Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Themes
Dissatisfaction
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was born out of the unhappiness of the French people. In case it wasn't clear, ordinary French men and women were no longer amused by their governme...
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans
Okay, it's Real Talk time: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen didn't actually do anything. It was written based on the hopes and dreams of a bunch of representatives who'd grown up re...
Rules and Order
France was kinda lacking rules and order at the exact moment that the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was written. They had an absolute monarch who was reluctant to impose rule and ord...
Rights and Privileges
It's probably not surprising that a document with the word "rights" in the title would take on the theme of rights and privileges. (That's kind of the whole point.)The Declaration of the Rights of...
Equality
One-third of the French Revolution motto, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity," equality was a trait that France was seriously lacking in the late 1700s. They had a social system that was based on inequ...