the evremondes killed madame defarge in a tale of two cities.
the evremondes killed madame defarge in a tale of two cities.
who killed madame defarge in a tale of two cities?
the evremondes
during the fight with miss pross, madame defarge clings to her with "more than the hold of a drowning woman". commentators on the novel have noted the irony that madame defarge is killed by her own gun, and perhaps dickens means by the above quote to suggest that such vicious vengefulness as madame defarge's will eventually destroy even its perpetrators.
a tale of two cities
as is frequent in european literature, good and evil are symbolized by light and darkness. lucie manette is the light, as represented literally by her name; and madame defarge is darkness. darkness represents uncertainty, fear, and peril. it is dark when mr. lorry rides to dover; it is dark in the prisons; dark shadows follow madame defarge; dark, gloomy doldrums disturb dr. manette; his capture and captivity are shrouded in darkness; the marquis' estate is burned in the dark of night; jerry cruncher raids graves in the darkness; charles' second arrest also occurs at night. both lucie and mr. lorry feel the dark threat that is madame defarge. "that dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me," remarks lucie. although mr. lorry tries to comfort her, "the shadow of the manner of these defarges was dark upon himself". madame defarge is "like a shadow over the white road", the snow symbolising purity and madame defarge's darkness corruption. dickens also compares the dark colour of blood to the pure white snow: the blood takes on the shade of the crimes of its shedders.
a tale of two cities