madam defarge = Ursula
Much like the Disney villain Ursula, Madam Defarge is quite the cold-hearted lady. The reader even begins to feel pity for Foulon, that guy that told the commoners to eat grass, as Defarge watches him beg for mercy without the slight hint of compassion on her face. The revolution brings out the worst in her. In the process of rebelling, she loses her characters and her own personal morals and values.Both Ursula and Defarge are leaders in their own ways, and use their manipulation skills to get what they want. In Defarge's case, she has a whole mob of followers who were lead to believe they were avenging themselves, when in actuality, they are avenging Madam Defarge's personal issues with the aristocracy
."It is Defarge," said madame. "Silence, patriots!"
With the use of the word patriot, a huge connection is made to those of the American revolution. Both countries fighting for their freedom from the government that restrains them. However, there is more of a dark undertone to the French Revolution in contrast, especially in Madam Defarge's case, because she is not after revolution, she is after revenge
:The men were terrible, in the bloody-minded anger with which they looked from windows, caught up what arms they had, and came pouring down into the streets; but, the women were a sight to chill the boldest. From such household occupations as their bare poverty yielded, from their children, from their aged and their sick crouching on the bare ground famished and naked, they ran out with streaming hair, urging one another, and themselves, to madness with the wildest cries and actions."(Book 2, chapter 22)
This quote is signficant to Madam Defarge because it symbolizes the relationship between Madam Defarge and Monsieur Defarge. While Madam Defarge's husband is to be feared, he isn't the leader in this, and he isn't by far the most vicious That would Madam Defarge. In this time period, women weren't regarded as brutal very often, and Madam Defarge was the most brutal of them all. The women had lost all humanity.
The Storming of the Bastille
The Sorming of the Bastille began the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. This event was when the revolutionaries ambushed the prison a.k.a. the Bastille. Dickens ties this historic event into the novel by using it to symbolize the downfall of the aristocracy and the elite class, and the uproar of the mob. During this time, Dickens compares France to "a dreadful sea rising," saying that France is in a state of complete chaos, and also that the revolutionists aren't finished with their ambush and what's to expect is still unknown. The Defarges lead the mob for the Storming of the Bastille, and Defarge demands to be taken to 105 North Tower, Dr. Manette's old prison cell, to search for something. The whole crowd attacks the govener, and Madame Defarge cuts off his head. This panadamonieum revels how the corrupted aristocracy effected the lower classes, and caused them to rebel against the elite class to turn France into a chaotic place.
."It is Defarge," said madame. "Silence, patriots!"
With the use of the word patriot, a huge connection is made to those of the American revolution. Both countries fighting for their freedom from the government that restrains them. However, there is more of a dark undertone to the French Revolution in contrast, especially in Madam Defarge's case, because she is not after revolution, she is after revenge
:The men were terrible, in the bloody-minded anger with which they looked from windows, caught up what arms they had, and came pouring down into the streets; but, the women were a sight to chill the boldest. From such household occupations as their bare poverty yielded, from their children, from their aged and their sick crouching on the bare ground famished and naked, they ran out with streaming hair, urging one another, and themselves, to madness with the wildest cries and actions."(Book 2, chapter 22)
This quote is signficant to Madam Defarge because it symbolizes the relationship between Madam Defarge and Monsieur Defarge. While Madam Defarge's husband is to be feared, he isn't the leader in this, and he isn't by far the most vicious That would Madam Defarge. In this time period, women weren't regarded as brutal very often, and Madam Defarge was the most brutal of them all. The women had lost all humanity.
The Storming of the Bastille
The Sorming of the Bastille began the French Revolution on July 14, 1789. This event was when the revolutionaries ambushed the prison a.k.a. the Bastille. Dickens ties this historic event into the novel by using it to symbolize the downfall of the aristocracy and the elite class, and the uproar of the mob. During this time, Dickens compares France to "a dreadful sea rising," saying that France is in a state of complete chaos, and also that the revolutionists aren't finished with their ambush and what's to expect is still unknown. The Defarges lead the mob for the Storming of the Bastille, and Defarge demands to be taken to 105 North Tower, Dr. Manette's old prison cell, to search for something. The whole crowd attacks the govener, and Madame Defarge cuts off his head. This panadamonieum revels how the corrupted aristocracy effected the lower classes, and caused them to rebel against the elite class to turn France into a chaotic place.