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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette. Myth and Reality. Background. Born November 1755 to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I Emperor of Germany . Married Louis Dauphin of France in 1770, it was a political alliance as the two countries were enemies .

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Marie Antoinette

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  1. Marie Antoinette Myth and Reality.

  2. Background • Born November 1755 to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I Emperor of Germany. • Married Louis Dauphin of France in 1770, it was a political alliance as the two countries were enemies. • May 1774, Death of Louis XV and beginning of Louis XIV reign. • October 14-16th 1793 her trial and execution.

  3. The Queen of Vice • Prostitute- Portrayed in pamphlets as governed by her desires influences men with her sexuality. • Lesbian- According to the press she had many female lovers from the nobility. To her men came second. • Incest- Apparently her brother deflowered her. • These images were propagated by the press for reasons of emasculation and that men were losing their power in politics.

  4. Shows Marie Antoinette's arrival in France as emerging from pandora’s box.

  5. Non-human Images • The animal – The press portrayed Marie-Antoinette as ruled only by her own sexual and savage instincts, incapable of rational thought. • Lover of Blood – Depicted as blood-thirsty unifying her sexual desires with her violent and evil nature. • Stemmed from the fact that she was a powerful woman and her Austrian and German heritage.

  6. An engraving of Marie Antoinette as a serpent- 1792

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