ they think of the Queen of France‚ Marie Antoinette. The blame for The French Revolution was put mostly on her. Marie Antoinette is a misunderstood historical figure who does not deserve the bad name she has been given. She was the first victim of bad publicity‚ for example‚ the infamous saying “Let them eat cake”. Marie Antoinette did contribute to the debt the French state was in‚ but only slightly. Her husband‚ Louis XVI’s‚ grandfather contributed
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Marie Antoinette “Let them eat cake.” The movie Marie Antoinette sure is as sweet and colorful as cake. The film premiered worldwide on May 24‚ 2006. Marie Antoinette has won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. It has also won best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for both the Las Vegas and Phoenix Films Critics Society Awards. Kirsten Dunst‚ who plays the gorgeous Marie herself‚ has won the MTV Award for best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress. Jason
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our names known years from now. In the case of Marie Antoinette‚ her legacy has lived well beyond her time. Though‚ some believe she was a horrendous person‚ others seem to think she was a respectible queen‚ and overall a good person. She is famously known for the ignorant comment said to be made when she was informed that the peasants had no bread‚ "Let them eat cake". By many she is perceived in a negative manner‚ just as she was when she lived. Marie has been the subject of much historical debate
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Becquerel In 1896‚ Becquerel’s earlier work was surpassed by his discovery of the occurrence of natural radioactivity. Becquerel decided to investigate whether there was any connection between X-rays and naturally occurring phosphorescence‚ after his discussion with Henri Poincaré on the radiation which had been recently discovered by Röntgen (X-rays) and which was accompanied by a type of phosphorescence in the vacuum tube. He had inherited from his father a supply of uranium salts‚ which exhibits
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