A Tale Of Human Depravity: Good Intentions Gone Awry
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A Tale of Human Depravity: Good Intentions Gone Awry A continuous cycle of violence and subjugation never truly sets one free. In his historic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens shows the distinction and tension between the rich and the poor in France that leads up to the infamous French Revolution. Throughout the novel, Dickens shows that violence is not an effective solution to fight tyranny. The motto of the French Revolution, “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,” is good in meaning, but Dickens reveals how human depravity pushes the revolutionaries towards violence and oppression and how this prohibits them from fulfilling their admirable goals. The aristocrats of the French Revolution rule tyrannically with an iron fist over the citizens of France. The aristocrats are known for high taxes, unjust laws, and complete disregard for their citizens. These French elites live in unimaginable luxury while on the streets outside of their mansions the people live in lack of everything. One French noble, Monseigneur, exemplifies the decadence and extreme luxury the aristocrats live in as “it took four men, all four a-blaze with gorgeous decoration, and the Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watches in his…show more content… This excess wealth, which the aristocrats live in, only looks crueler considering they have no concern for the desolation the