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    History of Clowns

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    slapstick. ("A Brief History of Clowning") A clown developed as a butt for Harlequin‚ Pierot‚ originated the whiteface of the clown. Unlike Harlequin Pierot is not a person but a character that we often see today. Italian pantomimist Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Deburau took on the role of Pierot and turned him into the famous lovesick clown. (World Book) The English clown was developed from plays and was a deceiving trickster who could deceive even the devil. (World Book) English actors were the first

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    History A: Introducing topics within a historical period. Open book assessment Outcome 1 and 2 Sarah Pirie; HND Class C Word Count; 1558 By looking at the primary sources provided and secondary sources‚ it is possible to form arguments as to whether the ‘Terror’ of 1793-4 was a necessary response to the challenges facing the new French Republic at the time of the French Revolution. There is evidence that both the terror was necessary in supporting the new

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    In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ the death of Monsieur the Marquis is foreshadowed by descriptions of various objects turning crimson and the repeated mention of the Furies. The first description of a crimson object occurs in chapter eight and belongs to none other than Monsieur the Marquis himself. This occurs when he is heading back to his château in his carriage and “the sunset struck so brilliantly… that its occupant was steeped in crimson” (Dickens 138). This image of Monsieur the

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    between the protestant and Catholics in France. The Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was a very interesting and complex event‚ the Massacre was an attempt to end religious turmoil but instead prolonged it. In 1572‚ Charles IX was the king of France. Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was a close friend of the king and also a Huguenot leader. Catherine De Medici‚ the mother of the king‚ wanted the assassination of Coligny. She thought that he was going to impact her son and lead France into a war with Spain. The assassination

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    consumers‚ when the young look for good wines‚ they will be more likely to look into Chateau de Vallois’ high price wine. 2. Claire is forward looking‚ profit-driven‚ and expansionary‚ while Francois is traditional‚ reserved‚ and risk-averse. Gaspard can keep everybody happy by allowing Claire to set up a different brand in California‚ and leave the France winery to Francois. The different brand is essential not a part of Chateau de Vallois‚ thus Francois wouldn’t worry while Claire can still

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    Throughout A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ Charles Dickens uses foreshadowing to further the plot of the novel. Dickens foreshadows the plot in a number of ways. In Chapter Five of Book One‚ Dickens the wine that spills into the streets as a metaphor for the blood spilled in the revolution. Outside of a wine-shop‚ a wine cask is broken in the street. Many people rush around the puddle on the ground trying to scoop it up and drink as much as they can. Dickens describes this by saying "All

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    of the atmosphere are heated more or less‚ according to the time of the year. High and low air pressure areas form and air constantly moves to reduce the former and lift up the latter. 2. The second force is the Coriolis force‚ named after Gaspard Coriolis‚ a 19th century French engineer and mathematician. This is the force that affects any spinning object such as the earth. It means that the air is forced to move toward the center of the low air pressure area in a clockwise spiral in the southern

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    coincide with the behavior of the avengeful citizens as they plan to retaliate unfair justice with violence. The volume of hatred and brutality that Dickens’s demonstrates in the sea partially unveils on how the upcoming events will unfold. After Gaspard murders the Marquis‚ “he is hanged there forty feet high – and is left there hanging‚ poisoning the water.” The blemish left intoxicating the water reflects the collective feeling of the impoverished civilians in France as they lose one of their own

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    present information‚ etc. Basically we have used pictures to communicate. The difference in drawings across time and countries was a problem that faced engineers‚ designers‚ builders‚ architects‚ etc. Throughout history. This was a problem that faced gaspard monge when he started as an engineer in the french military. He devised a system called orthographic projection‚ that could be used to communicate an object to anyone across the world. It was quickly adopted by army engineers. BASIC REQUIREMENTS

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    Marshall DeCosta – A Tale of Two Cities – Representations of the Aristocracy What significance does the character of Marquis Evrémonde play in our understanding of the aristocracy within Pre-revolutionary France? Dickens uses the Marquis Evrémonde to provide a portrait of the aristocracy as elitist and ethically reprehensible. While the commendable and earnest characters in A Tale of Two Cities behave according to altruistic and virtuous goals‚ Marquis Evrémonde acts exclusively to satisfy his egocentric

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