The French revolution and the Haitian revolution had many similarities. In 1791 The French and Haitian revolutions coexisted both trying to overthrow the French Government . The French at this time were in the process of making a new government based on equal rights by making a new constitution. At the same time in Haiti an outraged enslaved population were getting ideals from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and were about to take action of their own. The French revolution and the Haitian alike began with inspiration from prior revolutions and their ideology (such as the American revolution).
The Monarchy’s absolute rule and ancient regime were tested by the growing influence of the Enlightenment, which challenged traditional ways and ideas. Lavish spending and irrational mistakes made by the royal family worsened the nations ongoing economic debt, installing fear and famine in the lives of French citizens. In the face of a changing world, the old order succumbed to its own rigidity, falling to the ambitions of a rising bourgeoisie. These significant long-term causes created an atmosphere of discontent and confusion in France, allowing an angry and frustrated Third Estate to utilise the Estates-General meeting to their advantage. It was this event that lit the spark for the Revolution of France.
The ideas of the intellectual of the Enlightment brought democratic reforms. The inequality of the social classes caused dissatisfaction between the peasants and nobles. The political factors of having an Absolute Monarchy also influenced the coming of the French Revolution. On the eve of revolution, France was an absolute monarchy. Absolutism is a political system in which rulers have complete power over the government and the lives of people in their nation.
Maximillien Robespierre was a man with drastic reformatory aspirations. He considered the general will to be a necessity and resorted to the Terror because he wished to create a temporary dictatorship in order to save the Republic. He praised the revolution and disguised the gruesomeness of his actions and intentions by reasoning that the Terror was virtuous since it defended the Republic. The Jacobins were liberal radicalists who wished for a central government, control over the economy, and universal suffrage. With the replacement of the Girondins faction in 1793, the Jacobins had complete control of the National Convention, and France as a nation.
Francois-Marie Arouet, also known very well by his pen name Voltaire was an intelligent writer of the Age of Enlightenment and also a French Philosopher. His superior intellect, prudence, and writing style made him one of the greatest influential writers and philosophers of his time, even though he attracted a lot of dissension. Francois, with his forthright personality was a supporter of the social reform, in spite of the strict laws and tyrannical punishments; he still used his works to denounce Catholic dogma and French Institutions. Along with Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and John Locke, Francois influenced all thinkers in the French Revolutions and even in America. Being a prolific writer, he constructed over 21,000 letters and
The Philosophes planted the seeds for the French Revolution. Their goals were to expose and destroy the inequalities of the ancient regime (old order). The political discontent of France was one of the causes of the Revolution. In the 17th and 18th centuries, France was ruled by an absolute government. The king had all the political powers.
The Philosophes planted the seeds for the French Revolution. Their goals were to expose and destroy the inequalities of the ancient regime (old order). The political discontent of France was one of the causes of the Revolution. In the 17th and 18th centuries, France was ruled by an absolute government. The king had all the political powers.
Many of Wilde’s works feature a dandy, and in many cases, the dandy stands in for the author. As the Wildean dandy’s life is a work of art, he represents the ideal of the Aesthetic movement of which Wilde was a spokesman and figurehead. Wilde’s innovation was to make his dandies heroes with whom the audience can identify. His dandies are often profoundly good and moral people (such as Lord Goring in his play An Ideal Husband). Unlike the dandies of tradition, Wilde’s dandies are not meant to be laughed at; rather, in their role of a truthful observer of society and individuals, they point to what is ridiculous or hypocritical, and the audience laughs with them.
Fraternity means the brotherhood with all men. This belief was shown at the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 (freedictionary, 2012). Other factors contributed to the rise of the French Revolution, such as the American Revolution, democracy, technology, and the political hubris of the French government. Hubris Hubris is defined as extreme arrogance or pride. Hubris usually marks a loss of reality and a point at which one overestimates one’s own realistic capabilities.
During the pre-revolution, France was governed under King Louis XVI’s arbitrary power and, by convention, ruled with an unshared sovereignty as portrayed with the King’s solitary figure in his portrait in the coronation robes he wore in 1775, representing his independent personal authority. The King’s reign, together with his wife, Queen Marie-Antoinette, initiated well as the masses welcomed the young new couple with much enthusiasm. Unfortunately, their popularity quickly dwindled ensued by the economic unrest and the famine during the 1780s when finance and lifestyle was particularly a struggle for people in the Third Estate. As exemplified in R. Darnton’s article on the 200th anniversary of the Revolution, 1989, supported by Arthur Young’s statement in 1789, Queen Marie-Antoinette was primarily put at fault for France’s financial crisis for her general extravagance and notorious desire for luxury. Furthermore, in a society in pursuit of a more egalitarian community, the royal family’s flamboyant lifestyle in the Palace of Versailles, where a farm was built specially for the queen’s entertainment, caused the citizens to abhor Marie Antoinette all the more; depicted in R. Tames’ ‘The