Tale Of Two Cities

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The literature that came out of the French Revolution often shares common themes of death, rebirth, and destruction. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is much the same way. Throughout the novel, Dickens clearly supports the revolution but also depicts the brutality of the revolutionaries. Dickens uses powerful metaphors of a sea to symbolize the revolutionaries destroying old France and the belittling name of “Jacques” to depict the narcissistic views of the French aristocracy to show his support for the revolution.

The character Madame Defarge plays a role as one of the leading villains in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, whose actions turn out to be one of the major causes of the French Revolution in the book. The main influence of Madame Defarge's hatred is fueled by a self-centered issue that was germinated by another family who happens to be aristocratic. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is justified in her hatred against the St. Evremonde family because her sister was raped and her brother was killed by the two patriarchs.

Have read two stories that I am going to compare. One that is called A Tale of Two Cities, and the other one that is called atonement.

A tale of two cities begins in 1775 when Mr. Jarvis Lorry goes to fetch Lucy Manette to visit her father, who has been imprisoned for her whole life. The Manettes meet Charles Darnay Stryver, and Sydney Carton at a legal trial they are witnesses to, where Darnay is accused of being a spy. Sydney Carton, the lawyer wins the case by pointing out the court cannot prove it was Darnay. Here we learn Darnay and

Madame Defarge, a very bold but cruel revolutionary, is very sadistic towards nobles, especially the Evrémondes, because of how the family had treated her family in the past. The woman who had been stolen away by the younger twin was Madame Defarge’s sister, so the Evrémondes tore her family apart. She had been waiting to get her revenge on the family her whole life, and once the revolution starts, she seizes her chance. The very kind and generous son of the older brother, Charles Darnay, travels back to France from England to try and save his employee, and she immediately takes the opportunity to put him into jail. After multiple trials he is found guilty and condemned to death via La Guillotine. Although Charles Darnay has never actually wronged her, “it was nothing to her, that an innocent man has to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw not him, but them” (281). Madame Defarge is not satisfied by Darnay’s death, however, and wants to kill his wife, Lucie Manette, and their daughter. It was this inhumanity that leads to her death. Madame Defarge goes to the Manette’s home to try and find Lucie in the act of a Guillotine-worthy crime, mourning a Guillotine victim. Instead of finding Lucie, however, she finds her housemaid, Miss Pross. Miss Pross and Madame Defarge begin to fight because Madame Defarge wants to find Lucie, and eventually she draws a gun, but “Miss

She witnesses firsthand all of the hardships the French commoners are enduring and it fuels her rage and anger toward the nobility. Madame Defarge channels all of this anger into exacting her revenge, but we cannot help pitying her for her wretched childhood. We comprehend the reasons behind the madness, but that does not justify her actions.

A: This quote is important to the rest of the novel because it is a second occurrence where Defarge has taken in a prisoner. His first was Dr.Manette,who was imprisoned secretly and he didn’t know why. This is the same example because Darnay is as clueless as Mr.. Manette was and also both imprisonments were done secretly. This impacts the rest of the book because now there is a suspicion about Defarge as a character what if these were not the only two prisoners he has taken in and what if he keeps going and starts to kill more people. This opens question over Monsieur Defarge as a character.

As previously discussed, the French people’s new community was extremely disorganized, cruel and unstable, which only further perpetuated the growing dominance of unconscious thought. Also, in order to fit into this new France, one was forced to support the revolution by being violent and overthrowing the oppressive aristocracy. This illustrates the theme that people’s basic needs are met by savagery because one could only survive in France by letting unconscious, savage thoughts dominate in order to fit in with the rest of the crowd (Friedman). One of the most prominent examples of the expression of the unconscious mind is conveyed through Madame Defarge, in both a feminist perspective and a perspective of revenge. Madame Defarge’s family was killed by aristocrats, obviously bringing instability to her life, which explains why her true feelings are only composed of hatred towards the old French society. This illustrates that instability brings savagery because Madame Defarge’s conscious mind has been filled with her true unconscious desires since the murder of her family, turning her savage. Also, through a feminist perspective, Madame Defarge clearly represents the unconscious desires of women during the 1800s. During this period of time, women were expected to marry, bear children, and represent the characteristics of weak and dependent on the husband (Anonymous). Madame Defarge epitomized the ideal power wielding woman because she did the exact opposite; her husband was obedient to her and though she did knit, she did so to hide the fact that she was keeping a record of people to kill during the revolution. The main purpose of introducing such a character into the novel was to portray that true desires of revenge are blind to gender and to prove that everyone, regardless of sex resorts to

A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens, takes place during the French Revolution. The book centers on the heroic attempts of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. Sydney Carton puts on the façade of being insolent and indifferent, but his true nature is expressed in the book when he puts others first, defends Charles, and dies for the ones he loves. Charles Darnay is a once wealthy aristocrat whose attempts at heroism include going back to France, his financial sacrifice, and the noble way in which he was willing to face his death.

In the story, The Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, the quote “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” relates to the six chapters in many ways among the three points: family and love, Hope and despair, and fate. To begin with, family and love explains how the father and daughter meet, also how they interact with each other after realizing who each other is, "A strange thrill struck him when she did so, and visibly pass over his frame; he laid the knife down’ softly, as he sat staring at her". (Page 43) Furthermore, Hope and Despair,

The basitile was a prision in Paris, France. The same prision that Doctor. Manette was was held in custody. This was the beginning of the French Revolution. The Defarges, and who they had got help from, were the main people who began the revolution, and started khaos. A friend had told the Defarges some interesting things about the Manette family, and they wanted to see if whatthey were hearing was true, it just so happens that everything they heard was true.

While young, Defarge witnessed an aristocrat named Evrémonde invade her house, raping her older sister and stabbing her brother. Since then, she has sought revenge against the Evrémonde family and will stop at nothing to exterminate them from the earth. The Madame is even in high favor of killing the innocent Lucie Manette and her daughter because they were married into the Evrémonde family. Though this happened long ago, she responds with ruthlessness and bitter anger consistently. Lucie Manette alike has suffered through many trials such as being the caretaker of her father in her twenties which she felt was degrading - for she was to be courting for marriage at this time, not acting as a housewife to an enfeebled old man. Additionally, her husband was convicted and almost sentenced to death for returning to his home country of France. She responded with prayer and being in a certain area for her husband to see her. When he was finally released, Lucie and her family “reverently bowed their heads and hearts” (292). This exhibits Lucie response to misfortune in a elegant manner and separates her from Madame Defarge.

Out of all the compelling characters in this story, Lucie Manette and Jarvis Lorry are the two that are most interesting to me. In the beginning of the story, they were strangers. However, as the plot develops, we find out they have actually met before. When Lucie became an orphan, Lorry took her to England to be raised. This action shows that Lorry cared for Lucie and wanted what was best for her. They meet again when he takes Lucie to her father. Throughout the story, they grow a strong bond.

Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities in order to enlighten the average Briton about the events of the French Revolution. The novel compares and contrasts cities of London and Paris, which represent French and British society, through the eyes of Dickens’ human characters. The two cities play such a large part in the novel that they become characters themselves, and the contrasting societies of the two cities become a conflict. In Charles Dickens’ classic, A Tale of Two Cities, the individualistic society of London champions the first feudalistic and later socialistic society of Paris.