A brilliant plot was laid out by the author, Charles Dickens, in the novel "A Tale of Two Cities." ... Because of two antagonists who happens to be key leaders of the French Revolution wanting to seek revenge on Darnay's family, Darnay is sentenced the death penalty. ... This shows that she had power over the revolution and used it to seek revenge, a central theme in this novel. "The evil effects of revenge brings out one's bad side," is an implicit theme that Mrs. ... Charles Dickens's novel, "Tale of Two Cities" is a very interesting book that I rate an "8." ...

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, Tale of Two Cities, the author repeatedly foreshadows the impending revolution. ... Also, after Marquis is murdered for killing the small child with his horses, we come to see the theme of revenge that will become all too common. ... Dickens describes the rush to the spilled wine by saying "The people within reach had suspended their business, or their idleness to run to the spot and drink the wine... some men kneeled down, made scoops with their two hands joined and sipped."... After the Marquis is murdered for killing the small child with his horses, we come to see the theme of revenge tha...

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He looks at his experiences through out the book in an optimistic way and the main theme is that everything on earth happens for the better. ... In chapters two through six Candide goes through the process of being a soldier in the Bulgar's army during the time they were at war with the Abarians. Candide's recruitment was at an Inn of the neighboring town of Westphalia, where two men buy him food after he went through a complicated travel. ... The glory of war was then described by Voltaire in the third chapter by showing the brutality of European war, cities burnt to ashes and so ...

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