... an educated Girondian woman named Marie- Anne Charlotte Corday. She believed Marat was the biggest problem of the Revolution because of the material printed in his newspaper. Corday loathed Marat and his viewpoints so much, stabbed and killed him with a kitchen knife. Marat's death was a shock to France and especially to Jacques- Louis David, another political leader and reprehensive of Paris during the National Convention. David, also a prominent artist, was assigned to paint a commemoration of Marat's death. The characteristics of David's painting give Marat a religious pathos by making him appear to be a saint-like martyr. The objects in the painting suggest Marat's revolutionary ethos. By painting the Marat á son dernier soupir, David also made a political statement to defile the Girondians. Various components of the painting symbolize Marat as having a religious pathos making him appear saint-like. In the Catholic society, saints are ...

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