A Tale of a War Between Two Cities
Government has been an essential part to our world for as long as we have existed. People who disagree with the government have been around for just as long. A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens, takes place in England and France during the French Revolution. The novel shows the impact that the revolution had on citizens of England and France. The revolution and government's effect was shown in characters in the book, such as, the Defarges, the Marquis St. Evermonde, and Sydney Carton. The outcome of A Tale of Two Cities is formed with the help of government and the revolution. The message that A Tale of Two Cities showed throughout the book, was how war and change in government can affect the people. The wine shop in Paris was the hot spot for French revolutionists, mostly because the wine shop owners, Ernest Defarge, and his wife, Madame Therese Defarge, were leaders and officials of the revolution. Every night, the men of the revolution living in Saint Antoine, met in the wine shop to discuss their plans of the revolution. Throughout the story, Mme. Defarge knits accounts of the meeting, which is similar to a 'hit list'. She is a very major character in the story and is very stubborn and unforgiving in
The reason for Mme. Defarge's retribution toward the Marquis was explained in the chapter Substance of the Shadow where the letter that was written by Mr. Defarge about the actions of the Marquis is explained. The Marquises kept Mme. Defarge's sister, brother, and father captive and eventually were all either worked to death or killed. Mme. Defarge never forgave him, nor his twin brother, for the occurrence. Although not having a good past, the Marquis' role in the government also affected him. The Marquis was a wealthy leader of the town, and he treated the citizens poorly. In the chapter Monseigneur in Town, the Monseigneur the Marquis accidentally drove his carriage over a young child, killing him. Instead of worrying about the child's welfare, the Marquis's reaction was to worry about his horses, "I would ride over any of you very willingly, and exterminate you from the earth." (Dickens, 117) He viewed their lives useless and insignificant, as shown when he threw a gold coin the father of the boy who his carriage killed. The Marquis revealed his feelings on the town to his nephew, "Repression is the only lasting philosophy . . . fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs to the whip . . . " (Dickens, 127) When the Marquis shared these feelings with his nephew, they could not share
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Approximate Word count = 883
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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