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The Faceoff

By Paarth Sharma &

Olivia O'Farrell

Marie Antoinette

vs

Catherine the Great

How were they as people different?

Countries

Experiences growing up

  • Both countries were not very fond of foreigners, which made life for both of them tough
  • France was swirling into collapse during Antoinette's time and she did nothing to help, while Catherine stopped many potential disasters for Russia

Differences

  • Catherine the Great was much more studious and ambitious. She loved reading and learned Russian.
  • Marie Antoinette loved spending money on extravagant purchases and wearing makeup and crazy, big hair styles.
  • Unlike Catherine, Marie Antoinette was barely literate.

  • Catherine was well educated
  • Marie had an easy, uneducated childhood
  • Catherine wanted to learn and was very mature for her age

Summary

Similarites

  • Marie just wanted to have fun and live an extravagant life

Marie Antoinette

She was born in 1755

She was born the princess of Austria

Enjoyed the relaxed environment of the Schonbrünn Palace

She went to France to mary Louis the XVI at the age of 14.

Catherine the Great

She was born in 1729 in Prussia

Catherine's mother had little interest in her. Her mother showed most interest in her brother who died at the age of 12.

She went to Russia in 1744 at the age of 15.

  • Marie spent money on herself and put herself first
  • She improved the conditions for serfs, and tried to help the people, put her country first
  • They were both women who made a name for themselves in an era when women were not treated equally
  • Both were foreign princesses being married off to men that did not like them very much

Catherine the Great and Marie Antoinette were both European princesses in the same era, however; they were very different. Marie Antoinette upset her people with her extravagant life, leaving others starving. Catherine the Great was a smart, ambitious young women that was believed to have orchestrated her own husbands death when she got the chance, realizing he was an incompetent leader and a bad husband.

Works Cited

"Catherine the Great." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014. Bio.com is a well known and critically acclaimed site for biographies and other information on historical figures

"Marie Antoinette - Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. Bio.com is a well-known and acclaimed source for finding out more about the lives of historical figures

"Marie Antoinette Online Forum - Catherine the Great." Marie Antoinette Online Forum. University of Chicago, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. This is a forum dedicated to Marie Antoinette and her life, used by people who have a keen understanding of who she was, sponsored by University of Chicago

"Marie-Antoinette." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2014. History.com is a well known and acclaimed source used by many people to research and learn more about history

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