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1412, it is in the last half-century of the Hundred Years’ War in whichthe French attempted to attain freedom from English rule by fighting toeradicate English strongholds. An unusually strong, healthy, andpossibly clairvoyant girl is born to Isabelle Rome and Jacques d’Arc inthe small village of Domremy, France. Her mother is from the town ofVouthon,…

Memories to me are songs that play over and over again in my head. My heart keeps the beat and notes fall from my breath. After awhile not even the physical self exists. My soul is squashed between bars and lines. Sometimes I’m running, other times I’m resting. I see images flash by in four-four…

Film ReviewSet in Italy in World War 2, Life is Beautiful is divided into two halves. In the first half of the movie its love between a man and a woman, tempered by humour. In the second half, it is the love of a man for his family. As the world around them changes Guido…

Truly the Americas’ First Feminist?Failing to Set a PrecedentIn Estela Portillo Trambley’s play Sor Juana the main character Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was considered to be one of the earliest feminists. Sor Juana’s eternal struggles to study and unshakable craving for knowledge and wisdom, from whatever source it may be, support this attribute….

AmistadThroughout the study of world history, the ideology of “divide and conquer” is studied and glorified as the most effective strategy for colonialism. The institution of slavery and the transporting of Africans across the ocean to serve as slaves in the “New World” depict the most blatant use of coerced division in the Europeans efforts…

by1La Fiesta BravaBullfighting is a tradition, art and athletic sport combined in one. Bullfighting originated in the classical world. The first bullfights supposedly took place in Knossos, Greece, “a contest of some sort is depicted in a wall painting unearthed. . . dating from about 2000 BC. It shows male and female acrobats confronting a…

689 to a French noble family. “His family tree could be traced 350 years, which in his view made its name neither good nor bad. ” (The Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, p. 68) Montesquieu’s views started to be shaped at a very early age. A beggar was chosen to be his godfather to remind him…

La Solidaridad ( English: The Solidarity ) was an organisation created in Spain on December 13. 1888. Composed of Filipino progressives exiled in 1872 and pupils go toing Europe’s universities. the organisation aimed to increase Spanish consciousness of the demands of its settlement. the Philippines. and to propagate a closer relationship between the settlement and…

  His nai?? vety is what prevents him from seeing the trap he is walking into here : ” – Une femme qui pourrait etre votre mi??re! – L’essentiel est qu’elle ne le soit pas”. In addition, his charming personality and flirtatious behaviour, “Puis-je vous demander votre nom? ” are important in convincing the Sphinx…