Cathrine The Great 2

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the criticism Catherine kept a stiff upper lip and did not say anything. The empress was cruel to Catherine and yet she continued to be nice and obey the empress. Catherine began to have less freedom and was isolated by Elizabeth slowly everyone that she knew were sent away. The empress dismissed “ one of Catherine’s maids, Maria Zhukova, whose only crime was that she had been completely devoted to her mistress. Shortly after Catherine’s first chamberlain, Zahar was also dismissed.” (Troyat 56). Catherine was also “forbidden to write to anyone without going through the College of Foreign Affairs.” (Troyat 59). The empress continued to make life hard for Catherine by not even letting Catherine hold her child after birth or allow her to see him. Catherine said, “ my sprit was too proud, and the very idea of being unfortunate was unbearable to me.” ( Troyat 90). She avoided asking to see her son because she knew that it was to be like ...

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