Essay, Research Paper: A Tale Of Two Cities

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.

You know it's pretty much about the Lucie and Darnay right?