Robert Darnton

At first glance, The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton seems to be about a senseless killing of cats; however we quickly learn that it examines how class conflicts plays a role in this story. During the 18th century, workers of the lower class were brutally mistreated. First of all, there were tension between the lower and middle class. In addition, Darnton describes how the bourgeois would mistreat the artisans as an example of the tension between each social class. Furthermore, the abusive

Robert Darnton is a prolific writer in the realm of cultural history, having written a fair amount of books focusing on 17th and 18th century France. The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History is one of these books, and arguably, his famous work. The Great Cat Massacre is a book comprising of six loosely related essays, called “episodes”, which explores the lives of the French populace during the Old Regime through the means of primary sources. These primary sources vary

element. In many respects, the cat and the son are two halves of the same character, their fates interlocked with one another. This is a deliberate device which reflects the medieval superstition that cats were somehow linked to their masters, as Robert Darnton suggests in his article "The Great Cat Massacre." The cat asks for some boots to protect his feet from the thorny undergrowth. Putting boots on the cat reinforces the superstition and creates an

Chiara Maddison The essay titled “Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Séverin” by Robert Darnton discusses a massacre of cats that, according to the worker Nicolas Contat, took place in Paris in the first half of the 1700s. Contat’s writes about two apprentices, Jerome and Léveille. They had poor living conditions, were given food scraps to eat, and they had to deal with the master and their superiors. On top of all this, during the night stray cats would howl, keeping them

being looked at by the Emergency team, I will come get the family. The group sat in the waiting room and quietly and individually thought about what was happening. Rachel looked at the clock and realized that it was getting late. If Melanie and Robert were going to make curfew, they needed to leave soon. She reminded them that it was getting late. Rachel assured them that she was willing to stay here with her sister. They could go home and get much needed sleep, and return in the morning. Richard

receptionist. “Yes ma’am, I ‘m Wyatt Rhodes the new…” “The officer,” Nancy cut him off as she picked up the phone to make a call. Wyatt didn’t have to wait long for someone to come and get him. He wasn’t surprised to see Chief Robert Shelton himself. Both men shook hands, Robert turned away from the desk,“Wyatt follow me, I show you to your locker so you can change. The briefing started already.” Wyatt followed his boss as they started walking. “Sorry about being late, I..” he stopped when a

After the third ring, he heard when they picked up. "Hello?" was the quick response. Robert tried to sound as mature as he possibly could as he asked, “May I speak to Rachel.” "This is Rachel," said the voice over the phone, the voice, pleasant, lilting with a gentle accent. Melanie blinked solemnly, as Robert continued on with the conversation. “Hi, Rachel, Please, don’t hang up, My name’s Robert, I am

The wagon came rumbling into the town square and Robert knew right away what it was. Robert knew it was that evil, ruthless, Russian Sylvester. Even though Robert was a crime boss, he still cared about innocent people. He got all of them to cover before the bullets started flying. Robert could not get his partner James down in time. The crank turned and one by one the bullets left the barrel. Robert is an international crime boss from America. He had blue eyes and brown hair. His best friend and

Browning thus providing a personal voice to the sonnets allowing a portrayal of the sequence of events of her personal identity and expression of love. Throughout the sonnet sequence Browning develops a stronger sense and realisation of her love for Robert, hence shaping her identity. By sonnet 43 a series of elements introduced by the simple phrase “I love thee” where the repetition intensifies the affirmation, she declares that her love is free and pure and possesses passion. Most importantly Browning

My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning In the two poems there is a lot of ‘dramatic monologue’ where the writer is showing his personal his personal feelings in the poem. It is also classified when a single person is talking and asking questions with no reply like in ‘The Last Duchess’ the Duke is talking to the servant about his past wife but all the servant is interested in is whether the Duke will marry the Count’s daughter. My Last Duchess is about a duke who wants