Madame Defarge In 'The Vengeance'

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Madame Defarge’s disregard for everything peaks as she waits with The Vengeance, in a secret meeting between the revolutionaries. Finally, Defarge makes it clear that she wants no member of the Evermonde family to survive their culling, which means killing Charles Darnay; a husband and father guilty of nothing at all. Despite this, Defarge still plans on This heartless act does not bring Defarge down at all, and shows that her belief in the revolution is not for change, but solely for revenge. She believes an innocent person who associates with the guilty is just as guilty

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