Maria Feodorovna

In the biography,The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Robert K. Massie delves on what might have truly happened to the Romanov family. A large portion of the book goes into extensive detail on the uncovering of the grave and authentication of bones belonging to the Romanovs. Another large section is dedicated to discrediting many impostors that arose in the time after their deaths such as solving the mystery of Anna Anderson, a woman who claimed to be the missing Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna.

Many wonder about the dark life of Anastasia Romanov. She had a powerful impact in many people's lives, kindling a spark of curiosity in historians’ minds. The truth is hard to understand, but when it is found, it is rewarding. So uncovering the truth of Anastasia makes for an interesting story. Anastasia is a mysterious person who began her life as a normal girl, but quickly was made into one of the biggest conspiracies in history. Anastasia’s life begins in a time of suffering. She was born

     Anastasia       Anastasia, Grand Duchess of Russia, was a very mischievous little girl with a sharp sense of humor (McGuire 18). She was always described as having long fine fingers and baby blue eyes. As she grew older, her personality changed drastically because of her dramatic childhood. Her eyes and fingers remained the same but her wonderful personality had disappeared (Klier and Mingay 193). The daughter of Czar Nicholas II, Anastasia

responsible? West Side Story is a story that was transitioned from a play to a movie. This play was a readaptation of the playwright by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet. In West Side Story story, there are two many characters they are Tony and Maria. Both plays show the cause and effect of the unnecessary feud between two groups of people, which in return are given death. These two star-crossed lovers come from completely opposite sides of a feud. This feud separates the two lovers, making it

Story, there are two gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. These two gangs represent the families that were feuding in Romeo and Juliet. The Sharks are the Capulets, and the Jets are the Montagues. Tony, who is portraying Romeo, is in the Jets gang. Maria, who represents Juliet, has a brother, Bernardo, in the the Shark’s gang. Immigrating from Puerto Rico, the Sharks are not liked by the other gangs. West Side Story begins with the Jets showing their dominates over everyone. The Sharks get involved;

Maria and Tony meet at the dance when the two gangs are dancing in their own groups. Tony and Maria fall in love with each other. Bernardo is upset when he sees Maria and Tony because Tony is white and they aren't allowed to be together according to each gang. Tony finds out because when Maria is being taken home he says “Come Maria.” Chino is who Maria is supposed to like, Chino actually does like Maria and wants to be with her. Tony finds Maria on her balcony in an alleyway

inspired Americans to live their best life and strive for success. The musical West Side Story is a tragic romance story that follows two gangs in New York. One of the Jets members, Tony, falls in love with the leader of the Sharks younger sister, Maria. This is such a big controversy because the Jets and Sharks are rivals. The Jets hate the Sharks because they are Puerto Rican. This displays the racism and social climate in America during the 60’s, when this musical came out. Inmigrantes where thought

today’s culture; many states are fine-tuning abortion, rape, and gender-identification laws as I write this. I also saw much attention being paid to this topic in two of the novels we read this semester: Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria, and Mary Robinson’s The Natural Daughter. However, I found the relationship between female sexuality and its relation to the concepts of sensibility or rationality

Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, Bernardo, Jets and Sharks In this number, all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead, each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her 'nocturnal activities' with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love, idealised,

When I think of West Side Story, I think of the modern American version of Romeo and Juliet, the Jets (American gang) and Sharks (Puerto Rican gang), the amazing musical numbers, dance breaks, and let’s not forget all the snapping. I never thought of the injustice and racism that happens through song and characters actions in the movie. After recently watching it, I started to realize how these terrible things are actually still happening to this day. This movie has started to teach me how to recognize