Horror and terror

of the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was not justified in many ways, simply because the internal threats were never all that harmful, the external threats were very weak, and the extreme methods were used in a time of need and with unnecessary physical force. It was not justified because there is absolutely no reason to kill 20,000-40,000 with the guillotine. He killed a thousand people and took away their rights. This was Robespierre’s way of trying to make peace. “Terror is nothing…

began to be one of the most imminent for the poorest people. He overcome the kings hegemony. Robespierre begins reign of terror. Robespierre was a radical, meaning he wanted change…

this request, and was taken out of power. When this occurs, the lack of power and control opens a window of time in which the citizens of Europe could fight for what they want. Thus causing the Reign of Terror. Mass amounts of death occurred, leaving every man to fight for themselves. The Reign of Terror was justified in sense that it…

Night Terrors I usually wake up screaming. They called night terrors. In the middle of the night you will wake up and bolt upright in bed, screaming as loud as you’re able. After a night terror the person will simply lie back down and fall asleep, just like that. They don’t remember anything the next morning. The real victims are the family. For a husband who hears his wife 's screams next to him. For a daughter to hear her mother scream through the walls as though she were being murdered in…

who created the reign of terror. The reign of terror lasted from 1793-1794. Robespierre felt that the only way to win the revolution is to kill inner and outer enemy forces. He would behead everyone who he thought was against the revolution. About 17,000 people were executed during the reign of terror. The national convention turned on the committee of public safety and they arrested Robespierre. He was executed the next day. After Robespierre died and the reign of terror was gone, there was a…

The French Revolution’s ‘Reign of Terror’ was unjustified in both the context in which it was created and in retrospect. The reign of terror was used by Maximilien Robespierre to consolidate his own power and influence in the country and provided no productive solutions to many major underlying socio-economic issues. It also led to the ultimate downfall of everything the French Revolution stood for as a result of the thousands of wrongful public executions and convictions. Maximilien…

Throughout history, the expectations and duties of women have evolved immensely. In some societies women have been confined to the four walls of their homes, and in others women have stood as the heads of government. The role of women in the French Revolution is a complicated one, and it may seem as though these females carried out a multitude of functions. Indeed, women during this era engaged in a diverse array of activities and movements, ranging from dressing in patriotic garb, to writing…

and together with his alliances, arrested and accused The Enrages of revolt against the Convention and the people of Paris. On July 1794 and for five months, Robespierre established a dictatorship in which the executions started to increase and the terror in France was growing bigger in fear every day that passed. During this time, any individual who broke the laws was suspected of opposing the rules, they were arrested and executed on the guillotine, without trial in most cases. During this…

member’s Maximilien Robespierre help to shape the revolution’s directions, and even the direction toward “The Terror.” Abbé Sieyès wrote “What is the Third Estate? Everything.” in 1789, at the dawn of the revolution. The “Report on the Principles of Political Morality” was a speech delivered on behalf of The Committee for Public Safety by Robespierre on 5 February 1794, close to the end of the Terror. Both these historical documents have continuities. Abbé Sieyès, “What Is the Third Estate?” and…

When does the justified become the inexcusable? The Reign of Terror was a period in which the innocent people of France could be executed for having a controversial opinion from a government that prided itself on the natural rights it was offering these people. Murdering half a million to save a government structure that is supposed to be dependent on the people cannot be excused as a mere sacrifice to save the revolution. The revolutionary government that was presiding over France was going…