#antoine de saint-just

[enlitment]

Some Julius Caesar x The Danton Case Parallels to Celebrate the Ides of March, Frev Style 🔪🥳

Firstly, both Przybyszewska’s Danton Case and Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar are obviously (excellent!) tragedies that are set in a dying republic on the brink of collapse.

Here are some other interesting parallels I was able to trace:

1. Brutus and Robespierre:

Both of them are driven to execute an important figure even though they initially do not want to do it. They are both conflicted but feel like they have no other choice and have to commit the violent act for the good of the republic.

They are also arguably quite alike in terms of character: you have the „noble Brutus“ and then Robespierre, who is consistently referred to as „the Incorruptible“. Both are seen by others as selfless and committed to the good of the state (the people in the crowd very much emphasise this fact in both of the plays, I do have the receipts)

There is even the scene in which Brutus chastises Cassius for taking bribes, which plays into the idea of him as being (literally) “incorruptible” as well. And vice versa, traces of Brutus’ famed stoicism can then certainly be found in Maximilien.

2. Cassius and Saint-Just:

Both are characters who convince the protagonists (Brutus/Robespierre) to go along the violent act while not necessarily being portrayed as antagonists (at least Saint-Just definitely can't be seen as one in Przybyszewska’s play).

There are also parallels in the close relationship between Brutus and Cassius and Robespierre and Saint-Just, where they are very much portrayed as each other’s closest confidants. Of course, this idea can easily be pushed even further if one wishes to read between the lines. (There is no Camille Desmoulins in Shakespeare though)

3. Manipulating the Crowd:

I'm perhaps the most fascinated by how both Brutus and Mark Antony as well as Robespierre and Danton have the necessary rhetorical skills to manipulate the crowd of commoners (Robespierre being able to “play the crowd like an organ” very much came to my mind when I was reading Act 3 Scene 2 of the Shakespeare’s play).

Both Shakespeare and Przybyszewska portray “the court of public opinion” and how it can easily be manipulated - how opinions can be changed in the matter of minutes - in a way that is genuinely fascinating.

Specifically, the similarity between A3S2 in which people first listen to Brutus only to be immediately swayed by Mark Antony’s speech shortly after and the scene in the court in which Danton manipulates the crowd were in fact so similar in some respects that it was borderline uncanny.

The problem arises when looking for a mirror to Danton’s character in Shakespeare’s play.

4. The Case for Danton x Caesar:

It is Caesar who gets killed for being perceived as a danger to the republic

Both Caesar and Danton are portrayed as being very much beloved by the common people

Also, the idea of Danton being immortal is expressed at the end of Przybyszewka’s play, and while he does not come back literally as a ghost like Ceasar does, Robespierre nonetheless explains to Saint-Just that Danton’s spirit never truly dies.

5. The Case for Danton x Mark Antony:

If we see Danton and Robespierre as foils, Mark Antony makes more sense as a parallel to Danton (even though he does not die), since both Robespierre and Brutus as the classic ascetic/stoic archetype while Danton and Mark Antony’s are well-known for their appetite for drinking, women (or, you know, people, in the case of Mark Antony) , and the pleasures of life overall.

Both are also severely underestimated by their enemies at first, yet they prove to be quite cunning and are able to use their words skilfully to win over the public

Overall, reading both of the plays – especially the parts about manipulating the Roman public and the citizens of Paris just with the power of words – really makes me wonder if Przybyszewska read Shakespeare’s play and used it as a source of inspiration. It would make sense, especially given how the parallel between the French Republic and the Roman Republic was well-established long before her time (even, somewhat tragically, by the revolutionaries themselves).

I promise I think about Przybyszewska's and Shakespeare’s play and the Roman Republic along with the French Revolution a totally normal amount of time & that it definitely does not consume my every waking thought that should be very much going towards the exam preparation.

[lilysfroggies]

Happy Birthday Antoine de Saint-Just!

[potatosonnet]

Watched la Mort de Danton in theater this Friday and there were some fun arrangements :)))

[safrev]

Saint Just for my school art assignment

[pobodleru]

Dear friends, today is my birthday, and I would be glad to see your reblogs of my arts and some kind words for me ❤️‍🔥

[asukvm]

happy birthday antoine!

a yassified semi realistic sketch of my interpretation of him

[scourgiez]

Bonjour, Frevblr. I'm currently learning how to draw these guys... ^_^

Robespierre 🍊 and Saint-Just 🪽

[robesmoulins]

Stupid hamsters

Throw all three of them into the oven

[octavodecimo]

Saint-Just and his hairstyles.

[cachicabra]

It ain’t mine unless it’s dumb.

[misscalming]

Who ordered a um… *checks receipt* a Frev timeloop au?

[senechalum]

Have you ever drawn Saint-Just? :o

Now I have :D

His hair was a constant fight to draw though. Also different lineart because I started it in Procreate while taking the train, but I finished it in CSP !

The background is inspired from the cover of the comics "Saint Just", by Jean Tulard, Michael Malatini and Noël Simsolo.

I'm slowly but surely answering all my requests, I hope to answer to everyone in maximum a week because some have been waiting for such a long time ;--; Because I'd love to answer every question with a drawing, even when the person isn't asking for one 👉👈

[pechenlaf]

miss drawing these frenchmen

[potatosonnet]

Random blorbos

[juliette-daria]

The duo, Robespierre and Saint-Just.

I recently went to the temporary exhibition at Musée Carnavalet in Paris about the height of the French Revolution. It inspired me to draw these two again hehe

[pobodleru]

Anne-Josèphe Théroigne, widely known by the name Théroigne de Méricourt, was a participant in the storming of the Bastille, the leader of the women's march on Versailles, and advocated for the creation of a women's guard. A bright and tragic personality of the era of the great French Revolution.

I believe that you can note some similarities between Théroigne's pose in my drawing and Eugene Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People." And this is no coincidence, since I wanted to make a reference to the image of Marianne (that is the name of this lady in the Phrygian cap, who is still a symbol of France), because, according to one legend, Delacroix, when creating the canvas, was inspired by the image of the citizen Méricourt, and portrayed exactly her.