Question

1. who were marianne and germania? what was the importance of the way in which they were portrayed?

Answer 1

Marianne and Germania were the female allegories of France and. German nations respectively. They stood as personifications of the ‘Republic’ and ‘Liberty’. They were portrayed such that they gave the abstract idea of a nation in a concrete form. Thus they would instill a sense of nationality in the citizens of these countries.

Answer 2

Marianne and Germania were the female allegories of France and Germany. They stood as personifications of the 'Republic' and 'Liberty'. They were portrayed that they gave the abstract idea of a nation in a concrete form. They would establish a sense of nationality in the citizens of these countries.