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Line 1: {{~~trope~~Useful Notes}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:~~170px~~Labille-~~Robespierre03~~Guiard Robespierre.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px]]}} A'''Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre''' was a major figure of the [[The French Revolution\|French Revolution]]. A lawyer from the town of Arras, he was an advocate of human rights as defined by Rousseau, whom he admired deeply. As a "lawyer for the common people", he gained respect and prominence among the locals, who eventually elected him to represent them in the Estates-General, France's pre-revolutionary representative body. Shortly after the Estates-General convened in 1789, the Revolution began with the Tennis Court Oath, in which the representatives of the common people decided to push for a constitution and governmental reform for France. Robespierre was influential in the formation of the intended new government and became a prominent member of the radical Jacobin Club (political "clubs" were in some ways parallel to political parties in modern democratic states). During the short lived constitutional monarchy, many revolutionaries including the Girondin advocated going to war in order to spread the ideas of the French Revolution. Robespierre took a hardline stance against the war, warning that, "No one loves armed missionaries." However, despite his protests France declared war a few months later on Austria and Prussia. Line 14: Personally, Robespierre was a slight, somewhat fastidious man who maintained immaculate dress and cleanliness at all times, although said dress was perpetually worn and out of fashion. His nickname was "The Incorruptible," and it was not ironic in any way. One biography of Robespierre is entitled "Fatal Purity." A highly controversial person, the level of sympathy allotted to him depends on the work. Compare with [[~~Richardof~~Richard of Gloucester]], the English king similarly known for falling anywhere between [[Complete Monster]] and [[Silent Scapegoat]] depending on the author's perspective. It's worth noting that many of the morality tropes listed here differ in different works/character representations. {{~~hardline~~creatortropes}} * [[Affably Evil]]: While whether he was good, evil, or somewhere in between has been widely debated for a long time, just about everyone agrees that he was always a genuinely pleasant man. ~~=== Provides examples of: ===~~ * [[A God Am I]]: During the Festival of the Supreme Being, as he came down with the festival procession, Jacques-Alexis Thuriot is quoted as saying "Look at the bugger; it's not enough for him to be master, he has to be God."▼ * [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: in different works. * [[Anti -Villain]] ** [[Anti -Hero]]: Type III during the first years of the revolution, type IV after the murder of [[The Lancer\|Marat]] and type V during his last year. * [[Asexual]]: One popular theory. * [[The Dandy]] Line 31 ⟶ 29: * [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Robespierre and his friend-turned-political-enemy Camille Desmoulins were schoolmates, and even classmates. Robespierre then had Camille Desmoulins' head off. Napoleon and Robes' younger brother Augustin were friends, as well. In fact Robespierre served as best man at Desmoulin's wedding. Also, he was the best Latin student at his school. This meant he was supposed to give a welcoming speech to the newly crowned.... King Louis XVI * [[French Revolution]]: Obviously.▼ * [[Full -Circle Revolution]]: His downfall was related to one.▼ ▲* [[A God Am I]]: During the Festival of the Supreme Being, as he came down with the festival procession, Jacques-Alexis Thuriot is quoted as saying "Look at the bugger; it's not enough for him to be master, he has to be God." * [[God Is Dead]]: He took part to the dechristianisation of France when he tried to establish the ''Cult of Reason and the Supreme Being''. It didn't work, because of France's strong Catholic roots. * [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He was actually against death penalty in his younger ages but during the French Revolutionary Wars, he began to use the guillotine against France's enemies, including the royal family. [[It Got Worse]] when Marat was murdered by a royalist. * [[Historical Domain Character]] - [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] in most works. * [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: He was eventually executed via guillotine, the fate he and his regime assigned to so many others.▼ ▲* [[French Revolution]]: Obviously. * [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Going from 'lawyer highly respected by the common people' to 'main figure in a [[Reign of Terror]] who winds up being [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard\|Hoisted By His Own Petard]]' would be bad enough, but a little bit of [[Verbal Irony\|irony]] makes it [[It Got Worse\|worse]]: in the early phases of the Revolution, Robespierre wrote a little pamphlet about ''how the death penalty is wrong, and should not be used''.<ref>He went very quickly from 'maybe it can be justified, in certain extreme circumstances' to 'it is a useful tool', thus ''Jumping Off'' The Slippery Slope</ref>.▼ ▲* [[Full Circle Revolution]]: His downfall was related to one. ▲* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: He was eventually executed via guillotine, the fate he and his regime assigned to so many others. ▲* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Going from 'lawyer highly respected by the common people' to 'main figure in a [[Reign of Terror]] who winds up being [[Hoist By His Own Petard\|Hoisted By His Own Petard]]' would be bad enough, but a little bit of [[Verbal Irony\|irony]] makes it [[It Got Worse\|worse]]: in the early phases of the Revolution, Robespierre wrote a little pamphlet about ''how the death penalty is wrong, and should not be used''<ref>He went very quickly from 'maybe it can be justified, in certain extreme circumstances' to 'it is a useful tool', thus ''Jumping Off'' The Slippery Slope</ref>. ** More generally, his actions throughout his revolutionary career were directed at creating a just society and preserving a nation in crisis. He jumped off the slope (according to some) by using terror to achieve this. * [[Just the First Citizen]]: deputy and Member of the Committee of Public Safety Line 44 ⟶ 43: * [[Moe]]: Especially in fanart. * [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: at the beginning of his political career, journalists chronicling the goings-on at the National Assemby called him everything from Robespierrot to Robests-piesse, Robertz-Pierre to Rabesse-Pierre. * [[Off ~~With~~with His Head]]: His Terror regime brought many, ''many'' people to the guillotine. And it was his ultimate fate. * [[Overly Long Name]]: see Unfortunate Names below. * [[Pure Is Not Good]] Line 57 ⟶ 56: ---- ~~===~~ {{examples\|Works featuring this character~~: ===~~}} * ''[[Rose of Versailles (Manga)\|Rose of Versailles]]'' * ''[[LeRose ~~Chevalier~~of ~~d'Eon (Anime)\|Le Chevalier d'Eon~~Versailles]]'' * ''[[Le Chevalier d'Eon]]'' * ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (~~Literature~~novel)\|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' * ''[[Look to ~~The West (Literature)\|Look to The~~the West]]'' (Though it's actually an [[Alternate History]] "brother", Jean-Baptiste Robespierre) * ''[[~~Requiem Chevalier Vampire (Comic Book)\|~~Requiem Chevalier Vampire]]'' * [[~~Victor Hugo (Creator)\|~~Victor Hugo]]'s ''93'' * ''A Place of Greater Safety'' * ''The Black Book'' Line 72: * ''The Snow Palace'' * ''The Gods are Thirsty'' * ''[[~~The Sandman (Comic Book)\|~~The Sandman]]'', "Thermidor" * The ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Reign of Terror" * ''[[~~Honor Harrington (Literature)\|~~Honor Harrington]]'' has the Havenite political leader Rob S. Pierre running the Committee of Public Safety. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Historical Domain Character]] [[Category:~~Maximilien Robespierre~~Politicians]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Lawyers]] [[Category:Examples Need Sorting]]