Tale of Two Cities
In his novel Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens gives perspectives on women that were very relevant when the book was written. Now, while reading a book filled with women at such opposite ends of a spectrum, one may perceive this as ridiculously unrealistic. When writing this novel, Dickens was obviously out of touch with reality. Dickens' portrays women very unrealistically in Tale of Two Cities by his portrayal of Lucie, by his portrayal of Miss Pross, and by his portrayal of Madame Defarge. All three women are strong in their own ways, but all three women are unrealistically strong. Many people look for something in life that they will never find. The perfect person. Whether it is a perfect wife who cooks, cleans, and also manages to be independent and loving, or the perfect man, who showers his wife with flowers on every anniversary, birthday and sometimes just for the fun of it. The woman who is sensitive, caring, and to top it off beautiful. And the man, who makes lots of money, but still manages to spend time with his family. The character in Tale of Two Cities Lucie Manette is the perfect example of a well-rounded "perfect" woman. She is dainty, beautiful, a wonderful mother, and everything else. She is als
------------------------------------------------------------------------ o all Miss Pross does for Lucie. Dickens did not spend enough time focusing on the realities of women when he wrote Tale of Two Cities. s that fact. She does not have flaws. Lucie is a very delicate woman. On many occasions throughout the book when some form of surprise is brought upon her, Lucie faints. Sydney Carton puts it clearly when he says, "She was a golden- haired doll" (Dickens ). He tries to look beyond the outermost appearance that most see in Lucie Manette. He expresses his agitation to the fact that Lucie was the admiration of the whole court by saying, "Quick to see what happened! If a girl, doll or no doll, swoons within a yard or two of a man's nose, he can see it without a perspective-glass. I pledge you, but I deny the beauty" ( ). Carton seems to be the only character who is not dumb-founded by Lucie's inner and outer beauty at the start of the novel. Later on, one comes across others who are not fond of Lucie, but originally Carton seems to be the only. The fact remains that Dickens writes Lucie to be a very unrealistic woman to whom no person could ever live up to. It is obvious, for reasons stated above, that Charles Dickens should have tried to understand real womanly attributes before writing a story with an unrealistic view of women. He spent too much time on the rest of the novel, and not enough time making the women portrayed in the novel believable. He displays an utterly unrealistic
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