Dicken's Insanity In A Tale Of Two Cities By Charles Dickens

At first, Dicken’s expressed that his attitude in the past about being a madman would be different than now. Before he would be angered but now, his attitude towards his madness is positive. He describes this when he says, “How it would have roused the terror that used to come upon me sometimes, sending the blood hissing and tingling through my veins… I like it now though. It;s a fine name” (Dickens 575). He does not mind being called a madman, and he takes it almost as a compliment. He is honored to be this madman and believes it is what makes him great, while in the past he feared becoming mad. At the end of the first paragraph, he shows readers his enthusiasm for madness, “Hurrah for the madhouse! Oh, it’s a rare place” (Dickens 575).
Dickens finds it ironic that he inherited a large estate and much money because he was not deserving of it. He believes other men of higher class or power would have been better suited for this inheritance. He says, “ I inherited an estate...Where the dexterity of the lawyers, eager to discover a flaw? The
It was just another family trying to pawn their daughter off to a wealthy man. In the text he describes how he was deceived when it says, “I should have known that the girl would rather have been placed, stiff and cold in a dull leaden coffin, than borne an envied bride to my rich, glittering house” (Dickens 576). Dicken’s uncovers the lies and secrets when he hears his wife whispering another man’s name in his sleep. She had never actually loved him and was in love with another man. Dicken’s could suspect his wife did not love him the same as he loved her, but he never suspected another lover. He says, “She loved another. This I had never thought of” (Dickens 576). The madness arouse from Dicken’s mind as he plotted to murder his wife. He was so angered and wished evil things upon