Tale Of Two Cities Women

The character Madame Defarge plays a role as one of the leading villains in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, whose actions turn out to be one of the major causes of the French Revolution in the book. The main influence of Madame Defarge's hatred is fueled by a self-centered issue that was germinated by another family who happens to be aristocratic. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is justified in her hatred against the St. Evremonde family because her sister was raped and her brother was killed by the two patriarchs.

Throughout the book, A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, two characters show their differences and how much they are opposites. Lucie and Madame Defarge are very different because Lucie is very nice and loving but Madame Defarge is very violent and mean.

This is significant because Madame Defarge is eager to kill Darnay. Since Darnay is related to Marquis, she does not want any relations with him because Dr. Manette spent time in their wineshop. As a result, Madame Defarge is wise and creates a strategy when she finds conflict with Darnay. Because

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The assumption of her “sat knitting” (177) as harmless conceals her desire for revenge as knitting symbolizes the “dropping of heads” (177) she seeks during the French Revolution. Madame Defarge maintains her image of secrecy of her intentions and urges her husband to only commence a revolution “when it is ready,” (169) and that his actions should “always” be “preparing” (169) even if “it is not seen or heard” (169) until his anger at injustice can be properly executed. Madame Defarge’s perceived harmless actions that represent her strong desire of murder for those against the

“ A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done”(Piercy). The women in A Tale of Two Cities show this rare type of strength just being who they are. The author, Charles Dickens, creates them as individuals who break barriers with their masculine behavior. Each, in effect of their special qualities, are determined in all they do. Madame Defarge, is a sinister middle-aged woman who strikes fear in all from her keen brute. But due to this uncivilized aggression, she becomes a key-figure in the choreography of the French Revolution in the book. Miss Pross is Lucie’s house maiden, and is closer to her than anyone else. She goes out of her way to roughly and shaggily

Christine De Pizan’s The City of Ladies is acknowledged as one of the earliest and most impactful feminist texts. The character of Lady Reason relays numerous rousing tales of significant, powerful female rulers with the intention of helping Christine build the City of Ladies, a sanctuary for women in a world bound by the laws of male dominance. Each story Lady Reason tells Christine attempts to expunge the propagated lies men have insisted upon to maintain their patriarchy. Lady Reason also states that the stories will serve as a foundation for the city walls; it will be the city’s base of protection. An argument can be made about how the city’s exclusivity and selective admittance of only “worthy” women insinuates that Lady Reason’s accepts of the sexist principals propagated by men. This assumption, however, is incorrect, as it does not take into account the possibility that some women are denied entrance into the city because of past deeds, such as committing crimes of homicide and theft. The role of stories in The City of Ladies is essential to the development and execution of the story, which brings to light modern day issues with gender socialization and inequality.

     One likeness between the two women is they were both respected members of society. As Michael J. Colacurcio says, ?both these remarkable and troublesome women have careers as nurses and counselors to other women'; (213). Anne

The most common element found within both pieces of literature is that both women seem to be greatly selfish.

I thought I would take a different route and only reveal the names of my books nearer to the end to keep you in suspense and for you to decide which book you believe portrayed the female being a protagonist and a strong leader the best. I have chosen this theme because I think it is important that we recognise strong female leaders in both real life and in fiction. I will discuss the difficulties they had to each over come to become the leader they were at the end of the novel. A strong female is a woman of any age who is self-assured and willing to stand up for the values she believes in.

She witnesses firsthand all of the hardships the French commoners are enduring and it fuels her rage and anger toward the nobility. Madame Defarge channels all of this anger into exacting her revenge, but we cannot help pitying her for her wretched childhood. We comprehend the reasons behind the madness, but that does not justify her actions.

The violence in France will not stop until equality is reached. The revolutionaries picture a time when all the people of France live equal. This reasoning is the core factor of why they are fighting against the system. When we learned the motive for Madame Defarge’s reasoning for hating the Marquis and anyone associated with him, she replies that everyone against the revolution should “...tell the Wind and Fire where to stop; not me!” (326). We learn here that she has not intent to stop until she gets even with the Evrémonde family. Madame Defarge’s idea of equality is the death of Charles Darnay and everyone associated with him. When Madame Defarge and Defarge were discussing the end of the revolution Defarge asked the question, “but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” (324). Defarge questions Madame Defarge’s intent to stop somewhere but Madame Defarge replies with “At extermination” (324). This strengthens the fact that Madame Defarge believes the revolution will be complete with the death

Charles Defarge harbors resentment for the aristocracy and wants revenge against the disservice that they do to the common people, as he grew up impoverished in a small town in France. This hatred can be seen in the scene in which he interacts with the Marquis, when he throws the golden coin back in the face of the embodiment of the nobility he so despises. It is this desire for revenge that leads Mr. Defarge to become a leader of the Revolution, heading the charge to storm the Bastille and leading the group of Jacques. It is common knowledge that revolution is bloody business, and Mr. Defarge has no qualms spilling blood. In several points in the book, he is willing to compromise his morals to further the ends of the revolution, even displaying Dr. Manette in his most frazzled state to the Jacques to inspire passion for the revolution. Despite this clear ethical ambiguity, he is something of a sympathetic revolutionary; Mr. Defarge is unwilling to cross some lines that don’t even exist in the mind of his wife. At one point in the book, Defarge speaks to this idea: "Well, well," reasoned Defarge, "but one must stop somewhere. After all, the question is still where?” His wife’s reply is merely: “At extermination.”

In both these stories, the authors portray two very different yet alike women who have trouble accepting their fate and are trying to reject the life of women of their class. Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard are very alike because they dream of something they do not have, then their dreams come true, but destiny plays a fatal role in both stories, and ladies lose everything they had. In both stories, ladies have caring husbands, whom they do not appreciate .Unfortunately, the endings of

While young, Defarge witnessed an aristocrat named Evrémonde invade her house, raping her older sister and stabbing her brother. Since then, she has sought revenge against the Evrémonde family and will stop at nothing to exterminate them from the earth. The Madame is even in high favor of killing the innocent Lucie Manette and her daughter because they were married into the Evrémonde family. Though this happened long ago, she responds with ruthlessness and bitter anger consistently. Lucie Manette alike has suffered through many trials such as being the caretaker of her father in her twenties which she felt was degrading - for she was to be courting for marriage at this time, not acting as a housewife to an enfeebled old man. Additionally, her husband was convicted and almost sentenced to death for returning to his home country of France. She responded with prayer and being in a certain area for her husband to see her. When he was finally released, Lucie and her family “reverently bowed their heads and hearts” (292). This exhibits Lucie response to misfortune in a elegant manner and separates her from Madame Defarge.