What Is D Artagnan Flawed

Not all is lost for Joel Coen. Even though his movie may not give the viewer a sense of continuity, the

D’Antraigues is implying that the “people’s” (the third estate’s) opinions are the most important and therefore should be the most influential. He goes on to say that the government’s ignorance of common people’s opinions was a significant mistake. 18th century France was divided into three social classes. The first estate consisted of 100,000 clergy, the second estate contained 300,000 nobles, and the third estate which was made up of about 23.5 million French citizens一primarily peasants. The jump in population from the second to the third estate is significant. In a fair world, the third estate would receive the most say in the country’s matters (such as the government) simply because they make up the majority of the population. But in France, it was the opposite situation. In theory, there was supposed to be a regularly held meeting in France called the Estates General. In this meeting, representatives from the three estates assembled to provide guidance to the King of France in order to maintain a functioning and fair society. The original function of the meeting was to approve or deny taxes. In reality, by the time of the French Revolution, the Estates General had not met for over 100 years, meaning that all political decisions were made solely by the monarch, with only a small amount of influence from the wealthy and the powerful. Because

There are people that agree with that and many that didn’t think that it was so great. It was nice to know the background information on each of the character. This helped me know why they were there and why they would stay to risk their lives. It was clear that some of the members did not accept Skinner because of his color at first. It was nice to see everyone bond and even accept him and even apologize to him. They my not have liked each other at first, but at the end they risked their lives for each other. I also enjoyed the scenes with the dogfights. I was on the edge of my seat during everyone of those scenes hoping that none of them dould die and that they would defeat the enemy. I was sad whenever one of the members of the squadron died. I think that i felt this way because of their stories and how they all got so close. It would be horrible to lose someone that someone would risk their life to save. I would say that this team is kinda of like the team in Fast and Furious because they may be very different but at the end of the day they would risk their lives for each other. It was nice that there was kind of a love story also thrown into the movie. It provided sort of a break from all the war and sadness. It was funny when Rawlings was trying to impress the children and the girl he liked. It was also sweet when he tried to learn French for her, and she tried to learn English for him. I feel that this

Let’s talk about the ending, I couldn’t believe it. It wasn’t until Tamlin and Lucien came out at the end that I thought he was truly evil, or truly insane. Sure when he locked her in the house I thought he made a bad decision, when he made Lucinian try to take her, I thought he was desperate, and when he told his father about Rhys’s family, I thought he could have been afraid. But at that moment, the only explanation was to say that he was insane and evil.

One of the greatest stigmas held towards Christians is that they are very judgemental. Many people believe that Christians are too quick to judge someone and never really bother to figure out what those people actually think and why they think a certain way on something. Sadly, this stigma that is linked to Christians will always be a part of the word Christian. So why is it that when people hear the word Christian, they automatically think “judgemental”? There are many reasons one of them being that while many Christians are more concerned about looking good in front of other Christians and non Christians. Through my personal experience of being raised in a Christian home and being required to attend church, it is very easy for me to agree

The Paris people suffered from famine for a long time, while the king was wallowed in luxuries and pleasures. Distribution of rotten food has given rise to the riot of Paris people. One of the most successful moments was when the angry people threw a rotten apple at him, he cut half of it and caught the other half with the rapier and tasted a bit. Then he promised to report to the king about this situation so that the riot was calmed down. His words and emotion were so sincere that obtaining the trust of crowds. It was when the king robbed the fiancee of Athos’s son and caused his son’s death after sending him to the war that the three musketeers including Atho decided to defeat the king. Then they rescued the man in the iron mask, the twin brother of king, to support them. Quite a part of the plot was talked about how they planed to confront the king. So the duel was of great importance in this film as

to be a tragic figure. She is not one who captures the love of the audience.

The biggest betrayal the film makes to the novel is the ending. The film ends when Merteuil goes to the opera to find out she is hated by everyone there, she goes back to her room and it ends with her removing her makeup, her destiny is left unknown. In the book, she gets a very painful case of small pox and loses sight in one of her eyes after her letters to Valmont have been published. When Merteuil removes her makeup at the end of the film, she is wiping away the surface that made her attractive, her desirability is being wiped away. Her power has been based on her appearance and her destruction of her face symbolizes her destruction of herself. Merteuil no longer is the strong feminist she use to be, she is now a weak woman just like Tourvel. I think the director made a good choice in changing the ending of the film. I was shocked and somewhat happy to see Merteuil finally get what she deserved. The jaw dropper for me was when she fell while leaving the opera it symbolized her reputation falling too. Everyone use to look up to Merteuil and she would control them like puppets and now the roles have been turned. For me the ending of the movie was a lot more satisfying and jaw dropping. Merteuil tried everything in her power to win the game of revenge and it back fired on her.

