Bastille

On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. It demonstrated people power that was derived from the Tennis Court Oath and how they finally retaliated against the corrupt systems of the ancient regime, “people bravely faced death…women…even the children…

The French Revolution of 1789 is an important event in history because it became a highly influential and well-known turning point in French History through the storming of Bastille and the execution of King Louis. Although the American Revolution was an important event in history, the French Revolution is even more important because France wouldn’t have been financially stable, if it hadn’t happened. France’s involvement in the American Revolution left itself on the brink of bankruptcy. With…

powder. They knew that the Bastille, a prison that held citizens opposing the monarchy, had lots of powder sitting in it, and decided to attack it. To their advantage, the prison was only guarded by a few soldiers when they attacked it. The governor, Marquis Bernard-Rene de Launay, feared the revolutionaries, and agreed to meet with representatives inside the Bastille, in order to buy time for the rescue team to come and save them. But when the revolutionaries entered the Bastille, the guards…

Three cause of the French Revolution would the Resentment of the royal absolutism, the crazy unmanageable national debt, and the food shortage. The Resentment of the royal absolution was when there was no Monarchy put in to in to place during that time. People during that time wanted to voice their problems and issues. At that time the king could do anything in his power at his time. The crazy Unmanageable National Debt caused there system to be very inequitable of the taxes. Lastly the Food…

Through learning about the French and the Russian Revolutions, it is proved that these revolutions shared many similarities when it comes to phases and characteristics of the revolutions themselves. The pre-revolutionary French government, similar to the Russian, was an absolute monarchy. Which means that the King shares the power with no one else beside himself and God. The Estate-General was one major cause of the French Revolution. The people of the French society were broken up into three…

Hope, rebirth, and sacrifice are all natural born instincts of a human being. All people hope for the things they want, including renewal or rebirth, and sacrifice part of their lives for the ones they love. These instincts enable people to stay alive and live happy lives. In A Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens reveals this truth that the spiritual lives of all people depend upon the hope of rebirth or renewal through the events of Charles Darnay sacrificing his dignity when…

The first things that come to mind when one thinks of imprisonment are often bars, shackles and chains. However, this is not always how imprisonment manifests itself. A person can feel trapped within their own mind, trapped by familial obligation or by the choices they’ve made, without ever laying eyes on a cell. Charles Dickens demonstrates this type of non physical imprisonment in A Tale of Two Cities. Throughout the novel, Dickens builds on the idea of non physical imprisonment, specifically…

“Daniel in the Den” by Bastille, is a song that references the book of Daniel, specifically chapter six where Daniel is in the lion den (Daniel 6: 10-19), and when Daniel’s friends are thrown into a fiery furnace (Daniel 3:23). In the biblical story, the king has signed a document that says no one was allowed to prey to anyone, human being or divine, for thirty days or else they were thrown into a lion’s den (Daniel 5:7). Daniel, even though he knew this was signed, prayed to God anyway…

Third estate had rebelled against the government in the past. For example, the Flour War of 1775. The Flour War were a series of riots spread across the country, and only calmed down after the intervention of militants. Thus, by the time the Fall of Bastille came around, the people of Paris had already lost all hope in and admiration for their monarch. This proved to be extremely unfortunate for the nobles as the country was in a state of…

Diction is extremely prevalent in this excerpt from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. In this text about the violent storming of the Bastille, Dickens uses diction to help the reader visualize the transition from the anticipation of the mob to the chaos and anarchy of the battle. During the beginning of the passage when people were gathering around the streets in preparation for the ensuing violence, Dickens uses language such as “vast dusky mass (1)” , “forest of naked arms (5)”, and “…