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Maximilien Robespierre
Robespierre
also: Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), dominant figure of the Committee of Public Safety during the Terror. In scene 9 he outmaneuvers Danton/Adam and sends him to the guillotine, only to face the same fate within months — as Adam prophesies.
Reading notes
- The Tragedy of Man §9 Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), dominant figure of the Committee of Public Safety during the Terror. In scene 9 he outmaneuvers Danton/Adam and sends him to the guillotine, only to face the same fate within months — as Adam prophesies.