Topic > Unwarranted revenge in Charles's A Tale of Two Cities...

Charles Dickens focuses on the revenge that set in motion the bloody French Revolution in his suspenseful story A Tale of Two Cities. The French Revolution was a revolt instigated by the peasants, who attacked the nobles with a vengeful spirit starting from 1789 and continuing until 1799. The settings of the book took place both in London and in England, two parallels in the novel, two cities in which he entered the plot of the Revolution is at stake. Although the reasons behind the various examples of revenge are laid out, actions taken with revenge in mind are unjustifiable and unjustifiable. Dickens successfully portrays the theme of revenge through the prankster Gaspard, the courageous younger brother who sacrificed himself to protect his family and the brilliant antagonist Madame Defarge. Gaspard the joker wants revenge against the nobility, and the nobility takes revenge on Gaspard and the peasants because of Gaspard's actions. Gaspard the prankster has a son who is hit and tragically killed by a carriage. Inside the carriage is the stone-faced noble Marquess St. Evermonde after he leaves the opera house and is headed to his castle. When the Marquis exits the carriage, he has no sympathy or moral remorse for what happened, even at the sight of Gaspard crying for his dead son. He says: “It is extraordinary to me that you cannot take care of yourselves and your children. One or the other of you is always in the way. How do I know what damage you have done to my horses?" {Dickens 84). His comment shows how insignificant the peasants are to the nobles, because having been more concerned about the animals, it meant that the animals had a pedestal of more importance elevated compared to the peasants.The Marquis throws... middle of the card...... leads to the brutal French Revolution. The reason for revenge can be explained, but it is never justified. Those who take revenge unjustly will not be rewarded , but they will be punished because revenge only leads to unstable emotions and unfortunately strong actions. Gaspard's actions lead to brutal imprisonment before being hanged. The younger brother, despite his death being a true gentleman, still allows himself to be overcome by anger and he dies from the wound sustained in the duel. Madame Defarge's revenge is not an emotion strong enough to overcome the power of love and sacrifice, which leads to his final death. Many people died during the French Revolution due to the desire for revenge. The sacrifices that many made during the French Revolution, due to the choice of many people to take revenge, caused an unnecessarily high number of deaths among the innocents unintentionally affected..