The Hanging of Angélique‚ The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal‚ written by Afua Cooper‚ is the story of not just Marie-Joseph Angélique‚ a black slave in 18th century Montréal accused‚ tried and hanged for arson‚ but gives insight into the entire African slave trade and brings to the forefront the thousands of African slaves here in Canada‚ a fact that has been “bulldozed and ploughed over” (P 7)1‚ while we ridicule our southern neighbours for their involvement in
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Ann Dominique R. Villanueva BSA - 2A I. NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES IN THE WORLD FROM 2001-PRESENT Largest Earthquakes | Deadliest Earthquakes | Year | Date | Magnitude | Fatalities | Region | Year | Date | Magnitude | Fatalities | Region | 2012 | 04/11 | 8.6 | | off the west coast of northern Sumatra | 2012 | 02/06 | 6.7 | 113 | Negros-Cebu region‚ Philippines | 2011 | 03/11 | 9.0 | 20896 | Near the East Coast of Honshu‚ Japan | 2011 | 03/11 | 9.0 | 20896 | Near the East Coast of Honshu‚ Japan
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them was Thérèse de Couagne‚ widow of François Poulin de Francheville and the owner of Angélique a slave of African American decent who was born in Portugal and later sold into New France. “At seven the sentry sounded the alarm ‘fire!’”‚ that evening a devastating fire occurred in Montréal that destroyed a hospital and 45 houses on rue Saint-Paul. Someone was to blame for this catastrophe and it was Angelique. After being tried and convicted of setting fire to her owner’s home‚ burning much of what
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Marie Antoinette was just a young noble girl when she was promised to the future king of France Louis XVI. Then at fifteen‚ she was married and then at nineteen she was crowned queen of France. She was used to a very lavish life style in Austria so when she came to France she expected the same. She was a huge partier and spender; many people believe that she is one of the causes of the French revolution because of those reasons. She was extremely self-fish and although it has never been proven true
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mother wanted him to be an architect. He followed his heart and went to study with Francois Boucher‚ who was the famous artist of that time. The times were changing and so was the art. Boucher decided to send David to his good friend Joseph Marie Vien to study with him. David ended up attending the Royal Academy well he was there. David around 1770 to 1774 attempted to win a scholarship. He tried four times before he finally won. “David attempted to win the Prix de Rome‚ an art scholarship
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like Marie‚ from the book Lost In The City‚ are constantly living these similar issues of poverty and crime on a daily basis. Often times‚ people seek out to government assistance programs not because they want to‚ but out of struggle due to their given circumstances. We sometimes do not think‚ but act out of anger‚ which can result in chaos. Marie is a woman with a great character but because of life’s chaos‚ Marie has let anger take the best out of her. Tired of the system in which Marie has
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THE THEATRE OF ANTONIN ARTAUD ‘There’s no experiment in theatre in the last fifty years that hasn’t‚ knowingly or not‚ owed something to Artaud’s catechism. Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud was a French playwright who revolutionised the world of playwrights. His given genre of playwrights is known as ‘Avante-garde theatre’. Artaud was very experimental and innovative with his playwrights‚ very much pushing the boundaries when writing them. He believed that theatre should be a clear representation
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Angelique I feel like women have became more of an positive effect in the world. They became more important because‚ women can now vote or run for president if they wanted too. I don’t consider women as “the weaker vessel’’‚ because women can do many things that men can’t do. They can take care of babies and raise them. Women should not be underestimated more than men. We should all be treated equally because were same. Act I‚ Scene II 1. Don’t do sexual activity at a young age 2. If you do‚ please
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Marie Antoinette: Misrepresentation and Her Effects on the French Revolution While Marie Antoinette may have inspired hatred and disgust in the monarchy by the French people‚ the drastic misconceptions surrounding her involvement in sparking the French Revolution are endless. The public used her as a scapegoat to blame all of their problems on. In reality‚ she did very little of what she was accused. Economic problems and bad politics are actually greatly responsible for the rise of the French
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Postpartum Meet the Client: Marie Wilson Marie Wilson‚ a 34-year-old female client who is gravida 4‚ para 3‚ is transferred to the postpartum unit two hours after a prolonged 14-hour labor and forceps delivery of a male infant weighing 9 lb‚ 2 oz. The placenta was intact upon delivery. The labor and delivery nurse reports that Marie was catheterized for 600 ml of yellow urine just before delivery. Her record indicates that she had a repair of a 4th degree laceration. A postpartum assessment
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