🔗 Symbols of Liberty
- Broken Chain: Represents the end of oppression and slavery, symbolizing freedom.
- Red Phrygian Cap (Liberty Cap): A cap worn by freed slaves in ancient Rome; during the French Revolution, it became a symbol of liberty and the pursuit of freedom.
⚖️ Symbols of Equality
- Winged Woman: Personifies the law, emphasizing that all individuals are equal before it.
- Law Tablet: Represents the idea that the law applies equally to everyone, reinforcing the principle of equality.
🤝 Symbols of Fraternity
- Bundle of Rods (Fasces): A Roman symbol indicating strength through unity; a single rod can be broken easily, but a bundle is strong, symbolizing fraternity.
- Blue-White-Red Tricolour: The national colors of France, representing the unity and fraternity of the French people.
🌞 Additional Revolutionary Symbols
- Eye within a Triangle Radiating Light: Known as the “Eye of Providence,” this symbol represents knowledge and the enlightenment ideals that guided the revolution.
- Guillotine: An apparatus designed for efficient executions, it became a symbol of the Reign of Terror and the radical phase of the revolution.
- The Bastille: Originally a fortress-prison in Paris, its storming on July 14, 1789, became a symbol of the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchy and the people’s uprising against oppression.