A Tale Of Two Women
In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the author Charles Dickens creates distinctive characters that represent both order and revolution or wildness to show the extremes of the revolution. The character Miss Pross throughout the novel acts as a protector, a stable and sensible woman, while Madame Defarge’s actions reflect capricious and random violence.
Both Pross and Defarge share common strength, although it is directed differently, which is the tie between the world of the revolution and the rest of the characters in the novel. Miss Pross’s energy is spent protecting those she cares about and Madame Defarge’s directed towards hurting everyone she feels has wronged her. Dickens’s choice to display a women as the strong …show more content…
Her true purpose is to further the revolution and demonstrate the harsh reality of France at the time. She is the embodiment of the revolution, harsh and cruel, pitying no man. “Then tell Wind and Fire to stop,” returned madame; “but don’t tell me”(264). By making Defarge embody something not human, she literally becomes not human. She becomes the revolution, a cruel unforgiving supernatural force.
Both Pross and Defarge share common strength, although it is directed differently, which is the tie between the world of the revolution and the rest of the characters in the novel. Miss Pross’s energy is spent protecting those she cares about and Madame Defarge’s directed towards hurting everyone she feels has wronged her. Dickens’s choice to display a women as the strong characters was progressive for his time, considering that in nineteenth century England women were expected to be docile and …show more content…
They both are completely attached to things that they feel are more important than their own lives. In the wake of the revolution, Madame Defarge would rather die than have the revolution stop. It is said towards the end of the novel that “to appeal to her, was made hopeless by her having no sense of pity, even for herself”(281). Both Defarge and Pross show no real signs of valuing their own lives. Miss Pross lives entirely for Lucie Manette, while Madame Defarge lives entirely for the revolution. At the end of the day the only woman that can bring down a someone who cares so little for her own life is a person that doesn’t care for their lives either. But while Defarge lives for revenge, Pross lives for the life of her one love, Lucie. By killing off Defarge over Pross Dickens’ demonstrates the triumph of love over hate, despite the harsh extremists of the
In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the author Charles Dickens creates distinctive characters that represent both order and revolution or wildness to show the extremes of the revolution. The character Miss Pross throughout the novel acts as a protector, a stable and sensible woman, while Madame Defarge’s actions reflect capricious and random violence.
Both Pross and Defarge share common strength, although it is directed differently, which is the tie between the world of the revolution and the rest of the characters in the novel. Miss Pross’s energy is spent protecting those she cares about and Madame Defarge’s directed towards hurting everyone she feels has wronged her. Dickens’s choice to display a women as the strong …show more content…
Her true purpose is to further the revolution and demonstrate the harsh reality of France at the time. She is the embodiment of the revolution, harsh and cruel, pitying no man. “Then tell Wind and Fire to stop,” returned madame; “but don’t tell me”(264). By making Defarge embody something not human, she literally becomes not human. She becomes the revolution, a cruel unforgiving supernatural force.
Both Pross and Defarge share common strength, although it is directed differently, which is the tie between the world of the revolution and the rest of the characters in the novel. Miss Pross’s energy is spent protecting those she cares about and Madame Defarge’s directed towards hurting everyone she feels has wronged her. Dickens’s choice to display a women as the strong characters was progressive for his time, considering that in nineteenth century England women were expected to be docile and …show more content…
They both are completely attached to things that they feel are more important than their own lives. In the wake of the revolution, Madame Defarge would rather die than have the revolution stop. It is said towards the end of the novel that “to appeal to her, was made hopeless by her having no sense of pity, even for herself”(281). Both Defarge and Pross show no real signs of valuing their own lives. Miss Pross lives entirely for Lucie Manette, while Madame Defarge lives entirely for the revolution. At the end of the day the only woman that can bring down a someone who cares so little for her own life is a person that doesn’t care for their lives either. But while Defarge lives for revenge, Pross lives for the life of her one love, Lucie. By killing off Defarge over Pross Dickens’ demonstrates the triumph of love over hate, despite the harsh extremists of the