Robespierre

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This paper examines Robespierre?s evolving political, social and economic beliefs and then compares the French Revolution leader's political career with the political career of Vladimir Lenin, another young revolutionary. The paper also analyzes whether these men are more appropriately called heroes, villains or neither.

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"When thirty year old Maximilien Robespierre arrived at Versailles to represent the Third Estate of Artois, he seemed an unlikely revolutionary. In his home town of Arras, he was known as a solid, though not particularly inspiring lawyer. His manner of dress was simple and conservative. His high-pitched, atonal voice placed him at a disadvantage as an orator. He was not, however, entirely lacking in strengths. According to Jordan, Robespierre loved words and had a gift for stringing them together into stirring sentences . Furthermore, he was persistent, making speeches on a variety of issues in spite of his own fears and the jeering of hecklers. Finally, he carried in his mind and heart a glowing vision of a just, economically stable, democratic post-revolutionary France."

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