In A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, one of the key characters Madame Defarge embodies the fury and wrath of the French Revolution. ... America is more like Madame Defarge than most people would like to admit; both have had family brutally killed, seek revenge, and resent certain nationalities or classes of society. ... Madame Defarge showed much patience at the start of the revolution knitting the names of her victims and not yelling for revenge at that very moment ( Weigel). ... The revenge that Madame Defarge seeks is not only toward the Everemonde family, but toward all members ...

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