Sharlotta Korde - Morozova E.

The biography of Charlotte Corde is only a small part of the history of the French Revolution, where politics, ethics, morality and feelings, woven together, received a tragic denouement. Charlotte Korde, who shared the views of the Giroondists, considered the leader of jacobin Marat the main culprit of the escalating civil war. Deciding to save France at the cost of his own life, she broke into the house to Marat and stabbed him. However, the consequences of this act were quite different than those on which it hoped - terror in the country became a state policy. Nevertheless, Charlotte Korde has become a symbol of the struggle against tyranny and a model of civic courage. But can murder be considered a feat, even if it is the murder of a tyrant?.. The fate of this girl inspired many playwrights, artists and poets, because the act caused her (and still causes) an eternal question: in the struggle of good and evil, where is the boundary allowed?