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    history of the French Revolution. By the actions of growing up, Marie Antoinette had nothing to worry about as she was the heiress to the Austrian land. Married off at 15 to Louis XVI, she was given the responsibility of ruling France a much bigger country alongside her husband. Now she had more money and a husband that would do anything for her so she uses that to her advantage. Louis was a simple and innocent man; therefore Marie was able to easily influence his decisions. Both husband and wife

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    Sidonie was the Queen Marie Antoinette assistant reader, and she lived in the Château de Versailles for eleven years. She lived under the under the Louis XVI region, but she left France after the French Revelation in 1789. The movie shows how she lived and do the same things over. The movie shows that she considered the Louis XVI region as a good period even though she knew that the region is fallen apart because of what she saw inside the Château, and what she saw outside and how people talk and

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    Marie Antoinette, written and directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst, is a 2006 historical drama film that is based on the lifetime of Queen Marie Antoinette in the times leading up to the French Revolution. The plot of the movie starts when she is sent off by her mother to wed the Dauphin of France to keep the relationship of the Countries of France and Austria in good terms. While Dauphine of France, she finds her position to be quite dull and boring. From the perspective of other

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    Marie Antoinette is a daughter of Austria’s empress, Maria Theresa. The empress marries Marie off to the oldest son of the King of France, Louis XVI. She's sent in a carriage to France and brings along her pet pug. But, once Marie gets to France she is stripped of her belongings to include her dog and sent to go meet her husband to be, Louis XVI. When meeting each other for the first time Louis is very shy towards Marie and avoids discussions with her. After meeting her husband to be, Marie is

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    As queen of France, Marie Antoinette was a symbol of what the common French peasant hated of the aristocracy. She often had a cold disinterest in the common people, however being warm and outgoing to fellow noble aristocrats. Generally liked at first, she turned into the very thing commoners hated of the aristocracy. Through her years, her actions as queen, what she did during times of unrest and turmoil in France, and simply how the people viewed her attributed to her becoming of a villain to the

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    1) Source 1 is revealed to be a personal letter to Marie Antoinette from her mother, the Archduchess of Austria. It explicitly states that after the dismissal of two ministers, the general public no longer praise the current queen. Marie Antoinette's’ mother is well aware that her daughter does not apply herself, although, the letter does reveal that rumours within France about the queen have begun to circulate outside of the country, “....I hear of nothing but racing and hunting, and always without

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    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

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    Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France who was stripped of her title, put in jail, and then executed by her own people. Archduchess Marie Antoinette was born on November 2nd, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Francis I who was the Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Theresa who was the ruler of the Hapsburg Empire. She lived a fairly peaceful and happy early life at the Schonbrünn Palace in Vienna. As a child, she did not have to study hard but instead was taught how to live a court

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    From the beginning, Marie Antoinette 's time in France was tainted. Her failures were great, and her verdict was deadly betrayal. Marie Antoinette The Journey, written by Antonia Fraser sheds light on Marie Antoinette’s failures and achievements throughout her short existence. As Antonia Fraser presses deeper into the life of the ill-fated Queen, she reveals the innermost personality of Marie Antoinette 's sincere intentions surrounding her life as a lonely queen, neglected wife, and loving mother

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    Marie Antoinette Part I: Introduction Marie Antoinette was the queen of France and could be seen as a controversial figure. She grew up in Austria and later moved to France, causing an outrage since she was an outsider.. Many events were blamed on her which had a huge impact on France. Many opposed her due to her poor leadership skills and lack of interest in the people. Marie Antoinette, along with her husband Louis XVI, came into power at a difficult time. France was in debt and revolutions were

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