There are many similarities between the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the writings of Thomas Mores Utopia. In both of the writings they talk about the gap between the rich and the poor in France leading up to the Revolution.
In the book The Tale of Two Cities the gap between the nobles and the peasants grows and this adds to the French Revolution. The gap between them was because of money and hunger. The Monseigneur has men who help him with everyday things such as his morning chocolate, "but his morning's chocolate could not so much as get into the throat of Monseigneur, without the aid of four strong men besides the Cook"(Dickens 515). The peasants on the other hand are lucky if they get enough food for their family and for the day. This noble attitude is what made
Dickens tells more of a story about how life before and during the French Revolution. More tells what he feels about the way the government was run before the Revolution and tried to show the people what was wrong with France hoping they would change their ways before a uprising occurred. Both men had similarities in what they thought and said.
the gap grow larger. In Utopia More says that all men are equal and share everything that a person needs to survive. Everything belongs to everybody he never lacks for anything he needs. So everyone is equal and there is no gap.
The gap between the rich and the poor in the France was caused by many things one was the taxes. The taxes kept the people in poverty. "Expressive signs of what made them poor were not wanting; the tax for the stat
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