Marie Lazarre importance in the story was to bring out two different relationships between her lover and her friend through a love triangle which effected a lot of the characters. The adultery changed Marie’s relationship with both Nector and Lulu. Erdrich made a point in making the affair an important part of the novel. She used the infidelity to search the changes in her characters. Mainly, Erdrich showed different sides of Marie to build Marie’s character and eventually have Marie be the person to bridge different relationships between the two people who hurt and changed her the most. In the end, love and friendship overcome any types of hatred or jealously, and Marie’s changes during the infidelity help her reach a better goal in reuniting
As the Queen of France, I think the author was able to convey the type of person that Marie was to her country. She was deeply devoted to her country but had a very soft spot for her home country of Austria. This would rub a lot of French people off and would, in the end, be her demise. She was caught in a few scandals that rocked her reputation and she was never able to recover from. There were rumors that two of her children were not the King’s biological children because Marie was in the presence of a man that people assumed she was in love with
“Not, perhaps, the patroness of France; rather, the patroness of vivid life, prized not for military victories but for the gift of passionate action taken against ridiculous odds, for the grace of holding nothing back.” (Gordon 173). This quote is referring to Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc was very religious; known for seeing visions and voices from God telling her to go deep into France and help with the war, which she did. At the age of eighteen Joan of Arc led French armies through a series of battles and each of these battles resulted in a victory. Many people, especially men, were threatened by her because of the fact that she was able to do things like leading armies when she was both a girl and a teenager and because she was able to see visions
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne de Habsbourg-Lorraine was born in the mid-eighteenth century as an archduchess and princess, to Maria Teresa, the Austrian Empress, at the very apex of the European hierarchal pyramid. She was an essential part to the oldest royal European house, as it became known that her sole duty in life was to unite the two great powers and long-term enemies of Austria-Hungary and France by marriage. She was brutally overthrown by her own starving people and portrayed to the world as a villain and abuser of power, whereas sympathy for the young queen should be shown.
They both are thought to be a freak or crazy, as they do not fit the normality. As Marie-Laure is blind, and Etienne has agoraphobia and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. They both lost someone that was important to them in a world war. Etienne lost his brother during World War I, and Marie-Laure lost her father during World War II. They fell broken because of the one person that understood them and that was there for them was gone and they did not know how to handle it because they when though everything together. As the story goes on you get to see Etienne’s and Marie-Laure’s relationship get strong and they began to mend the damage, and become support systems for each
#7) One of the brave moments that Marie-Laure has is when she uses her Uncle’s hidden radio to broadcast. This is brave because it takes place when she is hiding in the attic from someone that would kill her for the Sea of Flames (Also the city is being attacked). During her stay in the attic she ends up broadcasting from her Uncle’s radio to try and get help. A way this experience could’ve changed her is by giving Marie-Laure more perspective.
In Lousie Erdrich short story, “Saint Marie” (1934), she makes a very clear point that even the most loyal and well-disciplined can become corrupt. In this chapter from the book Love Medicine, Marie is young 14 year old girl. The young girl has been born and raised into the Catholic faith. Marie has gone to the convent for Sunday school for several years. With years in the making, she decided to join the Sacred Heart Convent. There were many nuns at the convent but one stood out the most. This nun was Sister Leopolda. Sister Leopolda was a violent, evil, and Satan-obsessed. Many had hatred for her; although, some found her quite pleasant. However, one day, Marie has a vision of the devil that causes her to smile. That smile
Even though Marie couldn’t see she loved to read. She went to the museum everyday with her father. On every one of her birthdays her father got her a brail book to read. Growing up Marie had to learn how to count her steps and to feel things to know where she was at and where she was going. Marie really had to become strong when moving to Saint-Malo. Her father had become distant from everybody. Marie started to become close to her uncle Etienne and his care taker Madame Manec. She was so eager to leave the house and walk around Saint-Malo and feel around. Her father refused and wouldn’t let her leave the
When Marie-Laure was first introduced in the novel it was made known that she lost her sight due to cataracts. Already at very young age, Marie-Laure had to learn how to adapt to her own disability and make some changes. Although it was very tough for her to adapt, Marie-Laure was very determined to live a normal life. “Sixteen paces to the water fountain, sixteen back. Forty-two to the stairwell, forty-two back. Marie-Laure draws maps in her head, unreels a hundred yards of imaginary twine, and then turns and reels it back in” (Doerr 44). This shows how super intelligent and imaginative she was when it came to dealing with her disability. She found different ways in using her four remaining senses in order to learn a new way to make it on her own in life.
