Marie Jeannette's Culture: Marie Antoinette

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MARIE ANTOINETTE'S LEGACY: Being mistreated, never really loved, verbally abused… this was Marie Antoinette 's daily life. Marie was constantly verbally abused by none other than her mother Maria Teresa, she would constantly be chastised whether it be due to her unconsummated marriage or because of her “incompetence” as she would say. Marie was mistreated all throughout her life even as the Louie’s bewedded, mostly by king Louie the 15 body wise. To top it all off Marie was most always spoken of behind her back and disliked, to say the least, all by her subjects when she was their queen. When Marie was a wee lil baby fresh out of the oven her mother said, “my subjects are my first children” page 24, this was

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