The Great Revolution: Otto Von Bismarck Or The Prince Of Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck, or the Prince of Bismarck, was a conservative statesman in Prussia during the 19th century. His father was a wealthy, land-owning noble, while his mother was from a family of successful academics and government ministers. During his time as a leader he became known as the “Iron Chancellor” due his decisive victories and annexation of Germany, Austria, and France; he united thirty-nine countries under Prussian leadership. A major revolution to occur was the revolutions of 1848, where Blood and Iron is focused. The revolutions sparked in what is now modern day France, and quickly spread throughout Prussia, because the people were dissatisfied with their government leaders and had very little trust in their policies. The outcome …show more content…

Otto von Bismarck degrades the government himself to try to make a point towards the common man. Keep in mind that he has some political influence towards the common man, as he made it legal for every man to vote in Prussia. He criticizes the upper class, although he is an aristocrat himself, in order to try to get the people of Prussia to submit and accept his leadership. He simply doesn’t want another bloody revolution to occur, yet he is ignorant to what political changes must take place. He momentarily goes into greed, implying that he believes the people fighting to oppose him are greedy, and only want what’s best for themselves and not for what is best for the nation. In his speech he makes it sound like he only wants what is best for Prussia, but he truly is just pandering to that “common-man” in order to keep his political influence …show more content…

Although he was seemingly talking down to these people he very vaguely mentions the actual revolution, and uses “we” a lot, but not as in “We, the people” but more of “We, the politicians”. He speaks with a proper tone, as if this speech weren’t for the people until the final sentence “Prussia’s borders according to the Vienna Treaties [of 1814-15] are not favorable for a healthy, vital state; it is not by speeches and majority resolutions that the great questions of the time are decided – that was the big mistake of 1848 and 1849 – but by iron and blood.” He uses this purposefully to spark emotion within his audience. His audience consists of the people that were directly affected by the 1848 Revolutions, Prussians, and will most likely have an emotional tie to the events of the revolution. In this last sentence he wants to bring out the humanity in people in order to discourage another spur of revolutions to prevent another bloody conflict. He wants to keep his people under control by his government, not within

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