A Tale of Two Cities is a novel about a woman named Madame Defarge who wants revenge on the aristocrats. Madame Defarge wants revenge on the evermondes because the evermondes killed her sister and her family. Now she knits peoples names that she plans on getting revenge on. Madame Defarge is a commoner and she doesn't like the aristocrats. In seeking vengeance, Madame Defarge has acquired the very traits of those who wronged her. She …showed first 75 words of 254 total…

…showed last 75 words of 254 total…hunger, their need for vengeance and relief confirms the inevitability of revolution. The French Revolution was inevitable because the aristocracy had exploited and plundered the poor until they were driven to extreme measures. The Marquis St. Evremonde is uncaring and has no respect for life. This is especially apparent when he cold-heartedly runs down an innocent child with his carriage. In payment for the inconvenience, Monseigneur throws a single coin to the child’s parent.