Alexandre Dumas‚ père‚ born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870)[1] was a French writer‚ best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels‚ including The Count of Monte Cristo‚ The Three Musketeers‚ Twenty Years After‚ and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. Life [edit] Early life Alexandre Dumas was born in Villers-Cotterêts in the department of
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The History of the Dumas from 1906 to 1914 was a History of lost opportunities by the Tsar and his Ministers’. Assess the validity of this statement. In the setting up of the first duma the tsar and his ministers had the opportunity to meet the demands of the people without having to lose any authority or change the system that was already in place too drastically‚ he also could have given the people representation that they so desperately wanted. The events of Bloody Sunday made the Tsar
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The Man in the Iron Mask‚ by Alexandre Dumas‚ and Hamlet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ both follow similar plot lines and relate to each other through their themes. Shakespeare and Dumas both discuss themes of family‚ justice and judgement‚ lies and deceit‚ loyalty and the consequences of revenge. These major themes blend seamlessly in the stories of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and The Man in the Iron Mask. The themes are consistent throughout the play and the book‚ ultimately addressing the search for truth
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Compare and contrast “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas and “Peeling Bananas” by Wendy Lee‚ tell stories on their encounter on migrating from their previous homes. They are both faced and challenged with negativity. Eventually‚ they look for ways to revolve those problems to fit in with the community. In “The F Word”‚ Dumas asks Americans to open up and accept foreign cultures. Dumas and her family moved to America; due to the misunderstanding
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In Praise of the F Word In Mary Sherry’s essay‚ “In Praise of the F Word‚” the author encourages all parents and teachers to use failure as a form of encouragement. Sherry would like for them to use it as a way to motivate students to do better and want more when it comes to their education. What Sherry believes in is that the threat of flunking is a “positive teaching tool” (566). Mary Sherry uses a variety of examples to support her claim. The author’s main source of evidence used to support
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"Still Needing the F Word" describes not only how society views women‚ but also men view women. Anna Quindlen quotes Betty Friedan who said “I used to write poetry. The guidance office says I have this creative ability and I should be at the top of the class and have a great future. But things like that aren’t what you need to be popular. The important thing for a girl is to be popular.” Society is degrading women. The worst part is that women and young girls are believing that they too have to degrade
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In Mary Sherry’s essay “In Praise of the “F” Word”‚ she talked about the argument that teachers just pass students based on the students overall demeanor and not if they are achieving the grade to pass onto the next level of education. Sherry is stating that high school graduates and high school drop outs do not acquire the necessary basic skills to be productive in work place for employers. When asking her students in the class to write about an unpleasant experience they had in school. Sherry has
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Firoozeh Dumas and Mawi Asgedom both tell their experiences of coming to America. While both Dumas and Asgedom discuss valuable stories of coming to America‚ they use different strategies to convey their perspectives. In “Funny in Farsi” Dumas focuses on her experience in America‚ she explains how so many people asked her questions. She also tries to entertain the reader while explaining her story. Dumas uses an Idiom to tell her encounter with two boys. They wanted to know curse words in Dumas’ language
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Critique In the essay‚ “In Praise of The “F” Word”‚ by Mary Sherry‚ she provides a very good argument on the subject of the failure of kids in school. Her argument is supported by her thesis which‚ which is that kids shouldn’t just be passed through school without learning anything and they should be encouraged to try harder and try to achieve success by threatening them with the word “failure.” Argument elements are very evident in her writing. She identifies the controversy‚ supports her thesis
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In her article‚ “In Praise of the F Word”‚ Mary Sherry (1991) argues that we must re-examine the threat of flunking students and view it as a positive exhortation tool. Sherry initially believed less than adequate education was received by students due to several unpleasant experiences while they were in school such as drug addiction and excessive partying. Later‚ she concluded that the nature of the student’s problems was the lack of healthy fear brought upon by the threat of being flunked. Sherry
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