Marseille

The Laundress, also called The Washerwoman, by Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois) is an oil on wood, painted in 1863 in Paris. The painting depicts a washer woman returning from the laundry boats in Seine, a river in Paris. Although she is exhausted and weary she carries her load up the stairs while helping the child. The painting speaks to the issue regarding poverty in other parts of the world. The woman is not wealthy, but humble and completes her daily chores. Poverty…

The Crusades failed to reunite the church and it insured the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The Fourth crusade was issued by Pope Innocent III who succeeded to the papacy in January 1198, and the preaching of a new crusade became the prime goal of his pontificate. He called upon Western Europe to lend aid to take control of Jerusalem by way of taking it from the south through Egypt as planned by Richard the Lionhearted. At the time of this call to action France and England were at war with each…

The films The Count of Monte Cristo (CMC) and Shawshank Redemption (SSR) share the theme of a man who is unjustly imprisoned for a severe crime; however the two films are truly quite different. Between the films there are a few basic elements that contribute to the theme, such as; the crimes that the protagonists Edmond Dantès and Andy Dufresne are imprisoned for, what the two men wish to do when they escape prison, and the life that they lead after they gain their liberty.…

Waiting to Tell “He has been depressed for years,” I said to her. “It started long before he was diagnosed. I don’t think I ever saw him any other way since my late teens.” My father’s wife nodded, not saying anything, lost in thoughts, smoking slowly, meticulously almost, as if it was very important she did it right. I was sitting on her mauve-colored sofa, chasing memories, remembering that my grandmother told me once that my father had always been like that, dark, brooding, moody. It’s…

The Black Death, it was a plague that occurred in the middle ages that killed almost 60 percent of the population in Medieval Europe. The Black Death was spread by fleas and rats from merchant ships, that came to Europe for trade. There were many forms of the plague, two main forms are the bubonic plague and the septicemic plague. The bubonic plague was very serious, the symptoms include of Chills, headache, fever, weakness, very painful / enlarged lymph nodes, and large painful boils. The…

In September,1985 a professional diver named Henri Cosquer made an amazing discovery. He had discovered a cave. At Ardeche department, on the Mediterranean coast, close to the mouth of the Rhone River miles from Marseilles. The cave was discovered by accident. After Cosquer discovered the cave, he made the amazing cave a secret, however ,he went back several times. One day when Henri went with a group of divers to the cave Henri discovered the paintings. So he decided to contact an archaeologist…

republic from its internal enemies. Many victims were persons who had opposed the radical activities of the sans-culottes. Approximately 16,00 people were officially killed and the bulk of terror’s executions took place in the areas of Lyons and Marseilles. The terror was at its most destructive in the Vendee’. In this reign, nobody was spared, women, priests, monks, children, all had been put to death. No doubt that this time period was crucial acts of savage violence were shown. This was…

history, romance and adventure in one whole book. The setting of the story varies, in which depends upon a selected character’s perspective that uses a third person omniscient. For the first parts of the book, the setting of the story is placed in Marseilles. It continues on to Chateau d’lf, then to The Island of Monte Cristo, where riches are revealed and power arises. On the other hand, the settings for the characters are not in one place for too long and it could be seen from different…

Leaving from Marseilles on the, “Wooster Victory” November 4th, 1945 Winters was on his way back home, even though he was not officially discharged until January 22nd, 1946. Once home he was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but instead received the Distinguished Service Cross. Winters worked for his buddy Lewis Nixon at, “Nixon Nitration Works” in Edison, New Jersey, becoming General Manager sometime in, 1950. On may 16th, 1948 Winters married Ethel Estoppey. Also he continued his…

died several years after being sent to Russia, he was raised by his uncle in Poland. Conrad then, attended school in Krakow and received further private schooling. At the age of sixteen though, Conrad left Poland and traveled to the port city of Marseilles, France. This is where he began his…