Revolutionary Men

All of the pictures of these men have papers and writing utensils involved. This could be either to show that all of these men are educated, or it could be to show that they are always working on provisions they plan to make to the government. Also 3 of the 4 men have swords with them. This could express that they are willing to become violent in order to get their way, or that they are warriors who are trying to push new ideas with force and reason. The artists portray the men with these features to show that the men really want to make a change and will do anything they can to make a new government. This should show the future generations how bad these Revolutionaries wanted change and the future generations should not take their government for granted. These men need to seem heroic because they brought an important change about for their everyday citizens. I feel that the authors portrayed everyone except for Marat as looking heroic because they are all standing up straight looking somewhat heroic in their posture. Marat just sort of looks like he is suffering and wants an end to it.