Robespierre: Evil or Virtuous? “Virtue‚ without which terror is destructive; terror‚ without which virtue is impotent” (Zizek). Maximilien Robespierre said this in a speech when people were starting to question his judgment. He believed that to be only virtuous was difficult‚ and without some terror added in‚ the world would go into turmoil as no one would follow their leader. A leader has to be strong and forceful‚ and sometimes even terrifying to get their point across‚ or to get people to follow
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of Terror.[Footnote] Throughout the French revolution‚ specifically the eleven month‚ 1793-1794 Reign of Terror‚ revolutionary leaders‚ such as Maximilien Robespierre believed in enforcing fear to resolve the instability of France. “Terror is nothing else than swift‚ severe‚ indomitable justice; it flows‚ then‚ from virtue”-Maximilien Robespierre.[Footnote] This period in history signified great atrocities of massacres‚ and a time where fear was evoked within every French civilian. The National Convention
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Cromwell and Robespierre: Revolutionaries or Madmen Two leaders that wanted to do what was right for their country‚ unfortunately both leaders became corrupt with power. Cromwell and Robespierre saw their country’s falling apart by the reigning monarchy‚ they decide to start a revolution that changes England and France. Cromwell and Robespierre demonstrates their corruption through authority‚ beliefs‚ and religion. First‚ both Cromwell and Robespierre had true heroic intention when the revolution’s
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What makes a hero or a villain? A hero is defined as a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose‚ especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. By this definition‚ there existed countless heroes in America during the 1800’s with relation to slavery. There were many abolitionists‚ particularly from the North‚ that exhibited courageous attitudes. It was these heroes that taught the southerners‚ who believed their lives could only prevail if slavery survived and expanded
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Satan: Epic Hero or Villain? John Milton wrote one of the greatest epic poems of all time when he wrote Paradise Lost in 1667. The book tells about man’s creation and fall while detailing characters and the plot beyond what the Bible taught. One of these characters is Satan‚ which is one of the most argumented‚ controversial‚ and popular characters in the history of literature. The reason for controversary is the unclarity of whether or not Satan is a hero or a villain. He contains many
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Monsters and villains appeal to humans because of their primitive nature. They act as a model for the devil on our shoulder. Marvel Comic’s famous villain Loki‚ expresses similar primitive‚ instinctual habits as Grendel in the work “Beowulf”. Being born a frost giant he learned from an early age to treat every moment as though it may be his last. In order for his survival‚ others must not. Fortunately‚ Odin‚ his adopted father‚ saves him from the anarchy on the frost planet and takes Loki to Asgard
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Hoang 1 Hoang 2 Hoang 3 Lauren Hoang Mr. Hudson English I-C 19 March‚ 2014 Villain Today; Hero Tomorrow In Shakespeare’s _The Tempest_‚ the enigmatic antihero Prospero walks a fine line between sympathetic and dislikeable. An antihero is a central character in a story‚ movie‚ or drama that lacks conventional heroic attributes. Prospero possesses qualities normally not ascribed to the conventional good-guy‚ such as hypocrisy and selfishness‚ but also displays more human and identifiable traits
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Cameron Mitchell 9/28/11 Villains in Film 2nd Draft Why So Serious? In recent years‚ technology in the cinema industry has become amazingly effective in creating alternate realities for us to go see for seven dollars on a Tuesday night. For a movie villain to be successful and spark emotions from its viewers they must look the part‚ be insanely brilliant‚ and push the protagonist to the edge. The first and most obvious characteristic that makes an amazing movie villain is their appearance. When
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Fahrenheit 451’s Guy Montag: A Hero or a Villain? Unquestionably‚ all novels can convey multiple meanings depending on a variety of factors with the most important being the manner in which the audience interprets the author’s words. More importantly‚ to professionally draw conclusions concerning the message the author demonstrates throughout a text‚ it is essential to discuss and apply the five literary elements of literature to the text. In greater detail‚ when a work itself is criticized or evaluated
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As stated by Tom Hiddleston‚ “Every villain is a hero in his own mind”. Younger generations are encouraged by older generations to become respectable moral people that continuously conform to the ideas generated by society. Heroes are a symbol of conformity because they follow and do what the people desire. Villains‚ on the other hand‚ represent courage because they go against society’s ideas in order to follow what he or she believes is right. The truth is most of us live in a country of conformity
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