Charles Dickens Use Of Satire In The Tale Of Two Cities

Throughout The Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens is continuously finding fault in the social structure of the society. Satire is used throughout the whole entire book in order to slash both social structures of England and France. In the second book, Jerry Cruncher yells at his wife for praying, yet does he know that she was praying for him to become a better person. Mrs.Cruncher yells “I was only saying my prayers!” and Jerry responds with “Saying your prayers! You’re a nice woman! What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me!” (Dickens 81). Jerry Cruncher does not accept praying or “flopping”, as he calls it, but he views grave robbing as respectable. In book the third, Dickens uses satire to show the misuse of power that