Why is the French Revolution still controversial in France more than two centuries later?

a. The revolution began with idealism but ended in dictatorship.
b. The French are still embarrassed that so many people resisted the revolution and believed that "Freedom wears a crown"!
c. Most French believe that the revolutionaries should have negotiated with the aristocracy rather than beheading them.
d. Most French believe that their revolution would have been less bloody if they had more closely followed the example of the American Revolution.

a