A Tale of Two Cities is a novel about a woman named

Madame Defarge who wants revenge on the aristocrats. Madame

Defarge wants revenge on the evermondes because the

evermondes killed her sister and her family. Now she knits

peoples names that she plans on getting revenge on. Madame

Defarge is a commoner and she doesn't like the aristocrats.

In seeking vengeance, Madame Defarge has acquired the very

traits of those who wronged her. She sees no focused blame

and is willing to exploit an entire class to satisfy her

need. Her vengeance emerges through her knitting, which

represents both her cold patience and her impassioned urge

to retaliate, as she knits the names of her intended victims.

A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken in the

street. Some men kneeled down, made scoops with their two

hands joined, and sipped. Others, men and women, dipped in

the puddles with little mugs of mutilated earthenware, or

even with handkerchiefs from women's heads, which were

squeezed dry into infants' mouths. The metaphor is well

taken. Their hunger, their need for vengeance and relief

confirms the inevitability of revolution.

The French Revolution was inevitable because the

aristocracy had exploited and plundered the poor until they

were driven to extreme measures. The Marquis St. Evremonde

is uncaring and has no respect for life. This is especially

apparent when he cold-heartedly runs down an innocent child

with his carriage. In payment for the inconvenience,

Monseigneur throws a single coin to the child's parent.