The Crowd · Character
Barras
French revolutionary politician mentioned in context of crowd dynamics.
minor
First appearance: the crowd
Barras's tie to Augereau is one of the pressures that moves The Crowd—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned in the context of the Convention's automatic behavior and the influence of leaders during the French Revolution.
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With Augereau (professional): Augereau and Barras are political and military colleagues during the revolutionary period. With Napoleon (professional): Barras was a political patron who helped advance Napoleon's early…
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- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Crowd Leadership Theorists
- Historical Prestige Archetypes
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- Augereau
professional · ambivalent
Augereau and Barras are political and military colleagues during the revolutionary period. How this plays out →
- Napoleon
professional · ambivalent
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