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Connecting Alexis Bledel and Charles Darwin



Alexis Bledel American actress and model
Bledel co-starred opposite James McAvoy and Robin Wright in the historical drama '' The Conspirator'' directed by Robert Redford.

Robert Redford American actor and film director (born 1936)
Most recently, Sundance Productions produced ''Chicagoland (CNN)'', ''Cathedrals of Culture'' (Berlin Film Festival), '' The March (PBS)'' and Emmy nominee ''All The President's Men Revisited'' (Discovery), Isabella Rossellini's ''Green Porno Live!'', and ''To Russia With Love'' on Epix.

Isabella Rossellini Italian actress
Joined onstage by various animals portrayed by Pan, her trained dog, Rossellini transforms herself into Aristotle, Descartes, B.F. Skinner, Charles Darwin, and more, to deliver a vivid monologue about the brilliance of the animal kingdom".


Alexis Bledel American actress and model
Bledel co-starred opposite James McAvoy and Robin Wright in the historical drama '' The Conspirator'' directed by Robert Redford.

James McAvoy Scottish actor
Following that, he played Irish attorney Tom Lefroy and love-interest to Jane Austen in '' Becoming Jane'', a 2007 historical movie inspired by the author's early life. Next up was '' Penelope'', which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

Jane Austen
Austen is on the £10 note which was introduced in 2017, replacing Charles Darwin.


Alexis Bledel American actress and model
She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series '' Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Emily Malek in '' The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2021).
Bledel also had a recurring role in '' Mad Men'' in 2012 and reprised her role as Rory Gilmore in the Netflix reunion miniseries '' Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life'' (2016).
She played Rory Gilmore, the daughter of Lorelai Gilmore (Graham), a single mother.

Rory Gilmore
When she is rejected, Rory is in turmoil, unable to concentrate on a final exam about John Milton’s epic poem, '' Paradise Lost,'' and generally experiencing great uncertainty about her future.

John Milton 17th-century English poet and civil servant
Fallon claims that Milton devised this position to avoid the mind-body dualism of Plato and Descartes as well as the mechanisticdeterminism of Hobbes.

René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
The view that animals were quite separate from humanity and merely machines allowed for the maltreatment of animals, and was sanctioned in law and societal norms until the middle of the 19th century.{{rp|180–214}} The publications of Charles Darwin would eventually erode the Cartesian view of animals.<ref>Spencer, J., "'Love and Hatred are Common to the Whole Sensitive Creation': Animal Feeling in the Century before Darwin," in A. Richardson, ed., ''After Darwin: Animals, Emotions, and the Mind'' (Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2013),


Alexis Bledel American actress and model
In 2005, she co-starred in the drama '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'', opposite Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively, and based on Ann Brashares' novel of the same name.

Amber Tamblyn American actress and writer
Tamblyn appeared alongside Orlando Bloom, Colin Firth, and Patricia Clarkson in the 2010 film '' Main Street'', a drama set in North Carolina.

Matthew Macfadyen
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