A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two cities is a book that is set around the time of the French Revolution, and is authored by the English writer Charles Dickens. The events throughout the book show how Lucie, Dr. Manette, Mr. Lorry, and other characters are connected. The horrendous actions going on around them as a result of the people's’ hopelessness is evident. The cruel murder of a man that didn’t properly greet monks, the blatant disregard of friends’ lives, and the injustices going on within the jail La Force, and many other events in Dickens’ novel prove “Without hope…”
First, a man is murdered for not properly greeting some monks. Being guided by Christian pastors France “...entertained herself, [with] sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, …show more content…
Manette is remembering the horrors he witnessed in La Force. He sees a prisoner that was “discharged into the street free”(Dickens 275), but then someone threw a pike (spear) at him; he passed out as a result. Then Dr. Manette sees the same people that stopped and help this man plunge right back into “...Butchery so dreadful, that the Doctor had covered his eyes with his hands, and swooned away in the midst of it.” (Dickens 276). The man who was freed could represent hope. Immediately after he was freed he was stabbed with a pike. This shows that people have lost their humanity as a result of hopelessness because as soon as they see hope, symbolized by this man, it is crushed, as symbolized by the man being stabbed by the pike. This is also proved by the men who helped him, and then went right back to their murderous tendencies. Violence and cruelty have overpowered hope.
In conclusion, A Tale of Two Cities Dickens expresses a lot through the actions of the people. Instead of telling us that people are hopeless, he shows us. He uses unjust murder, betrayal, and the injustices going on in La Force. These events help to reveal and emphasize that without hope people will resort to violence and
A Tale of Two cities is a book that is set around the time of the French Revolution, and is authored by the English writer Charles Dickens. The events throughout the book show how Lucie, Dr. Manette, Mr. Lorry, and other characters are connected. The horrendous actions going on around them as a result of the people's’ hopelessness is evident. The cruel murder of a man that didn’t properly greet monks, the blatant disregard of friends’ lives, and the injustices going on within the jail La Force, and many other events in Dickens’ novel prove “Without hope…”
First, a man is murdered for not properly greeting some monks. Being guided by Christian pastors France “...entertained herself, [with] sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, …show more content…
Manette is remembering the horrors he witnessed in La Force. He sees a prisoner that was “discharged into the street free”(Dickens 275), but then someone threw a pike (spear) at him; he passed out as a result. Then Dr. Manette sees the same people that stopped and help this man plunge right back into “...Butchery so dreadful, that the Doctor had covered his eyes with his hands, and swooned away in the midst of it.” (Dickens 276). The man who was freed could represent hope. Immediately after he was freed he was stabbed with a pike. This shows that people have lost their humanity as a result of hopelessness because as soon as they see hope, symbolized by this man, it is crushed, as symbolized by the man being stabbed by the pike. This is also proved by the men who helped him, and then went right back to their murderous tendencies. Violence and cruelty have overpowered hope.
In conclusion, A Tale of Two Cities Dickens expresses a lot through the actions of the people. Instead of telling us that people are hopeless, he shows us. He uses unjust murder, betrayal, and the injustices going on in La Force. These events help to reveal and emphasize that without hope people will resort to violence and