Storming of the Bastille

It is difficult to inaccurately represent people or events tied to the Revolution without mentioning some of the precursing events; such as the bread shortages, the storming of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, all of which mentioned in the film. The first mention of the economy is when King Louis debates whether or not to aid the Americans in their Revolution. One of his advisors mentions that the Crown does not have…

Although the French Revolution actually began with the Storming of the Bastille, peasants and other revolutionaries gradually planned their coup multiple years before. The Defarges’ wine shop in Saint Antoine serves as the undercover meeting place for gathering and dispensing information regarding the revolution. Although…

The French Revolution made monsters out of the kindest of people, it was a time where anyone in the higher classes was in critical danger at all times, and the only way to survive was to rebel. Though not every monster in the revolution was committed to introducing the Guillotine. Individuals like Madame Defarge, although she is not expected to fight, was a major character due to her unabiding cruelty and diligent support of the Revolution. Throughout the story, she changes her roles at every…

The French Revolution sought to end the reign of the Estates. The Estates were a set of three classes. Within the first estate was the high clergy, which was equivalent to 1% of the population. The Second Estate held the Nobles, 2% of the population. The Third estate was composed of everyone else, including merchants and farmers, so close to 97% of the population. This system only favored the First and Second Estate. When it came to voting, each Estate only had one vote, and the First and Second…

French Revolution Feminism Despite the various events that happened during the French Revolution, such as the fall of Bastille, March on Versailles, and the Reign of Terror, women still prevailed and fought for their rights in a sexist and misogynist world. On October 4, 1789, a crowd of women marched towards Versailles demanding bread for their families. Fewer than two years later, in 1791, Marie Gouze, or better known as Olympes de Gouges, proposed a reform platform to the French National…

Thousands of women marching to protest the high price and rarity of bread, the Reign of Terror in which tens of thousands were decreased, the Storming of the Bastille Prison- all were a part of one of the most significant revolutions in the west. The French Revolution of 1789 was based off of social classes. France was divided into three groups called estates. The First Estate was made up of clergymen, who owned 10% of land in France, and the Second Estate was nobility and royalty. They owned…

The novel A Tale of Two Cities follows the growth and complexity of Madame Defarge as the plot develops and changes over time. Her seemingly insignificant role in the beginning of the novel quickly shifts to the evolution of a predominant character. As a strong woman of the French Revolution, she possesses a number of allies and motives related to the cause. Madame Defarge and her husband own a wine shop in France that is introduced with the vivid scene of wine spilled all over the streets along…

French, The country was finally becoming nationalistic. The country finally was starting to take control of their own lives and things were starting to change. They wanted to become a democratic state. With that things started to get bad. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 immediately became a symbol of French nationalism. It showed that people were really starting to take citizenship of them selfs and not relying on the King. The French Revolution took 25 years of blood and hurt that…

In order to understand the effect of Napoleon Bonaparte’s role in France, it is first necessary to understand something of Napoleon’s life, understand the ideas of The Enlightenment and understand the stage upon which the French Revolution occurred. These are massive and complex topics which can receive only the most cursory of glances in a short essay. Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica, which had only belonged to France for a year at the time of his birth. It was an Italian…

Revolutions are seen by many as an inevitable part of many societies. They allow both the people and societies to progress and advance. One of these revolutions was the French Revolution, which led to the downfall of monarchies in other parts of Europe. The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s. The revolution began with people wanting small reforms, such as changes to the system of taxation; leading to a complete change, transforming every aspect of French citizen’s lives,…