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A Satirical Reflection on French Society: Candide

This essay describes the manner in which Voltaire lampooned eighteenth century society in his satirical novel "Candide." Five page...

The Thirteenth Century French Greyhound St Guineforte

Although the tale of St. Guineforte revolved to a large degree around Christian iconography and teachings, it was condemned by the...

French and American Involvement in Vietnam

of Vietnam was born ("Earliest known history of Vietnam," 2007). In 1946, it was all agreed that Vietnam would be independent ("E...

Algeria: French Colonization

the colonization of Algeria, as was the case for Africa as a whole, occurred largely because of the natural resources which existe...

Architecture of Westminster Abbey and Its French Influence

of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...

French Company Carrefour and Market in China

two French families in 1959, Carrefour opened its first supermarket in 1960 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie (Carrefour, 2003). Three years...

19th Century French Mathematician Augustin Louis Cauchy

own background also needs consideration, as the work was also a reflection of the man and his circumstances. After this some examp...

Seventeenth Century French Absolutism

monarchy reinforced its monitoring of printing, totally strangling the emerging press" (The Library of Congress, 2005). Even the F...

French Canadians at the End of the 19th Century

"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain...

Algeria and French Colonialism

constant and effective contrast made between Eliane, who represents the beauty of the country as seen by its colonizers, and Camil...

Themes in French Literary Classics

daughters, only to have them essentially through it all in his face for it was not enough. This simple understanding presents us w...

French Public Schools and Veil Wearing Muslim Women

complete and unrelenting distinction between church and state. There would be no religious exceptions, whatsoever, and this inclu...

Mandate Period and Middle East Interests of the British and French

Lebanon we can appreciate the conflict. In 1920 the San Remo Conference saw a total collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The oi...

French Film Boy Meets Girl by Director Leos Carax

real name of "Leos Carax" is actually Alexandre Dupont and that "Leos Carax" is an anagram of the lead characters name, Alex Oscar...

1940s' Support of the French in Vietnam by the United States

An overview of this topic is presented in three pages. One source is cited in the bibliography....

French Artist James Tissot

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

Comparison of English and French Governments

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares governments of England and France with particular attention paid to the highest of...

Romanticism's Dark Side and French Poet Charles Baudelaire

In five pages this research paper explores how Baudelaire unlike his Romantic contemporaries Shelley, Wordsworth, and Keats probed...

French School Sport and the Roles of Coaches and Government

In six pages school sport in France is examined in a consideration of the roles played by both coaches and the government. Seven ...

Life and Works of Nineteenth Century French Composer Cesar Franck

(1822-1890) was born in Liege where he also first studied as a piano virtuoso from 1830-1835. Franck first toured Belgium at the a...

French 'New Deal' of the 1930s and Leon Blum

week at unchanged weekly wages (which was applied on an industry-by-industry basis between September 1936 and March 1937, the sett...

1999 French Banking Merger and Hostile Takeover

In fifteen pages the 1999 banking battle between France's Paribas banks, Societe Generale, and the Banque Nationale de Paris is ex...

Causes of World War I and French Participation in the Conflict

insecurity "swept away all regimes from Vladivostok to the Rhine" (Hobsbawm, 1995, p. 67), which originated in Central Europe. Be...

Gender Roles and African Women in African and French Literature

This paper examines the depiction of African Women in Camara Laye's The Dark Child and Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood in fiv...

French Sculptor and Painter Edgar Degas

In five pages Degas is discussed in a consideration of two of his most famous paintings 'Women with Chrysanthemums' and 'Dancer on...

Canada's First French-Speaking Prime Minister/Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurie was Canadas first francophone, that is, French-speaking, prime minister in Canadian history ("Wilfrid Laurier Biogr...

French Cooking

kosher (Levy, 2000). Again, in this particular recipe, the ingredient is store bought, but many local people do make their own. I...

A Comparison Between the British and French Governments

that of Britain. In France, there is the idea that the power is with the people, but in Britain there is a sense that one institut...

Comparative Analysis of Spanish and French Languages

In two pages this essay provides a comparative analysis of these two Romance languages. There is no bibliography included....

Contrast and Comparison of Spanish and French Languages II

In four pages an expansion of Frenspa2.wps that provides more background in this 2 language comparison is presented. There is no ...