After looking at the three visual sources, answers the questions below.
1. Based on these images, what are the advantages and limitations of political and satirical art in understanding a complex historical event like the French Revolution?
2. In what different ways was the French Revolution portrayed in these sources? How might you account for these different portrayals? (Keep in mind the context of their creation, issues of class, religious commitment, time period, etc.)
3. Based on these sources, what was revolutionary about the French Revolution and what earlier patterns of French life persisted?
4. Based on these sources and the descriptions I gave, which groups of people likely opposed the revolution? Why?