A Tale Of Two Cities

After eighteen years of solitary confignment in the Bastille prison, Lucie’s father (Alexander Manette) has gone insane and is unaware of the life around him. With Lucie's patience and compassion Mr. Manette is restored to his old self. Now that Lucie and her father have reunited their bond cannot be broken. Lucie’s good-hearted nature is brought up once more when she shows her understanding toward Sydney Carton as he confesses his feelings about her, even though he has been nothing but a bitter, confused drunk around her. The first time Lucie met her father: "With the tears streaming down her face , she put her two hands to her lips, and kissed them to him; then clasped them on her breast, as if she laid his ruined head there" (Dickens

Since the beginning of history itself, several and numerous people, inventions, ideologies or behaviours were immediately attached to a particular and self-explanatory concept such as revolutionary. As the time goes by its outreaching characteristics and meaning remains the same.

When Lucie gave birth and named their first daughter “Little Lucie”, Little Lucie become closed to Sydney Carton. Carton enjoys hanging out with the family and felt worthy around Darnay’s family. Later in the 3rd Book, once Charles is tried once more then sentenced to death, Carton remembers his promise to Lucie. He realizes that he will most likely escape with shift places with Charles and nobody can notice due to their similar look. He devises and carries out a thought to save lots of Charles. As he's progressing to the scaffold to die, he is bothered however this is often the foremost worthy issue he has ever wiped out his life (Dickens 55). He is aware of that his life currently has that means even supposing he's close to behave.

This wasted potential is emphasized when both Darnay and Carton fall in love with Lucie Manette. Darnay, as the typical charming hero, is chosen over desperate, brooding Carton. As a result, Carton finds himself channeling his love and his physical advantage of being Darnay’s double into keeping Lucie safe and happy by way of rescuing Darnay from the guillotine. Thus, Carton is able to become the proverbial “good guy,” a role he saw for himself in his counterpart, Darnay. He also managed to thwart the Defarges’ plot to murder all those connected to the aristocracy in any way. In this way, Dickens is able to use the comparisons and contrasts between the two men to show how love is capable of victory over violence and vengeance.

On August 26, 1789, the National Assembly of France passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, a document that would become the cornerstone of the French Revolution. Influenced heavily by the American Revolution and the Enlightenment, the ideas seen in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen can be traced to documents from these time period, outlining “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression” as the basic rights of men. All four of these ideas can then be broken down into the individual rights that not only made all men equal under the law, but put France on the road towards a constitutional monarchy.

The definition of the word revolution has itself evolved significantly over the course of the American and French revolutions. Prior to the French Revolution, the word meant the process of coming a full cycle, or a return to a point previously occupied (Kirk 295). It is only after the chaotic French revolution which overturned the old political and social order in the country that “revolution” came to be known as a radical change in social and government institutions. Since we are analyzing the American Revolution from the perspective of the events of the French, it is apt to use the interpretation of the word that came into being post the French revolution.

After Darnay is convicted, Lucie falls into a faint, and, Carton is there to assist her, coming to her aid from “the obscure corner from which he had never moved” (Dickens 260). Though Carton never received recompense, he is always prepared to assist the Manettes. When Carton returns Lucie safely to her room, her child cries out to him, “I think you will do something to help mamma, something to save papa … can you, of all the people who love her, bear to see her so?” As Carton leaves, he murmurs a few significant words under his breath: “A life you love” (Dickens 260). Finally, Carton sacrifices his own self to the Guillotine and ultimately the revolution in place of Darnay, again, out of his love and compassion for Lucie.

His inspiration for the novel was brought about by a play he starred in, wherein a man sacrifices his own life so that his rival may have the woman they both love. This was the basis for the love triangle relationships between Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, and Sydney Carton in the novel. Moreover, Dickens appreciated the play for its treatment of redemption and rebirth, love and violence. The novel is seen to transpose these themes onto the French Revolution, which seemed like an event that embodied these same issues on a historical level. The theme of rebirth and redemption is constantly seen in the novel, especially since it took place during such a turbulent time of much change and the countless “rebirths” of France’s government.

The French Revolution was a period of time from 1789 to 1799 in France where there was political instability. It officially began on the 14th of July, 1789, when the Bastille, which was a symbol of the King’s harsh policies, was stormed. The King, Louis XVI, the Queen, Marie-Antoinette and about 40,000 people were all brutally murdered. But there was also a positive side, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was formally adopted on August 1789 and feudalism was abolished. This essay will address the issues of the three estates system, food shortages and the fiscal crisis. It will also be argued that the most significant cause of the French Revolution was the social inequality that stemmed from the three estates system.

The French Revolution (1789-1814) was a period that affected the outcome of world history tremendously. This is considered a major turning point in European history which has led to dramatic changes in France and other regions of the world. Various social and political issues led to the start of the revolution. Politically, France suffered under the rule of Louis XVI, who ruled by absolute monarchy. Many people had their natural rights renounced and weren’t able to have a political voice. Socially, France had divided its population within 3 estates (classes). French citizens took it upon themselves to remodel their country 's’ political structure. The French Revolution had encountered both positive and negative effects. However, many Europeans viewed the Revolution as much more than just a bloody massacre. The French Revolution was used to demonstrate new ideology that would emphasize the principles of liberty and equality throughout Europe.

Oliver travels through many places throughout the book. He goes through many cities and also the countryside. Charles Dickens describes both the locations in a very different way. He has a total opposite opinion on both the places. He explains the city as a place where the criminals, unsafe and disgusting. The countryside, however, is described as splendid, safe, and place where the rich people live.

In the story, The Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, the quote “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” relates to the six chapters in many ways among the three points: family and love, Hope and despair, and fate. To begin with, family and love explains how the father and daughter meet, also how they interact with each other after realizing who each other is, "A strange thrill struck him when she did so, and visibly pass over his frame; he laid the knife down’ softly, as he sat staring at her". (Page 43) Furthermore, Hope and Despair,

In this passage, Dickens uses the motifs of the farmer and woodsman to develop the theme of fate. He accomplishes this by describing the partially ploughed field and cut-down forest, which both represent Death and Fate respectively as they were introduced in the beginning of the book. Furthermore, it is also inferred that the current season in the story is autumn due to the leftover red and yellow leaves left on the remaining trees from the wood as Dickens describes. In literature, autumn can symbolize the coming of hard times as well as harvest and for the setting of Tale of Two Cities, this oncoming omen would be the French Revolution. Death and Fate help develop the theme of fate by being these silent forces that inevitably bring the France

Charles Darnay - Charles is a very respectful, courageous person with strict, uniform virtues. He rejects the Marquis’s ruthless aristocratic values, and uses this as motivation.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité was the cry of freedom that countless people used to propel them through, and to the end of the French Revolution. This long period of social, political and economic change in France lasted 10 years, starting in 1798 and ended with Napoleon Bonaparte. The French Revolution greatly affected all of Europe at the time and continues to represent the embodiment of revolution to this day. This constant struggle between the heavily taxed, burdened, and unrepresented third estate and those higher created an environment of monumental change for everyone. In the years leading up to the French Revolution, new beliefs and ideas were reaching every corner of Europe creating the thought that men should live free of oppression. However, in France the leader Louis XVI lead like a tyrant leaving the people impoverish and angry. Through the analysation of numerous circumstance present during the Ancien Régime, such as an inferior fiscal leadership, massive debt, and the forthcoming of new ideas during the Enlightened period, it can be concluded that the means for this revolution were justified as it is in our essence to revolt for a change.