In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote a book around the time of the events of the French Revolution as well as, what it was like to live in Paris. The book depicts many real life events with fictional characters that present the conditions under which they endured. In the 7th installment, "Monseigneur in Town", the audience can have a little taste of how the book interprets high powers during the 1800's such as the Marquis St. Evremonde. This paper will discuss the character of St. Evremonde and the he had over his people. The Marquis had little to no remorse for anything. Also, the Marquis stripped his people of all rights. Finally, the way the Marquis went about his power was in human, and traumatizing.
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Marquis Evremonde is the type of character one considers to be a dictator, the antagonist of the events. He felt that his position was far from being associated with the lower class. Evremonde described his family name as being associated with "fear" and "slavery". Marquis Evremonde stated, "Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip as long as this roof shuts out the sky," (Dickens 119). In this example, he is saying that his people have no knowledge of what is to be done to end the "slavery" in which they are under. By this, Evremonde feels that if the people of Paris cannot identify the world and truly understand its faults, they will never understand what it would be like to have "better". The people in this book depicted the living conditions for the lower classes, especially in the French Revolution. Like in real life, the poor were never educated to truly understand what there was to do to thrive for a better lifestyle or to even overthrow any dictator. Dictators such as the Marquis, as well as harsh living conditions, constructed traumatizing and dehumanizing experiences for the people of
In the 7th installment, the …show more content…
Marquis Evremonde is the type of character one considers to be a dictator, the antagonist of the events. He felt that his position was far from being associated with the lower class. Evremonde described his family name as being associated with "fear" and "slavery". Marquis Evremonde stated, "Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient to the whip as long as this roof shuts out the sky," (Dickens 119). In this example, he is saying that his people have no knowledge of what is to be done to end the "slavery" in which they are under. By this, Evremonde feels that if the people of Paris cannot identify the world and truly understand its faults, they will never understand what it would be like to have "better". The people in this book depicted the living conditions for the lower classes, especially in the French Revolution. Like in real life, the poor were never educated to truly understand what there was to do to thrive for a better lifestyle or to even overthrow any dictator. Dictators such as the Marquis, as well as harsh living conditions, constructed traumatizing and dehumanizing experiences for the people of