Paper Update
The research for my topic has continued to progress slowly. Both the question and hypothesis remain the same as of now, though I am sure they will continue to change slightly as I further my research. For the past few weeks I have focused on finding more primary documents from the French Court that highlighted Marie Antoinette. I have found a journal entitled Memoirs of Madame de La Tour du Pin, which was written by Henrietta-Lucy Dillon. Along with details of her life before and during the French Revolution, Madame de La Tour du Pin also mentions Marie Antoinette in regards to her unpopularity with the French Court. She does not refrain from making negative comments about the Queen either.
Though this memoir will help me in my paper, I really wanted to find primary sources from males in the French Court during this time. I found quite a few references to pamphlets that spoke harshly of Marie Antoinette, but have not yet located them. While searching for these, I stumbled upon an interesting memoir from the Count de Segur. I briefly looked through his account, The Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Count de Segur, and found that he became fairly close to the Queen. He is interesting because, from what I was able to read, he contradicts himself about his view of the Queen, portraying her as generous on one page, while degrading her as flighty on the next. His memoir will require further analysis and could possibly make a great addition to my paper.