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Marie Antoinette, Woman to Scapegoat
Title: Marie Antoinette, Woman to Scapegoat
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1673 | Pages: 7.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Marie Antoinette, Woman to Scapegoat
Today there is a tendency to overlook small factors in history that may seem silly, trivial, or irrational. However, these factors often have great influences over people and need to be observed. Marie Antoinette’s involvement in the French Revolution is the perfect example of a tiny catalyst causing a great deal of change. The revolution was undoubtedly caused by the growing discontent of the French population towards the abuses of the upper class. However, …showed first 75 words of 1673 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1673 total…a woman. The French Revolution continued on its course, sweeping up Marie Antoinette on the way to its destination; the end of monarchy. Indeed, the guillotine would open its arms widely to Marie Antoinette. It embraced the “queen with a fair face [Marie Antoinette]” (Dickens 13) on October 16, 1793, as the crowd cheered exuberantly for her execution. More so, the people were cheering for the end of monarchy and the cessation of “the worst of times” (Dickens 13).
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