Re: A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:59:06 -0100
My dear Miss Vianet,
Let me refer you to what I wrote of Madame Defarge. Her sad story, and
her own forceful character, have made her into something akin to what you
call "a robot of vengeance." I spoke of Madame Defarge as one of those
women "upon whom the time had laid a dreadfully disfiguring hand." Speaking
of her family's wrongs at the hands of the Evremonde brothers, she tells her
husband, "that sister of the mortally wounded boy upon the ground was my
sister, that husband was my sister's husband, that unborn child was their
child, that brother was my brother, that father was my father, those dead
are my dead . . . ." Madame Defarge was not inevitably destined to become
the remorseless creature she is. Evil experiences made her.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>I'm am researching information on Madame Defarge.
>Would you classify her as a human being or a mere robot of vengence?
>Does she have a concience or emotions?
>If you could answer these questions for me it would be much appriciated.
>Thank You,
>ALYSON
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