Marie Antoinette

Revolutionary France was a period of great turmoil and change that unfolded over two decades starting in the late 1780’s. Brought on by many culminating factors, the French revolution altered the lives of all social classes. Clinging to the old regime, the nobility and monarchy continued to live lavish lifestyles while their subjects starved. The rising class of professionals whose wealth nearly matched that of the nobles continued to be taxed at the same rates as the peasants, making them…

Such demands consisted mostly of the high prices and scarcity of bread. Much of the anger was also directed towards the queen, Marie Antoinette, because of her life of great pleasure and extravagance. Pressured by the crowd, Louis XVI promised to give the women bread and go back to Paris. The royal family moved into the Tuileries Palace in Paris, where the king was practically a prisoner…

In addition to the long-term factors, there are intermediate factors that led to the revolution. The major factor was the poor economic status of France that was worsening long before the revolution. Her economy got worse when King Louis XIV engaged in battles such as aiding the Americans that contributed to the worsening economic situation as she lost her colonies to Britain. However, King Louis XIV attempted to intervene and through his government, he called for a meeting of the Estate…

How could something as delicious as chocolate be used to portray an entire class of snobbish French citizens? By using metaphorical language, A Tale of Two Cities describes the tensions that caused a truly vicious war to occur in France. Moreover, numerous key characters and images are able to capture the spirit of redemption amid the turmoil. Utilizing a plethora of symbolism, Charles Dickens is able to perfectly represent the self-absorbed aristocracy, revolutionary fever, and a theme of…

Fantastique” 5th Movement composed in 1830, where he tells about his own personal love for an Irish Actress, Harriet Smithson. Hector Berlioz was born on December 11th, 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André, to a dad named Louis-Joseph Berlioz and mother Marie-Antoinette. He had five siblings, of which only two survived past adulthood (Macdonald). Unlike other composers, Berlioz was not a music prodigy. He began studying music at the age of 12, and he links his interest in the music with his “boyhood…

Terrorism is a term that seventy years ago was nearly unheard of in Western civilization. Today, it is a word we are all too familiar with. We can find acts of violence all throughout history. We see acts of violence develop into terrorism as early as the eleventh century and progress to become more organized and politically driven from that point. While politics are often a target or goal, terrorists are also motivated by monetary gain and religion. An official definition of terrorism has…

Without the spread of public opinions through France in the late eighteenth century, it is likely the French revolution would not have occurred. The spread of ideas along with other factors such as class wars, financial and political crisis; France was able to usher in a new age that benefitted most rather than a select few. This essay will explore the influence public opinions had on the causation of the revolution while briefly looking at the other contributory factors. Before the revolution,…

Everyone retains a specific “human” nature; however, it is left up to the individual how they choose to interpret various aspects of human nature in their everyday personalities. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain incorporates various characters to capitalize on the flawed aspects of human nature. In the novel, it is evident that Twain is showing his disapproval towards the way humans behave. Each character: Pap, Grangerfords and Shepherdsons, and the King and Duke are able to…

the Third Estate represented about 98% of the French population they only held one vote; this often led to the interests of the people being overruled by the nobility and the church. The elaborate spending done by King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, and their support to the American revolutionaries led to France’s financial crisis. Because of this the price of bread, a staple in the French diet, soared. Along with this in 1788 many of the French farmers experienced poor harvests. The…

Between the years 1750 - 1914, the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Haitian Revolution were all similar due to what sparked the revolutions and the social groups during, yet differed in the outcome of the revolutions. Between the years 1750 and 1914 the American Revolution the French Revolution and Haitian Revolution were all similar due to what sparked the revolution. The beginning of the start of these revolutions were mainly due to the over taxation of put in place by political…