Why Is The French Revolution Necessary In A Tale Of Two Cities
The French Revolution was a revolutionary movement that caused political and social mayhem in France between 1789 and 1799. French citizens overthrew the monarchy and obtained control of the government. In Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens captures a realistic picture of the French Revolution by shedding light on the cruelty of the aristocracy, the arduous lives of the poor, and the corruption of the French government. Based on how this novel is written, Dickens agrees with the sole purpose of the Revolution, that there needs to be a solution, but he does not agree with all of the violence.
Dickens portrays the rich as malicious, whilst portraying those in poverty as anguished. Dickens shows terrible things exclusively to the poor; to show why the Revolution is necessary. After a reception in …show more content…
Defarge's wine shop, and streets surrounding it became crowded with incensed people with all types of weapons. Monsieur Marquis and “his man drove as if he were an enemy…. with a wild rattle and clatter, and an inhuman abandonment of consideration not easy to be understood in these days… women screaming before it, and men clutching each other and clutching children out of its way… there was a loud cry from a number of voices…” (Dickens 115). This accurately shows how vexed, desperate, and irate commoners were at the aristocracy (Marquis, in this case). All of a sudden, the carriage is put to a holt as a “tall man in a nightcap has caught a bundle from among the feet of the horses, and had laid it in the basement of the fountain,... howling over it like a wild animal” (Dickens 115). Then, Marquis reacts by saying, “ ‘Why does he make that abominable noise? Is it his child?” (Dickens 115), with the reply from the mortified man, “Excuse me, Monsieur the Marquis- it is a pity- yes” (Dickens 115). After that point, Marquis shoots the man a glare of disgust and tosses him a
Dickens portrays the rich as malicious, whilst portraying those in poverty as anguished. Dickens shows terrible things exclusively to the poor; to show why the Revolution is necessary. After a reception in …show more content…
Defarge's wine shop, and streets surrounding it became crowded with incensed people with all types of weapons. Monsieur Marquis and “his man drove as if he were an enemy…. with a wild rattle and clatter, and an inhuman abandonment of consideration not easy to be understood in these days… women screaming before it, and men clutching each other and clutching children out of its way… there was a loud cry from a number of voices…” (Dickens 115). This accurately shows how vexed, desperate, and irate commoners were at the aristocracy (Marquis, in this case). All of a sudden, the carriage is put to a holt as a “tall man in a nightcap has caught a bundle from among the feet of the horses, and had laid it in the basement of the fountain,... howling over it like a wild animal” (Dickens 115). Then, Marquis reacts by saying, “ ‘Why does he make that abominable noise? Is it his child?” (Dickens 115), with the reply from the mortified man, “Excuse me, Monsieur the Marquis- it is a pity- yes” (Dickens 115). After that point, Marquis shoots the man a glare of disgust and tosses him a