Set’s function as the villain is to show that there is evil in the world and bad things happen, but goodness will always prevail. The story shows proof by telling of various malicious attempts to become the king of Upper and Lower Egypt: Set killed Osiris, but Osiris was resurrected; Set was defeated in battle against Horus, but was spared; He tried to denounce Horus’s legitimacy as the child of Osiris and Isis, but was proven wrong. Horus was unable to kill Set because Isis felt sympathy for Set and casted her magical words to Horus to lay down his sword. As said before Isis was the protector of life and although Set was a villain, his life is still a life that matters. Of course everyone wants the villain to die, but I think that the story is as it should be in relevance to the people’s religion and politics. Bad things will always exist in the world from people to nature’s fury. In my opinion, like other religions, it would keep people from questioning why bad things happen and also keep them in line as to obey the law of the

Towards the end of his reign, Louis began to lose much of the mystique and influence he had previously held, as his lack of financial resources and inability to adequately tax the nobility began to catch up to him. Document 6, a letter from French nobleman Francois Fenelon, criticizes Louis for his reckless warfare, warning, “God will one day lift the veil that covers your eyes… you will become a Christian only through humiliation.” As an educated nobleman, Fenelon likely held resentment towards the crown for its subjugation of his class. Additionally, Louis’ frequent, frivolous war campaigns caused great struggle in France as the nation struggled to supply the efforts; even Louis, by the end of his life, stated that “I have gone to war too lightly and pursued it for vanity’s sake.” However, regardless of the fact that sustained warfare drove France into debt and ruin, Louis’ ability to go to war based off of nothing more than his own will is even more evidence that supports his power as an absolute ruler, whether or not Fenelon agrees with his policy.

Since the September 11th, 2001, America, as a whole, has only become more Islamophobic, due to media, politics, and negative stereotypes. This affects not only Muslims but all Americans in a bad way. The hatred leads them to discrimination, harassment, vandalism, arson, and violence. The word Islamophobia means the intense dislike and fear of Islam. It’s a collective social anxiety that resulted in hostility and prejudice towards Islam, Muslims, and people of Arabian descent. This leads to Americans fearing and hating Muslims. Islamophobia-involved hate crimes and discrimination have been around since the 70’s. The rates of then slowly increased until 2001, after the attacks, where the rate increase rapidly. In 2000, the number of hate crime against Muslims was only 354, but in 2001 it rose to 1,501.

As a society we are guided by false veneers and deceit. Artifice is unfortunately a prominent tactic used in hope of gaining the respect of the public. Politicians and celebrities who we look up to utilize artifice on a daily basis to gain our recognition and approval. Even teenagers are being taught how to use artifice to their advantage. Chris Hedges believes that the use of artifice is a necessary device to achieve success. In his book, The Empire of Illusion, he discusses the appeal of artifice and how individuals become “unreal” and “ignored” if they do not utilize it. His viewpoint is immensely untrue because this “strategy” causes a never-ending cycle of conflict. If we continue to feign our true appearances, we will become unable to fix societal issues we face to today.

The film Birth of a Nation directed by D.W. Griffith tells the story of two families, from the North and the South, and their journey through the American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed it. The Stoneman family, North, welcomes the change that was brought about by the war, that is the abolition of slavery and the newly given rights to African Americans. In contrast to the Stonemans the Cameron family, South, struggles to cope with the changes that come about after the south is defeated in the war. They often find themselves in the mist of injustice and misery at the hands of African Americans. Which leads the protagonist, Ben Cameron, to wage a war against the tyranny put in place by African Americans by establishing the KKK. Amongst all the chaos a love connection forms between Ben Cameron and Elsie Stoneman that drives the plot forward and encourages the hero, Ben, to fight against the villains so that he and his beloved may be together at last. Although this film is a cinematic masterpiece, it just so happens to be one of the most racist films ever produced. That is due to its highly inaccurate and racist portrayal of African Americans, and the part they played in American history. The director used the overall storyline to make the audience sympathetic to the “heroic” Klu Klux Klan,

During this period in French history, the nobility was starting to gain power and prestige, and this power presented the king with a problem: he needed to have strong nobles to strengthen his realm by extension. However, he still had to maintain power and his position of supremacy. Richelieu posits that the king must maintain a firm system of punishments and rewards:”Punishments and rewards are two quite necessary elements in the conduct of states. It is an ordinary allegation, but more true, and often repeated by all men, that rewards and punishments are the two most important tools of government available in a realm.” This system played on the honor obsession the nobility had, and strengthened the kingship at the same time. If one helped the king, they were rewarded with more honor and a higher position; if they resisted, they lost everything. This strengthened the kingship as well. Those he rewarded would be assets to the kingdom, while those he punished would serve as warnings to those who considered resisting.

The major historical figures in the novel are all more or less accurate, in terms of the basic facts presented. Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Cardinal Richelieu, and Monsieur de Treville are all presented without any historical inaccuracies. And there were indeed, King's Musketeers under Louis XIII, they existed as a sort of training ground for the elite of the French army, and served as the King's personal escort in peacetime. Treville and the Cardinal were great enemies, as Dumas portrays them, in fact, Treville was involved in a 1642 plot to assassinate the Cardinal, and Louis XIII was forced to banish his friend. Richelieu did have his own, similarly elite, company of Guards, which did have a great rivalry with the Musketeers, as Dumas describes.(history pg. 4)