Bastille Day

to Madame Defarge’s ability to make people bloodthirsty, as well as causing her to become blinded by her hatred and want to hurt innocent people. To begin with, Madame Defarge used her ability to rile people up to make people hungry to kill. The Bastille, one of the main symbols of the revolution, was a prison is which seven people were being held captive along with various kinds of ammunition. In the novel, Madame Defarge leads a large group of women to the Bastile and prepares them for the revolt

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing behind us…” During the french revolution things for the people became tough causing people to think they did not have long to live. The population spiked causing tones of poverty to the extent that lead to the stigma; you should get married and live life because you do not know how much

Questioning the Effectiveness of the Revolution A 25-year struggle came to an end with a crown placed upon a head of yet another king. Was the French Revolution, revolutionary or was it an attempt at democracy that failed rather quickly with a noble Robespierre becoming a decapitating dictator, who himself later became decapitated? The French revolution was a political movement that swept up a nation, and it swept up the nation in such a way that would leave a trail of political fever for centuries

wealth. Watching a ballet from the time period would more likely leave the audience in awe at the scenery and intricacies rather than feeling raw emotion from a moving storyline. Ballet’s that were shown in the theaters leading up to the fall of the Bastille were always subject to scrutiny and censorship. Each ballet or play that was shown on stage had to be consistent with the political and social views of the monarchy. Ballet was rooted in court life, and it was not as widely available to the

469-470). The promise was fulfilled with Carton’s death but he shed no tears. He died for what he believed in the hope that Lucy will be happy with the man she truly loves, Darney. Hope is what Doctor Alexandre Manette clung to in the walls of the Bastille. Their he wrote his story of why he was jailed. He hoped for the Madam Dafage brother’s recovery but it never came. He hoped for Madam Dafage to find a way to rid herself of the terrors of the raping she went through. Hope never came to Dafage

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

Dr. Manette, believed to be dead by his daughter, was actually unjustly imprisoned in the Bastille, in prison. In 1775, eighteen years after his imprisonment, Dr. Manette was released, and staying with the Defarge’s. Jarvis Lorry, a banker at Tellson’s, is responsible for identifying Dr. Manette and bringing him back to England safely. Lorry sees it necessary to bring Lucie, the doctor’s daughter, along because she will be the one to nurse her father back to health. Lorry tells Lucie “He is alive

As philosopher John Locke once stated, “All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”. It is clear that Locke valued the unity of citizens over the arguments that occur between them. Opposed to Locke, another famous philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes believes that only violence is caused without proper discourse in a society. A group of individuals must collaborate in a time of need to create a successful and well

understand this time period that was a century before his time. By looking at the paintings involving the Storming of the Bastille, the guillotine, and women leading the revolution, we can observe how Charles Dickens might of gathered inspiration for his novel Tale of Two Cities. One of the most famous paintings of the French Revolution is the Prise de la Bastille. Prise de la Bastille was painted around 1793 by Charles Thevenin (Pour Mémoire). Being one of the earliest

What was the Storming of the Bastille? The Bastille was a medieval fortress located in the east of Paris. It was built in the 14th century to guard the entrance to Paris. It had eight towers linked with walls, all 100 feet high. A moat that was more than eighty feet wide surrounded the fortress. During the 17th and 18th century, the Bastille was used as a prison for those who were thought to doubt the government and its power. The Storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789. A large mob of