Revolution
"A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a powerful novel in its depiction of the French Revolution." During the French Revolution, the setting of this novel, the aristocrats and the revolutionaries both go to extremes in their beliefs. The aristocrats were so overly wealthy and egotistical that they didn't care for the commoners or peasants and took them for granted. The aristocracy in France was very arrogant and looked down on the peasants greatly. The aristocrats had no sympathy or concern for others because they thought too highly of themselves and their blue blood. Driving in his carriage through the streets of Paris, the cruel aristocrat, Marquis St. Evremonde runs over and kills a poor man's child. The Marquis scolded the father because the peasant child's blood got the carriage wheels dirty. The Marquis also would not pay for a hea
"It is extraordinary to me that you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. Another thing was that the aristocracy taxed the peasants so greatly that there was no middle class. The taking of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 kicked off the long-simmering French revolution. "One must strive to find a middle ground and not be so conceited and overpowering, but try to think of others and not go to the extreme. One or the other of you is for ever in the way. Evremonde as an act of vengeance for his son's death. There was only an extremely wealthy class and an extremely poor class. In Paris on July 14, 1789 the French revolution broke out. Evremonde also raped Madame Defarge's family. That incident brought about the Marquis death. The echoing of "hundreds of footsteps", heard by Lucie Manette, signaled that the revolution was beginning and coming rapidly. Among its refuse, or anything to eat.
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