Justice in Tale of Two Cities

Kate Partington Mr Wood Accelerated English 11 22 February 2013 Justice is a major theme seen in The news report of Two Cities and it connects completely characters in one way or an separate. one and only(a) character in vocalismicular, Madame De furthermostge, links most others together in her sick(p) quest for legal expert. In Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge responds to an wickedness in a negative way after the harming of her family and goes about the molest way of trying to get revenge, which in turn contributes to the overall spell of the story as a whole.Madame Defarges search for jurist for her family is deceased about in the wrong way. She believes that in order to get endorse at Darnay, she must inflict the same pain she felt upon him. Madame Defarge is the image of the evils brought forth by the french rotary motion, (eNotes, 67). After the rape of her sister by Darnays uncle the marquis, and the death of her brother, Defarges becomes obse ssed with hate towards anyone related to the Marquis and then in turn to the whole aristocrat society.Defarge targets the aristocrats in a very stereotypical way, yet does not understand that what she is doing is wrong. Madame Defarge plots the d causefall of the St. Evremondes and other aristocrats with almost infinite patience, working the names of those whom she hates into her knitting. She plots Darnays arrest in 1792 and the ultimate deaths of his entire family, demonstrating the depths of her hatred, (eNotes, 67). Her understanding of legal expert is completely backwards and that only continues to grounds more trouble passim the book.Madame Defarges search for justice is self-made in her eyes, because she achieves causing pain and suffering, but then goes too far when she begins to target random people. Madame Defarge becomes so obsessed with her idea of justice that no one can hold her back in doing whatever she wants to. Defarge is patently wrong to go on and kill inno cent people, yet in her eyes it is perfectly okay because of the injustice done to her family. Madame Defarges acts towards justice contribute to the work as a whole because without her actions there would be essentially be no plot.Defarge is responsible for Darnays trial along with all of the murders, which make up the bulk of the story. The Darnay family is also a big part in this story, and the ref grows a kind of fondness to them. When the Darnays family is in danger, the indorser is affected as well because of all that was invested in these characters. The readers feelings for hatred towards Madame Defarge and sympathy towards Darnay and his family add a great pass out to the overall lesson and experience of reading the book.Without Madame Defarge and her crazy acts of justice in her own mind, the story would not be the same and would not give the reader the same benefit. Madame Defarge all in all represents much more than a scorned sister looking for revenge, she represents all the bad in the French Revolution. She had good intentions in the beginning just wanted to get justice for her family, much like the French Revolution had good intentions to make a better life. Yet both Madame Defarges plan and the French Revolution went too far than originally planned.Madame Defarge began targeting random people just because they were associated with the aristocrat class while the French Revolution did the same. Defarges plan was a big part of the overall plot, yet it represents the Revolution as a whole much as the whole book does. Madame Defarge and her quest for justice are a huge part of the overall plot of the story. Without some(prenominal) of her actions, the story as a whole would not be the same. In her search for justice, she represents much more and that in itself contributes to the plot as a symbol for the French Revolution.The injustice done to Madame Defarge continues to affect all throughout the story. Works Cited Characters. Novels for Students . Vol. 5. Gale Cengage, .eNotes. com. 22 Feb, 2013 http//www. enotes. com/tale-of-two-cities/ Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Evanston McDougal Littell, 1997. Print. Bibliography Characters. Novels for Students. Vol. 5. Gale Cengage, . eNotes. com. 22 Feb, 2013 http//www. enotes. com/tale-of-two-cities/ Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Evanston McDougal Littell, 1997. Print.