After all, he played a key role in locking Doctor Manette up for life. His chateau exploits the poor to the point of breaking, and he shows no sympathy at all for the fates of those struggling to provide his estate with more money. He even runs over small children in the street. In fact, people do murder him in his sleep. It becomes pretty hard to critique violence when the victims of that violence seem to deserve it.
End of story. But is this really the take-away message the novel is trying to send? Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Meanwhile, the silent challenge offered by Defarge and Madame Defarge at the scene suggests that the people's tolerance for such cruel treatment is near the breaking point.
Convulsionists members of a religious group with physical practices similar to the Shakers or the Holy Rollers. Dervishes members of any of various Muslim religious groups dedicated to a life of poverty and chastity.
Some dervishes practice whirling, chanting, and the like as religious acts. Palace of the Tuileries where the French king and queen lived in Paris. Previous Chapter 6. Next Chapter 8. Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Are you sure you want to remove bookConfirmation and any corresponding bookmarks?
He personifies all that is wrong with the upper classes in pre-Revolutionary France. Marquis St. An immoral, cruel man, he runs down a child with his carriage and is later murdered by the child's father. The name comes from the nickname for peasants. The revolutionaries imprison this man during the Revolution for handling some business affairs for Darnay.
His letter begging for help sends Darnay back to France. Gaspard A peasant. This man murders the Marquis St. Road-mender and Wood-sawyer A peasant.
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