VIGNETTE 2 – Benito Mussolini, Cult of Personality· Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 as the prime minister of Italy.
· By 1936 his cult of personality was obvious, his title in 1936 was as follows His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire etc. This shows how he wanted to be perceived by his people, and this continued to increases his personality cult by passing a law that poets and songwriters could only talk about him in a glorious way. Posters of him were all over Italy, and he held magnificent speeches where whole squares were filled and he was on a balcony looking invincible and god-like.
· Nationalistic Italians event went on “pilgrimages” to the Duce’s birthplace in Predappio. As all others cult of personalities anything that was negative about the Duce was and anything that showed his humanity was censored from the public.
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