Therefore, Maria was an innocent victim of the French corruption that nicknamed her Madame Deficit despite she often gave examples of almsgiving. As Campan observed in her Memoirs of Maria Antoinette, when she married the dauphin, Maria Antoinette was a frightened adolescence who had to defend herself from the enemies of the court. And it was exactly “the mistreatment undergo everyday that made her decide to enjoy life, organize parties, look beautiful and avoid the senseless rule of the French etiquette.”12 Those logical wishes for a 19 year old were used by pamphlets as a way to damage even more the reputation of Maria Antoinette. In fact they exaggerated by assuring that “in one day Maria was able to spend more money than a thousand peasants living in Paris.”13 This was a pure calumny. Though it must be admitted that when Maria Antoinette became queen she refused to understand the privileges that came with the position, she was not the responsible for the poverty and the high inflation of France.
So, I should point out the things which I have found interesting in this respect: image of Eliduc as a knight; role of women in medieval society; Christianity influence on society and literature. When I heard a word “knight” I have associations with courage, valour, courtliness, civility and respectful attitude to women. But to tell the truth I do not like Eliduc. I think he acts unworthily many times: when he falls out of favour with the king, he goes to Exeter and leaves his wife Guildelueec behind so that others can take care of her; Eliduc falls in love with princess Guilliadun, which enables him to keep faith to his wife; he carries the princess off without the knowledge of her father; on returning he lies to his wife and (what shocks me most) when Guildelueec knows about Guilliadun Eliduc does not apologizes to her. Eliduc breaks courtly love rules.
The power of the factions was mainly determined by the woman in Henry's life at the time. Due to Henry's Marriage to Catherine Howard between 1540 -1542 the conservative faction had the upper hand. She had been a key player in Norfolk's scheme to lure Henry away from Cromwell to ensure the rise of the conservative faction. However, the power of the conservatives was short lived as the fall of Catherine Howard was disastrous for Norfolk and the conservative faction. In 1543 a very weak and ill Henry married his last wife, Catherine Parr.
The main issue was his fall out with one of his nobles, Warwick. This fall out started with the Woodville marriage in 1464, Warwick thought that any strong, respected King should have a wife. This fall out was due to the fact that Warwick was a huge fan of arranged marriages with foreign princess, especially with French princesses because it keeps the peace between England and France. It was important to keep the peace with France because Margaret of Anjou was over there and by keeping peace with France it was likely that the King would support Edward instead of Margaret because Margaret wanted to overthrow Edward. But Edward felt as though he was being dominated by Warwick and he wasn’t happy with this because he hated being dominated by anybody, he felt that to be a strong King he should be independent and make all decisions himself.
(Page 282 lines 127-130). She has been married multiple times which back in the medieval times and even now a day that is unacceptable. She is also looking for her sixth husband. Back in the old days being sexual active came only after one is married and not supposed to be for pleasure but to reproduce (Lines 69-75). She then compares herself to those who live by society the "right" way, those are perfect people and she is not perfect so she does as she pleases (Lines 105-120).
Margaret Macomber’s love for her husband is debatable at best. She seems much more interested in flirting with their guide, Robert Wilson, than in encouraging her husband. In fact, she is brazen and unabashed about her sexual dalliance with Wilson and taunts her husband with it. Hemingway writes that she is “an extremely handsome and well-kept woman.” The phrase “well-kept” is particularly revealing in its multiple meanings. On one hand, Margot is fashionable and presents herself well.
A theme in the story is “Overcoming Society, Family and Judgment” because everybody in Verona knows about the feud and Juliet still loves Romeo. She also knows people would judge having a relationship with a Montague in general. Why is she daring to have a relationship
Why is this hurtful to her? The Nurse’s advice was just to go along with the marriage arrangements because Paris was a good guy, handsome and wealthy also Romeo and Juliet would never be together again for they lived in different cities. “Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the
Hermia is the desired. With two handsome and well respected men of Athenian sociality, Lysander and Demetrius, yearning for her heart, and her love. Egeus, her father, gives orders under Athenian law that she marries Demetrius, and if opposed then she must enter a convent and become a nun, or die. Hermia’s eye is on Lysander, and in order to be together, the must out run the Athenian law, so they plan to run away, taking risks on their love. Helena, whose name is derived from Helen of Troy, is more of a soft and neglected character, unlike Helen of Troy, who was in the spotlight, so much so armies were sent to bring her back from Troy.
The Theme of Conformity In The Great Gatsby by, F. Scott Fitzgerald, conformity is brought on by Daisy. In those days, men were still seen as superior to women. She mentioned that she felt it was better to be a beautiful fool and get the man with all the wealth, then to be intelligent. She pretends to be a picture perfect wife even when she is completely unhappy with her life and ends up forgetting whom she really was before, therefore conforming to society. We could see that she has attributes that go beyond what everyone else sees.