I believe that Dickens sympathizes with the French Revolution. He uses the character's transformations to further prove this. Docter Manette symbolizes France because of the chaotic times and when Lorry states, "Gracious Creator of day! To be buried alive for 18 years!"(48) I think that this symbolizes the actual Revolution or changes of that time. Another symbolism is when Lorry says that Lucie can bring her father back to normal with her love. I think that this symbolizes the attempt that people made to change things back to before the Revolution.
It seems to be me that Dickens neither sympathizes with the organizers of the French Revolution, nor is he against it. He paints the pesantry in a rather animalistic light in chapter 5. As the wine cask falls and breaks on the stone street, everyone rushes towards the wine and begins to drink it in any way possible. The red wine stains the people in the same as blood would. Dickens writes "Those who had been greedy with the staves of the cask, had acquired a tigerish smear about the mouth" (37). He does not, however, condemn the peasant insteads he, in a way, justifies them in how we witness the actions of the Marquis and how he treats them.
I think that Dickens sympathizes with the French Revolution and even to a point supports it. Dickens doesn't seem to like the aristocracy which we see when Evremond is murdered after running down the child and Darnay is arrested as he tries to help Gabelle. When Dickens says "The time was to come, when taht wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there" (38), which most likely means blood will be spilled in the streets meaning the Revolution will take over.
I beleive that Dickens does support the French Revolution and in doing so, he sympathizes with the rebellious peasants. In chapter 7 Dickens mocks Monseigneur for his lavish lifestyle and displays dismay at the lives of the aristocracy in general. Also in this chapter Dickens shows sympathy for the peasant child that was run over by the carriage. Dickens writes that "it is better for the poor plaything to die so, than to live. It has died in a moment without pain. Could it have lived and hour as happily." This quote shows that Dickens recognized that there was a need for a revolution to end the pains of the peasants.
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I believe that Dickens sympathizes with the French Revolution. He uses the character's transformations to further prove this. Docter Manette symbolizes France because of the chaotic times and when Lorry states, "Gracious Creator of day! To be buried alive for 18 years!"(48) I think that this symbolizes the actual Revolution or changes of that time. Another symbolism is when Lorry says that Lucie can bring her father back to normal with her love. I think that this symbolizes the attempt that people made to change things back to before the Revolution.
It seems to be me that Dickens neither sympathizes with the organizers of the French Revolution, nor is he against it. He paints the pesantry in a rather animalistic light in chapter 5. As the wine cask falls and breaks on the stone street, everyone rushes towards the wine and begins to drink it in any way possible. The red wine stains the people in the same as blood would. Dickens writes "Those who had been greedy with the staves of the cask, had acquired a tigerish smear about the mouth" (37). He does not, however, condemn the peasant insteads he, in a way, justifies them in how we witness the actions of the Marquis and how he treats them.
I think that Dickens sympathizes with the French Revolution and even to a point supports it. Dickens doesn't seem to like the aristocracy which we see when Evremond is murdered after running down the child and Darnay is arrested as he tries to help Gabelle. When Dickens says "The time was to come, when taht wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there" (38), which most likely means blood will be spilled in the streets meaning the Revolution will take over.
I beleive that Dickens does support the French Revolution and in doing so, he sympathizes with the rebellious peasants. In chapter 7 Dickens mocks Monseigneur for his lavish lifestyle and displays dismay at the lives of the aristocracy in general. Also in this chapter Dickens shows sympathy for the peasant child that was run over by the carriage. Dickens writes that "it is better for the poor plaything to die so, than to live. It has died in a moment without pain. Could it have lived and hour as happily." This quote shows that Dickens recognized that there was a need for a revolution to end the pains of the peasants.
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