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Geoffrin was a leading female figure in the French Enlightenment. The French Enlightenment happened in the 18th-century. During this time, the ideals were liberty, equality, and fraternity. These topics were discussed in the Salons hosted by Geoffrin. Salons were places that women provided for men, the philosophers, to have an intellectual discussion. Even though both men and women played a part in the salons, the roles were unequal. Geoffrin was a French Enlightenment salonnière who impacted…

16th century, it was believed among historical figures that each individual controls their own destiny through their actions. The novel of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, written in 1859, famously depicts the story of loss and love during the French Revolution in 1789. Throughout the novel, Dickens uses many characters and symbols to develop of theme of fate and destiny. Symbols such as the broken wine cask and constant knitting function to foreshadow the fates of many characters and…

taught Safie first hand using books to help her both speak, read, and write in French. The monster already knew some words from listening to the cottagers, like a child learning its first words, “When the child hears a sufficient number of instances of a linguistic construction (i.e. the third singular verb form), she will detect patterns across the utterances she has heard” (Lemetyinen). When Safie began to learn French, the monster learned from observing her progress and practicing alone,…

Maximillian Robespierre was the most influential member of the Jacobins, and eventually became their leader, and lead them into the French Revolution in 1789. Jacobins fought ten years against the Monarchy for equality of all citizens. Soon after they achieved their goals, the newfound democracy began taking steps backwards, bringing unfair treatment to the French citizens as well as much bloodshed. Everything the Jacobins fought for, eventually became a mirrored…

from “representatives of the French people, the National Assembly”. It was believed that the “misfortune of the French people” had effectively been caused by the “disregard” for the “Rights of Man”. (Van Kley, D, Baker, K.M, Bell, D.A, Bien, D.D, Birn, R, Kaiser, T.E, Singham,S.M, Wright, J.K, The French Idea of Freedom The Old Regime and the Declaration of Rights 1789. 1994). The Declaration not only highlights the rights of individuals in France, (Johnson,V.R. The French Declaration of the…

The ASU Tempe campus certainly hosts several restaurants, to meet up with the multicultural students in the school, including my humble self who is an international student from Nigeria, and a Yoruba man to be precise, if you ask anyone who is familiar with the tribe where I am from, one thing they’ll tell you for sure is that we are known to have a voracious appetite, and we eat homemade food. With no intent to brag, but as a statement of fact, I do justice to African dishes when I cook, this…

1. Explain through examples taken from Tea in the Harem how the main protagonist, Majid, maintains two cultural identities, one French and one Algerian. Which one seems to predominate in your opinion, if one does? For me the best example of the cultural differences that Majid is living in, is the door to home. “Majid goes straight into his flat without knocking. The front door’s always open…Levesque, on the other hand, has to ring his doorbell several times before his wife comes to let him…

It is inevitable to state that the United States is a nation that is culturally diverse. Even more, along with the component of culture, language stands out to be one of the most important cultural aspect that keeps communication and socialization available. As a result, “Language Assimilation Today: Bilingualism Persists More Than in the Past, But English Still Dominates” by Richard Alba discusses about the trends of assimilation by looking specifically at the 2000 Census data. The summary…

ESL-201 Final paper Amber (Xizhao Liu) Language, Race and patriotism It is a fact that many languages vanished in North Africa after the Arab conquest of the Maghreb region, just like native American languages were eliminated because of British colonize, and many languages are still disappearing in Eastern Europe because of Russian imperialism. Some countries, like France, Germany, Japan and China, have already legislated to protect their language and invested money to develop their own…

apart the centralized administration brought about by King Louis XVI and would allow the noble’s input into all major decisions, something King Louie was opposed to. While all this was happening, the Third Estate, representing the majority of the French population, simply sought equality and representation along with a tax system reform that would free the peasants from the large tax burden imposed upon them as having the burden fall only on the poorest of the society was extremely difficult and…