With thousands of visitors per day‚ Madame Tussaud’s is probably the most famous wax museum‚ with branches all over the world. It has grown to become a major tourist attraction in London‚ displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures‚ as well as others celebrities such as actors‚ pop stars or scientists. Its history begins back in 1777 when Marie Tussaud created her first wax figure‚ Voltaire. However‚ it wasn’t until 1835 when Marie opened a museum in Baker Street. Fifty years later‚ Marie’s
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The Role of the Courtesan in Classic European Society (18th and 19th Century) May 26‚ 2010 Throughout history kings‚ emperors‚ and other aristocracy have always had their mistresses‚ concubines‚ and maybe even multiple wives‚ but the late 17th century and the 18th and 19th centuries to the beginning of the 20th century‚ was the age of the courtesan. A courtesan is defined as a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment; a lady of easy virtue. (2003. In Roget & apos;s II The
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decision on what art is to them. Can you think of any works of art‚ in addition to the ones mentioned‚ that were not readily accepted by the society in which they were created‚ but held in high regards years later? John Singer Sargent’s "Madame Pierre Gautreau"‚ created in 1884‚ caused a huge uproar over the reddish pink color used on the woman’s ear lobe. At the time‚ it was considered far too suggestive and supposedly ruining the reputation of high-society. What do you think is meant
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Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ Madame Ratignolle is the epitome of how a woman was expected to act and dress. However‚ the words used in the passage that describes Madame Ratignolle suggest that her appearance is shaped by society and she follows their guidelines not her own. The way a woman dresses in literature is often important to who she is. The way someone outwardly appears to others is often an indication of how others view her character. Madame Ratignolle is
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Essay Art History Professor Sarah Hollenberg Frida Khalo once said “I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to‚ and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” Unlike Khalo‚ Madame de Pompadour who was not an artist followed another vision in her head. A vision to make France the social‚ artistic‚ and political center-piece of the world. In a time dominated by powerful male figures these women stood out in. In Pompadour’s
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The second most important event to me in the book is the first event‚ where Madame Giselle was Found Dead on the Plane. This The second most important event to me is the first event. This event is important because it is the start of the case in the story. The purpose of this story is to explain how Poirot and the other detectives work together to solve this case. Without this event‚ where Madame Giselle is dead‚ there will be no case for Poirot and the other detectives to solve. In other words‚
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irony was all about Madame Forestier’s necklace that Madame Loisel lost. At the end of the story‚ Madame Loisel‚ who despised hard work and everything in the world that is not glamorous‚ finds out that she had given up her life to replace her friends necklace that she eventually discovers is only a fake. When Madame Loisel decided to tell Madame Forestier about how she lost her necklace‚ the reader expected Madame Forestier to be upset. But‚ instead‚ we all found out that Madame Forestier’s original
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Madame Sosostris Lines 43-59 of T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land present Madame Sosostris as the Tarot card-reading psychic who bears bad news. While this stanza has been interpreted in a myriad of ways‚ two important features are commonly regarded as Eliot’s intent. (1) The clairvoyant is considered “the wisest woman in Europe” because the world is a tattered wasteland where everyone is in search of answers – a fortuneteller provides false security with her seemingly absolute understanding of destiny
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slaughter of aristocrats by peasants‚ and at the center of this‚ at least according to Dickens‚ was a woman called Madame Defarge. At first seemingly just the wife of a wine shop owner‚ it quickly becomes apparent that she is in fact at the center of the Revolution‚ and the fervor that brought her there eventually leads to her downfall. In “Book the First‚” Dickens introduces Madame Defarge as “a stout woman… with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at anything‚ a large hand heavily ringed
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Cited: Flaubert‚ Gustave. Madame Bovary. Trans. Mildred Marmur. New York: Penguin Group‚ 1979. Ibsen‚ Henrik. A Doll’s House. Four Major Plays. Trans. Rolf Fjelde. New York: Penguin Group‚ 1992.
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