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Women in the French Cinema of Jean Luc Godard and Louis Malle

In ten sources this paper examines women's roles in the films by these French auteurs with mise en scene among the topics of discu...

Playwright and Actor Moliere

In ten pages the life and times of this renowned 17th century French playwright and actor are recounted. Ten sources are cited in...

Women's Role in Candide by Voltaire and Tartuffe by Moliere

anyone else get a word in edgewise; so much as a "But, Mother" elicits an accusation of impudence. This is a very funny opening sc...

Parents in the Fiction of Guy de Maupassant

In five pages this paper examines the French author's short stories 'Mademoiselle Fifi' and 'Boule de Suif' in terms of how they r...

Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit

In five pages this paper examines the theme of freedom to make individual choices as depicted in No Exit, a 1944 play by French Ex...

Mining Women of 19th Century France and Germinal by Emile Zola

sort of enterprise, and his spouses role is to stay home and tend to the upbringing of the children. Children in bourgeois familie...

Michael Foucault vs. Frantz Fanon on Minorities

French writers Michel Foucault and Frantz Fanon are seminal philosophers in the empowerment of minority populations. This research...

Mysterious Presence of Sarah Woodruff in The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

In five pages this paper examines the emotional distance of Sarah as perceived by the author as well as the protagonist Charles. ...

Le Chambon's Heroic People and Pastor Andre Trocme

In five pages the struggles of these villagers and their French Protestant minister as chronicled in Lest Innocent Blood be Shed b...

Colonization of the English and French

In six pages the colonization that the English and French began during the sixteenth centuries and has continued until today is ex...

Marguerite Duras' Novella The Lover and 'Requited Love'

In five pages this paper discusses the impossible love between an impoverished French girl and an aristocratic Chinese man in Indo...

French Absolute Monarchy and Renaissance of Europe

In seven pages this paper discusses the Renaissance of Europe in terms of its impact regarding France's absolute monarchy and on t...

France's Revolutions of 1789 and 1815

This paper consists of seven pages and contrasts these French Revolutions in terms of their differences. Nine sources are cited i...

English and French Governments

In six pages this paper discusses these countries' post Crusades rises to power in a consideration of aristocracy, feudalism, and ...

Nobility of France and Louis the Fourteenth's Influence

In four pages this research paper examines Madame de Sevigne's letters and Moliere's Tartuffe in a consideration of how the French...

Comparative Analysis of the Third French Republic and Germany's Weimar Republic

a great deal of support for the republic. The anti republican conservative German National Peoples Party and German Peoples Party ...

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...

French Composer Darius Milhaud

In five pages this prominent twentieth century composer is examined in terms of his life and more than four hundred works. Four s...

French Composer Maurice Ravel

In five pages this research paper examines Ravel and considers the similarities and differences between his compositions and those...

Vows and Medieval French Monks

In six pages this paper examines whether or not the Medieval monks of France honored their vows of silence, obedience, poverty, an...

Einhard's Charlemagne

In a paper consisting of nine pages Charlemagne's contemporary world significance is considered within the context of Einhard's hi...

Comparing and Contrasting Patterns of Communication in Films Cousin, Cousine, and Cousins

In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...

Charles Baudelaire's Poetry

In eight pages this paper examines the 20th century modernist influence wielded by the 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire...

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Political Writings

In eight pages this paper considers 4 political writings by French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau. Three sources are cited in ...

Society, the Individual, and Jean Jacques Rousseau

In four pages this paper discusses the relationship between society and the individual as conceptualized by Jean Jacques Rousseau ...

Fur Trade During the Eighteenth Century

In five pages this paper discusses the Canadian fur trade of the eighteenth century and the competition between the British and Fr...

Napoleon III's Life and Reign

In fifteen pages this paper examines the life and reign of French Emperor Napoleon III. There are 11 sources cited in the bibliog...

The Leadership of Napoleon Analyzed

In six pages Napoleon's rule is compared to the kingship he replaced and there is also a discussion of Europe during the time of t...

Reform and Napoleon Bonaparte

In five pages this paper examines Napoleon as a French leader and questions whether or not he contributed to any type of significa...

Battle of Dien Bien Phu Between the Vietminh and the French

In five pages this battle that brought an end to Europe's involvement in Vietnam is examined....