Monseigneur In The Town

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.

Furthermore, the knitting of Madame Defarge was shown to be a register of targets for the revolutionaries, completely contradicting the denotation of knitting. Nevertheless, Dickens begins to portray Madame Defarge as “a Missionary” (Dickens 7). The attribute is ironic as the denotation commits that she is the leader of the revolution and ultimately a missionary of death. Her sinister job as the judge of who lives and dies contradicts the positive connotation of “missionary”. Later in the passage, Monsieur Defarge characterizes his wife, Madame Defarge, as “a strong woman, a grand woman, a frightfully grand woman!”

Justice is one of the main theme from this book, as each character tries to get justice. In this book we see the distress and agony that Madame Defarge suffers with. Mainly because of her sister’s deaths and family suffering, due to the Evremonde brother’s, Charles Darnay’s father and uncle. Ever since that happened she’s wanted justice for her and her family. The justice that Madame Defarge wanted later turn into retribution, which lead her to a path of darkness, making her wanting the death of Charles Darnay and his family. At the same time, she was fighting for justice for France, which made her want more lives to be dead for the good of her people. those dead are my dead, and that summons to answer for those things descends to me!’… “Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop,” … “but don’t tell me.” (Dickens 339) Many readers might portray her as the “villain” of this book, but she really is not. All she wanted is justice for what was done

Her desire for revenge has consumed her, to the point where “It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for his forefathers... it was nothing to her, that his wife was to be made a widow and his daughter an orphan” (Dickens 359). She acts “absolutely without pity”, showing no mercy to anyone, only yearning for her sick sense of justice. Blinded by her loathing, Defarge insists on a complete “extermination” of the Evremond “race”, going as far as adding Lucie and her child to her death registry, for the supposed crime of marrying an Evremonde (Dickens 338). Her ruthlessness is such that she compares herself to a supernatural force, shouting at her husband, "Tell the Wind and the Fire where to stop; not me!”

Defarge begins the book as a protagonist. His struggle against the second estate is one the reader can sympathize with. In fact, Defarge is first introduced in the context of combat against the aristocracy. The Marquis’s carriage hits a young child. While the Marquis is trying to smooth the situation over, he throws a coin to Defarge. Rather than accepting the bribe, Defarge throws the coin back at the carriage. That act of defiance characterizes his attitude towards the aristocracy, and establishes his primary motivation throughout the remainder of the book.

Her knitting is a register of people that need to be killed, this important because the Defarges are a part of the resistance. During the early parts of the story I thought of Madam Defarge as her husband’s helper but I was surprised to learn that she was ruthless and the person in charge. There was a point when Monsieur Defarge was looking down and out and

As “The Marquise of O” progresses, the reader may start to think that the Count is the guy who raped the Marquis, but then

Throughout the majority of a Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens introduces a handful of different complex and important characters. Many of the characters in which Dickens provides within the book are complex and different from one another, but the character who stands out most is Madame Defarge. Madame Defarge is a complex, important, and cynical character who shows this by the way she acts and the way in which she thinks. She is an immoral person filled with revenge, hate, and completely filled with despise for her enemies. Throughout the book Dickens shows just how evil Madame Defarge is and how she will do anything to get her revenge against the people she hates.

Often in works of literature, a character who is considered odd or different turns out to have great importance. The character that is considered to be different is Madame Defarge from the book “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. Madame Defarge is considered different because she doesn’t follow gender ideals, and she is important to the book because of her mysterious knitting and her part in the French Revolution. Madame Defarge is considered different because she doesn’t follow gender ideals. The gender ideals of the 1800s were very sexist and there were many double standards.

At the beginning of the book, “A Tale of Two Cities,” author Charles Dickens opens the novel in the year 1775, showing a comparison between England and France stating that, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” (Dickens 3) it was the central idea of love and hatred; hope and pessimism. This line from the novel has great impact because it shows that there were issues in both countries such as the French Revolution. Charles Dickens the author of, “A Tale of Two Cities,” demonstrates the transformation of the main villain Madame Defarge to portray the feeling of lose in hope and turning to violence to resolve her tragedies. Madame Defarge is a significant character in this novel shown as a villain especially towards the Evremonde family. As the story unfolds she is described as a cold, heartless, mean woman but this is the description before her tragic story of her family is told.

Dickens offers an intense image of Madame Defarge in action in order to balance her backstory, which is revealed to the audience through Doctor Manette’s letter. Madame Defarge indicates that she believes in punishment of the same severity as the crime, and that she will not quit fighting until she has revenge over the Evrémondes (as well as the other aristocrats, as they are all the same to her). She counters the typical role of women in society during this revolutionary time period. The perception of those times was that politics is no place for a woman, but Madame Defarge is highly involved and well informed concerning the events taking place. She even claims that it is her duty, rather than her husband’s to exterminate the Evrémondes.

“ A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done”(Piercy). The women in A Tale of Two Cities show this rare type of strength just being who they are. The author, Charles Dickens, creates them as individuals who break barriers with their masculine behavior. While many readers believe Dickens communicates women in a restricted way after their cross-gender behavior, in fact his portrayal of them is strong, which shows how he-as a person- gives women like that credit. Although Madame Defarge does flaunt masculine qualities, Dickens does not write her to amount to little because of her untraditional characteristics.

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Dickens created Madame Defarge’s character as one of great importance to the novel and thus needed to elaborate on her character immensely. Madame’s constant awareness of her surroundings gives her a sense of realism due to the hard times in which she is living and her involvement

He describes the women as "a sight to chill the boldest" as they “lashed into blind frenzy, whirled about, striking and tearing at their own friends until they dropped into a passionate swoon.” Madame Defarge’s behavior is especially disturbing, for she is the one woman who seems to remain calm. She watches Foulon "silently and composedly" beg for mercy. Her behavior portrays her as heartless, and shows her potential for cruelty, preparing us for her ruthlessness at Darnay’s trial. However, this scene is not included in the movie.