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Miss Pross In A Tale Of Two Cities

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“Miss Pross had nothing beautiful about her; years had not tamed the wildness, or softened the grimness, of her appearance; but, she too was a determined woman in her different way, and she measured Madame Defarge with her eyes, every inch.” (Dickens 321). Miss Pross is a static character. Pross loves Lucie and would give her life for her, she treats Lucie like her own daughter, and she would do anything for her which includes committing a sin at the end of the story to protect her. Some people think that the sin was justifiable, some do not. Miss Pross is big, tough, brawny, and fiercely loyal to her mistress, Lucie. Pross is a very manly and a very strong woman. “It proceeded from Miss Pross, the wild red woman, strong of hand, whose acquaintance he had first made at the Royal George Hotel at Dover, and had since improved.” (Dickens 82). …show more content…

She is Solomon Pross's sister and hates the French. From her first appearance, she scares Mr. Lorry. Miss Pross establishes herself as a fun character, but also a character that is loyal and loves Lucie. Without having Miss Pross in the book, the story would not seem right. Since Lucie was soft and fragile, she needed someone there for her to help her through life and protect her. When she first entered, Mr. Lorry thought she was a man because she entered so quickly. She then goes to show her soft side, while still being bossy to Mr. Lorry. She is very protective over Lucie and pays very close attention to her. Miss Pross seems ready to leap into battle for Lucie at any time. “I’ll not leave a handful of that dark hair upon your head if you lay a finger on me!’” (Dickens 322). She is so devoted to Lucie, it seems that she is more devoted to her than her own life. She would do anything for Lucie. “‘I don’t want dozens of people who are not at all worthy

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His thoughts from beginning to end change as he must realize that times are changing and the revolution is beginning to start. He is a man of his word, which will come to help many people during the French Revolution. As he got older, he would begin to have feelings for a young woman that is the daughter of a once imprisoned Dr. Manette. Charles would describe Lucie as “A perfect woman, with golden braided hair,” said by Charles, when he first laid eyes on Lucie. As a man, Charles knew he was to go to Dr. Manette and get his ok to ask Lucie to marry him, but there were plenty of other men who felt the same way for the perfect

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In the end, Miss Pross’s motivation to save her Ladybird causes her to shoot and kill Madame Defarge as well as sacrifice her ability to hear for the rest of her life. Driven by her love for Lucie, we can conclude that Miss Pross was truly willing to do anything for her no matter the cost to help

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“‘As a wife and mother,’ cried Lucie, most earnestly, ‘I implore you to have pity on me and not to exercise any power that you possess, against my innocent husband, but do use it in his behalf. O sister-woman, think of me as a wife and a mother!’ Madame Defarge looked, coldly as ever, at the suppliant, and said, turning to her friend The Vengeance: ‘The wives and mothers we have been used to see, since we were as little as this child, and much less, have not been greatly considered? We have known their husbands and fathers laid in prison and kept from them, often enough? All of our lives, we have seen our sister-women suffer, in themselves and in their children, poverty, nakedness, hunger, thirst, sickness, misery, oppression, and neglect of all kinds?”

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