Madam Defarge In A Tale Of Two Cities

People wish that they had the option to change their lives for the better like in Charles Dickens’s a Tale of two Cities. This story is about redemption, and a strong friendship between Lucie Manette and Charles Darney. Unfortunately, the relationship was near conclusion when Charles was imprisoned and sent to the guillotine. Then a unlikely character comes out of the background to save Charle’s life, sacrificing his own life at the guillotine in place of Charles, in order to give Charles and Lucie a life together. Throughout this story, Charles Dickens allows many of the characters to gain redemption, although some of the characters like Charles Darney and Jerry Cruncher take this opportunity, others like Madame Dafarge do not and die hated by everyone.
She is a picture of what the French Revolution was, cruel, heartless, and based off of misguided morals. At the beginning of the story, not much is known of Madam Defarge, but throughout the story we learn what transpires in her life that weaves the thread of sadness and despair. The main reason for her bitterness, is that her parents raised her without teaching her any better. The secondary explanation for her bitter personality, is because she is seeking revenge for her siblings who where killed by Marquis Evrémonde. Eventually she died hated by readers when she accidentally shoots herself while struggling with another woman who is trying to protect Lucie. Some of the characters in Tale of Two Cities gain redemption either gradually through the story, or through an act of self sacrifice, but people like Madame Defarge, who are so caught up in their views and sin, do not find redemption in this story, because they don’t do the extra work to make the