Violence In A Tale Of Two Cities

In the literature art of “A Tale Of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, a loyalty to warfare, causes suffering to family and social class. A theme that is dominant in the feel and the writing style of the novel. Charles Dickens is excellent at providing a deep and personal meaning to fictional based characters; make you feel for them, sometimes more than these in real life.

In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens opens with an anaphora, about how the world is throughout the novel. A reoccurring theme throughout this story is the battle between good and evil. Most of the novel is about the struggles each force has and how most of the time good triumphs over evil. In A Tale of Two Cities, the triumph of love, the death of the Marquis, and the contrast between Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay shows how good triumphed over evil.

The novel, A Tale of Two Cities, was written by Charles Dickens and was published in 1859. A Tale of Two Cities is a historical fiction based during the French Revolution. As two groups of people who both live in London and Paris find themselves in a situation that affects all of them, which ends with some deaths and suffering. Charles Dickens purpose for writing A Tale of Two Cities was to inform and amplify the readers mind on human nature. Throughout the book Charles Dickens uses many themes and characteristics, that bring out human nature in all his characters, to broaden the view of the readers.

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, narrates the frustrations of the common people toward Foulon, a French magistrate. The people rejoice when Foulon is imprisoned since he treated them awfully. The nature of the French Revolution is the common people’s elation at the downfall of the aristocracy. Dickens utilizes personification, motif, and symbolism to describe the relationship between the common people and Foulon.

A Tale of Two Cities, a book written by Charles Dickens in 1859, describes the situation of France and the French Revolution. At the end of Chapter Six, Dr. Manette, Lucie Manette, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, and Miss Pross are at a Tea Party. A turbulent storm occurs and incites an eerie mood within the characters. Charles Darnay starts telling a story about a paper he found. After telling the story, Dr. Manette begins to feel ill. Following this is a section which contains multiple literary elements. In Chapter Six, Dickens utilizes descriptive literary devices, such as imagery, personification, and anaphora, to foretell the French Revolution and set the mood of the passage.

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 Dicken’s novel A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens powerfully describes the French Revolution through many scenes of violence. As the aristocracy abuses its power and mistreats the starving poor, the common people rise with hate and violence in an attempt to overthrow the corrupt government. During this time of fright and treachery, the peasants storm the bastille, while havoc and death emerge as a violent period is heightened. The brutal scenes of the French Revolution are utilized to show how violence is a result of oppression which ultimately leads to more havoc and death.

In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, Oceania’s dystopian hate-based society is run by “Big Brother”. Everyone in this world was watched by the government and . One aspect of Oceania’s society that O’brien and Winston disagreed on was whether it could survive the way it is. A society based on hate cannot survive. Societies based on a negative purpose have existed before and they have never been everlasting. It can fall in many ways having to do with the people as a whole. In a world like this, there could be a rebellion that has not been brainwashed, which can affect everything. A culture full of freethought will overrun a hateful society.

All revolutions are a result of a gap or conflict between the rich and the poor. In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, A barrel of wine is spilt and many poor people run to grab some. Dickens includes this scene to describe the future revolution in France, and the horrors. Dickens uses evil symbolism, details conveying horrors, and hunger imagery to prove that a violent revolution by the poor, hungry peoples of France is imminent, and compassion in the reader for the people.

In the sociopolitical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens analyzes the events of one of the bloodiest revolutions in history, the French Revolution, characterized by its violence after no less than 40,000 people were sentenced to death. The violence of the revolution put irreversible change into motion, helping to bring greater equality between French citizens as a result of the upheaval, and causing political changes that affected millions. Through his changing tone, Dickens conveys that rebellion is necessary to amend the ever-growing divide between the social classes, but the mindless nature of the violence, as a result of mob mentality, is excessive, and blood is unnecessarily spilled.

A government who forces his citizens to do something against there will is a violation of human rights, a country should be free, and the government needs to fight for reaching equality in his citizens, everyone needs to feel confortable with its government, but having oppression, not hearing out, is a way of creating violence. Through out years, we have seen how government around the world have oppressed his citizens, for example communist countries, as is the case of Cuba. After Cuban revolution in 1959 leaded by Fidel Castro, under the communist and socialist ideals, that impose “equality” and but ironically , controlling what citizens could say, generating all the opposite, inequality and desire of fighting against its government, death is generated among others. The key, and the most important thing about having a successful country is to have equality, that rights like, freedom of speech, free expression, among others, must be what every country should fight for around the world, if government does not reach for this, we could have the previous results we´ve said before, death, violence, inequality. But that’s why we always must fight and stand for what we believe

Martin Luther King Jr once said,"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars." This lesson is similar to the theme of Charles Dickens', A Tale of Two Cities. He shows the reader the ugliness that comes out of violent revenge. Although supportive of the French Revolution, Charles Dickens casts a warning though the violence and bloodthirsty nature of the revolutionaries. Dickens displays the true malicious behavior of the revolutionaries throughout the novel.

All work of literature use different means to get the story’s meaning across to the readers. The historic fiction novel, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, uses violent scenes to contribute to the story’s meaning. Some of these violent scenes include when Marquis Evremonde ran over the little boy in the carriage, the raids ran by Madame Defarge, the battle that ended fatally for Madame Defarge with Miss Pross, and the public death of Sydney Carton by guillotine. All these events help develop the different themes of the story like order conquers chaos, the fighting between the poor and the wealthy, and sacrifice is the greatest way to show your love.

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.

Revenge is an urge that one might seek to feed after their sister cleans the toilet with their toothbrush. As the saying goes, “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens prolongs the theme of revenge, as it develops throughout the entirety of the novel. As tensions arose between the aristocrats and peasants, the French Revolution was born. Sixty years later, Charles Dickens addresses the war through through the stark revenge among the people, which is demonstrated by many characters. As the novel progresses, the reader is exposed to the strong desire of revenge from Madame Defarge, who is the embodiment of the pure