Rights of Man | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Thomas Paine - This is the author, a well known intellectual that helped define the ideas of the original American government, and supported the American and French Revolutions through writings and pamphlets that inspired people everywhere.

Edmund Burke - This person was an Irish parliamentarian and political theorist that disagreed with the author about the French Revolution and was criticized many times during the book.

Marquis de la Fayette - This person was a friend and ally of the author and a famous French military officer who aided the United States in the...
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