The French Revolution was an epoch of sweeping social and political turmoil in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799 during spreading out of the French Empire. The Revolution toppled the Empire, set up a state, went through critical periods of turmoil and extreme crisis, and finally ended up in another form of dictatorship, sadly, under the ironically fake label of equality, liberty and fraternity. A movement ostensibly directed against despotism culminated in the establishment of a despotism far more complete than that which had been overthrown(Mignet, 2006). Many writers, including historians and novelists, have written widely about the French revolution and its consequences. Charles Dickens is one of the most influential writers who did
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Dickens had proficiently depicted the causes and effects of the French Revolution, as well as similar issues in England during the same time. Dickens draws the parallel and neutrality when he represented the two power rivals during pre-revolutionary and post revolutionary period. Throughout the novel, Dickens illustrates the theme of cruelty and inhumanity of men to their fellow countryman in France. This theme grows with each chapter and each brutal event in the novel. Before the starting of the revolution, the majority of French people were extremely exposed to oppression, cruelty, tyranny, and social distinction by the aristocrats. However, as long as man has the ability to hate, he is going to want revenge. This added emotion often fuels the will of the oppressed, causing them to be even more unmerciful and barbarous towards the ones who tormented and harassed them. Soon, they became even more frenzied and blood thirsty, transforming into animals obsessed with bloodshed transforming into animals obsessed with bloodshed. My research mainly would focus on the complex and hostile relationship before and after the revolution between the aristocrats and the peasants. Along with the novel, the history of that period will be examined with its social, economic, and political implications. This …show more content…
He was not only the first great urban novelist in England, but also one of the most important social commentators who used fiction effectively to criticize economic, social, and moral abuses in the Victorian era. This study delves into Charles Dickens’s objectivity of the events of the French Revolution and his unique stand and transparency in his representation for the two great power rivals and their prolonged conflict. The pre-revolutionary period was remarkable for the tyranny, cruelty, Socioeconomic-Inequality, and Subjugation of the Barbarous aristocratic rule against the masses. Conversely, the post revolutionary period underwent sweeping social and political chaos and the form of administration set after the revolution was not a democracy, as French people were fond of calling it, but a mischievous and shameful anarchy lasted from 1789 until 1799. This discussion is an attempt to analyze and sort out a complex of hostile relationships involving the aristocrats and the peasants of A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’ universal appeal indicates that whoever is in authority, aristocracy or masses, will get lavishly tempted to practice their full power depressingly and be obsessed with the dilemma of the establishment of the supremacy and dictatorship at any cost ignoring other’s right in decent life , freedom ,and equal
Dickens had proficiently depicted the causes and effects of the French Revolution, as well as similar issues in England during the same time. Dickens draws the parallel and neutrality when he represented the two power rivals during pre-revolutionary and post revolutionary period. Throughout the novel, Dickens illustrates the theme of cruelty and inhumanity of men to their fellow countryman in France. This theme grows with each chapter and each brutal event in the novel. Before the starting of the revolution, the majority of French people were extremely exposed to oppression, cruelty, tyranny, and social distinction by the aristocrats. However, as long as man has the ability to hate, he is going to want revenge. This added emotion often fuels the will of the oppressed, causing them to be even more unmerciful and barbarous towards the ones who tormented and harassed them. Soon, they became even more frenzied and blood thirsty, transforming into animals obsessed with bloodshed transforming into animals obsessed with bloodshed. My research mainly would focus on the complex and hostile relationship before and after the revolution between the aristocrats and the peasants. Along with the novel, the history of that period will be examined with its social, economic, and political implications. This …show more content…
He was not only the first great urban novelist in England, but also one of the most important social commentators who used fiction effectively to criticize economic, social, and moral abuses in the Victorian era. This study delves into Charles Dickens’s objectivity of the events of the French Revolution and his unique stand and transparency in his representation for the two great power rivals and their prolonged conflict. The pre-revolutionary period was remarkable for the tyranny, cruelty, Socioeconomic-Inequality, and Subjugation of the Barbarous aristocratic rule against the masses. Conversely, the post revolutionary period underwent sweeping social and political chaos and the form of administration set after the revolution was not a democracy, as French people were fond of calling it, but a mischievous and shameful anarchy lasted from 1789 until 1799. This discussion is an attempt to analyze and sort out a complex of hostile relationships involving the aristocrats and the peasants of A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’ universal appeal indicates that whoever is in authority, aristocracy or masses, will get lavishly tempted to practice their full power depressingly and be obsessed with the dilemma of the establishment of the supremacy and dictatorship at any cost ignoring other’s right in decent life , freedom ,and equal