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the Girondins. By the summer of 1793, sixty out of eighty-three departments had joined the rebellion against the government .
Faced with such immense problems, on April the 6th, the Convention set up an emergency group called the Committee of Public Safety. This was quite a contradiction of terms, as on September the 17th “The Law of Suspects” came into effect. “ The Law of Suspects” started a period referred to as the “Reign of Terror”. During this period groups of citizens in every town were required to write up lists of people suspected of opposing the government. Citizens of whatever sex, age, or condition were ruthlessly executed purely for being suspected of opposing the government; “public safety” was in fact at an all time low. Marat was vocal in support of the executions, and this was what ultimately led to his demise. On July 13th 1793 Charlotte Corday, a woman with Girondin sympathies gained entry to Marat’s apartment and murdered him.
Subsequently Jacques-Louis David ...

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events. One of his most famous is that of “The Oath the Horatii” . In this painting David depicts precisely what the French Revolution came to represent. The painting depicts three brothers declaring that they would fight to their death as champions of their city against that of a rival city, for the common good of the people . The subject of The Oath of the Horatii is dedication and sacrifice .

This same theme was present in David’s portrayal of Marat. David shows a Marat who sacrificed his life for the people of his country. In his hand Marat holds a letter. In the letter Corday pleads for assistance. This is an historical inaccuracy by David, showing the problems of representing ...

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