Fate in A Tale of Two Cities Fate cannot be altered or modified because it is a course in life that is forever destined to occur. Fate unites the people of France under one banner to overthrow a corrupt, violent, and aristocratic government who causes the national poverty, food shortages, and the uneven distribution of wealth throughout the nation. The Evremonde brothers imprison Dr. Manette for 18 years for accepting his fate of helping them cure two peasant people and later reporting the incident to the minister. Charles Dickens portrays “the best of times” and “the worst of times” of the French revolution in his infamous novel A Tale of Two Cities. The memorandums, morals, and justifications of fate are revealed to us through Sydney Carton’s
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Fate planned Mme. Defarge’s death when she attempts to fulfill her goal to kill the final descendant and relative of the Evremonde family; Lucie and her daughter little Lucie. “Madame Defarge’s hands were at her bosom. Miss Pross looked up, saw what it was, struck at it, struck out a flash and a crash…the furious woman whose body lay lifeless on the ground” (Dickens 379). Mme. Defarge continues her quest to eliminate every Evremonde member by demanding the presence of Lucie and her daughter. However, Miss Pross, filled with love and compassion, faces and bravely distracts Mme. Defarge while her “Ladybird” escapes to England. In this moment, the accidental murder of Mme. Defarge takes place. Mme. Defarge’s cruel actions of executing innocent people, who were thought of enemies of the republic, signaled her death. Mme. Defarge “knits” the patterns of innocent people’s death with the obsessive power given to her from the revolution. “Two score of twelve were told off. From the farmer-general of seventy, whose riches could not buy his life, to the seamstress of twenty, whose poverty and obscurity could not save her” (Dickens 356). This quote tells us that the prisoners of the Conceirgerie prison were innocent of any crimes that they were charged with. This shows Mme. Defarge’s inhumanity and excessive power to kill everyone who are thought of as the revolution’s enemy. In conclusion, Mme. Defarge is one of the …show more content…
Defarge. In chronological order, the Marquis’s death foreshadowed Charles’s fate of execution. This then led to Sydney’s sacrifice, which gave his life a purpose to live. While Mme. Defarge was so obsessed with her power, fate decided to end her influence. The fates of Sydney, the Marquis, and Mme. Defarge may have been altered if they had a sudden change of heart. Changing fate is very difficult because once you enter a certain path in life, everything that is bound to happen is portended to be. When committing a crime, you cannot just decide to change the actions of your past and do good things. Facing the consequences of your actions is your fate that you will have to meet. Furthermore, fate is everything in life and death. Anything and everything that has happened or will happen were meant to be with its reasons of
Fate planned Mme. Defarge’s death when she attempts to fulfill her goal to kill the final descendant and relative of the Evremonde family; Lucie and her daughter little Lucie. “Madame Defarge’s hands were at her bosom. Miss Pross looked up, saw what it was, struck at it, struck out a flash and a crash…the furious woman whose body lay lifeless on the ground” (Dickens 379). Mme. Defarge continues her quest to eliminate every Evremonde member by demanding the presence of Lucie and her daughter. However, Miss Pross, filled with love and compassion, faces and bravely distracts Mme. Defarge while her “Ladybird” escapes to England. In this moment, the accidental murder of Mme. Defarge takes place. Mme. Defarge’s cruel actions of executing innocent people, who were thought of enemies of the republic, signaled her death. Mme. Defarge “knits” the patterns of innocent people’s death with the obsessive power given to her from the revolution. “Two score of twelve were told off. From the farmer-general of seventy, whose riches could not buy his life, to the seamstress of twenty, whose poverty and obscurity could not save her” (Dickens 356). This quote tells us that the prisoners of the Conceirgerie prison were innocent of any crimes that they were charged with. This shows Mme. Defarge’s inhumanity and excessive power to kill everyone who are thought of as the revolution’s enemy. In conclusion, Mme. Defarge is one of the …show more content…
Defarge. In chronological order, the Marquis’s death foreshadowed Charles’s fate of execution. This then led to Sydney’s sacrifice, which gave his life a purpose to live. While Mme. Defarge was so obsessed with her power, fate decided to end her influence. The fates of Sydney, the Marquis, and Mme. Defarge may have been altered if they had a sudden change of heart. Changing fate is very difficult because once you enter a certain path in life, everything that is bound to happen is portended to be. When committing a crime, you cannot just decide to change the actions of your past and do good things. Facing the consequences of your actions is your fate that you will have to meet. Furthermore, fate is everything in life and death. Anything and everything that has happened or will happen were meant to be with its reasons of