In Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," the character, Madame Defarge, is used to enhance the disturbing entity of the French Revolution. ... The pain and betrayal caused by the French aristocracy sparked a desire for revenge in Madame Defarge, ultimately leading to a merciless, blood-thirsty mind-state. ... "Madame Defarge knitted with nimble fingers and steady eyebrows, and saw nothing." ... Madame Defarge laments, " 'Those dead are my dead, and that summons to answer for those things descends to me!'... ... Madame Defarge's violent mien is unveiled a...

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Berner A Tale of Two Cities As many already know, Charles Dickens was a great writer of the 18th century Victorian era. Dickens was unique in his many very descriptive and imaginative characters usually based off his own experiences in life; but in A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens wrote his first and only story based off actual events in history; causing him to slightly hold back on his extreme characters. ... John Gross writes in a literary criticism paper, "A Tale of Two Cities", that "Dickens wouldn't be Dickens if there weren't occasional touches like the, "hospital process...

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