In The Lais of Marie de France, the theme of love is conceivably of the utmost importance. Particularly in the story of Guigemar, the love between a knight and a queen brings them seemingly true happiness. The lovers commit to each other an endless devotion and timeless affection. They are tested by distance and are in turn utterly depressed set apart from their better halves. Prior to their coupling the knight established a belief to never have interest in romantic love while the queen was set in a marriage that left her trapped and unhappy. Guigemar is cursed to have a wound only cured by a woman’s love; he is then sent by an apparent fate to the queen of a city across the shores. The attraction between them sparks quickly and is purely based on desire, but desire within romantic love is the selfishness of it. True love rests on a foundation that is above mere desire for another person. In truth, the selfishness of desire is the
Marie Antoinette was the wife of King Louis XVI of France, she was an Austrian princess who was sent to France to marry the dauphin of France at fourteen years old. She spent her time dancing at parties, playing cards and shopping. Marie Antoinette was very profligate in her spending, she didn’t know about the people of France’s suffering, she was also a good person. Marie Antoinette is seen as a villain because she was oblivious to how much debt they were in and how the people were starving, she didn’t consummate her marriage early, she was arrogant and petty, but towards the end of her life she was a good person and great mother .
Although, it would be a mistake to depict Valmont as anything but the monster that he is, there seems to be a small measure of actual ‘affection’ for Tourvel, however short-lived. Once Valmont shares this strange and unexpected interest in Madame de Tourvel, The Marquise de Merteuil is enraged, considering it an appalling sign of weakness. In order to save face, Valmont returns to his ruthless ways, thus completing the destruction of Madame de Tourvel, who had ultimately fallen madly in love with Valmont.
To properly identify and understand Anne Marie and her behaviors, it is important that the people involved in her life and those helping her can distinguish the difference between what is a typical development, developmental disability, and an emotional disturbance. Knowing the differences between the three will provide a better understanding and equip Anne Marie’s parents, school, and mental health professionals of what is causing Ann Marie symptoms, actions, or behaviors and how to properly help her succeed and thrive in he relationships, school, and at home.
“Let them eat cake.” A famous response given by Queen Marie Antoinette when she was asked about the grain shortages in her country. But, did she really say this? Many people see Marie Antoinette as a leading cause of the French revolution, with her enormous spending, affairs, disapproval of reform, and influence on her husband, King Louis XVI. But did Marie Antoinette play a decisive role in causing the French Revolution? Or were the peoples judgements the cause of the uprising? This essay will provide both sides of this argument, stating findings and facts about Marie Antoinette’s influence on the people of France, and what feelings she provoked in them with her actions, and if there was any connection between her behavior and beginning of the French Revolution.
I think the reason that the screenwriters and directors decided to make the character of Joan the Arc virile is because of the fact that all the things she accomplished were because of her powerful demeanor and both physical and mental strength. These characteristics are stereotypically given to males and I think that’s why the muscular word virile is so important. The overall feel of the the silent film and the film from 1999 especially seem to portray Joan of Arc as more of a virile character, just through her body character and the way she communicate with people, rather than a more ‘girl power’ character which I personally agree with more. I personally didn’t see a huge differences between the three films in the way that she was portrayed. She seemed to be represented as a powerful and religious
A contrasting difference in the characters, are shown not in the characters themselves, but the role that they play in their marriages. These women have different relationships with their husbands. Torvald and Nora have a relationship where there is no equality. To Torvald Nora is an object. Hence, she plays the submissive role in a society where the lady plays the passive role. Her most important obligation is to please Torvald, making her role similar to a slave. He too considers himself superior to her.