Napoleon Bonaparte had a contradictory character. He had an unusual personality. The writer Germaine de Staël described him as being ‘neither good nor violent, neither gentle nor cruel’, which denotes that he was neutral, a calm and calculated/prudent person. he was considered unique and very special for the actions he took and the thinking he put into taking decisions. By the French writer Stendhal, he was seen as very ambitious (''endowed with amazing abilities and a dangerous ambition’'). He was very firm when it was about facing his opponents. Even more, he could get even mad when his passions had to face disputes. He was a very difficult person, but that made him more powerful than the others. Also, it is said that ''his diversity (diverse) made him fascinating''. He was hostile to his older brother. He had a military, legislative and diplomatic talent. |He was popular, but his more of defects were: picky (squeamish), selfish, egocentric.
