Prejudice In Jane Eyre And A Tale Of Two Cities

uence over their decisions and relationships. Individuals learn to seek validation from likes, comments, and views via social media; therefore, they subconsciously indulge themselves in the idea of the necessity of being accepted by society. Consequently, as proved through works of literature, the way one is depicted by the public brings about prejudice. In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, the narrator by the same name, as well as, the protagonist Charles Darnay, in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens elicit prejudice based on their past upbringings which led to forming lasting relationships through striving to make decisions to escape their respective oppressive societal roles.
Previous events in both protagonists’ lives

Charles Evrémonde, the future heir to the French aristocratic throne, undertook the last name Darnay and fled to England to conceal his familial relation to the Evrémondes and their apathetic deeds; however, the Defarges in Paris gather the anonymous French revolutionary “Jacques'' in their wineshop to proceed in formulating their plans of storming the Bastillto initiate a revolution against the Evrémondes. For instance, Madame Defarge knit Darnay’s name into her scarf because her personal conflict with the Evrémonde family motivated her revenge against Darnay. Madame Defarge justifies that she “was brought up among…that peasant family so injured by the two Evrémonde brothers, as that Bastille paper describes… Degarge, 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, those dead are my dead” (Dickens 350). Accordingly, the knitting of names foreshadowed the targeted victims of the French Revolution, proving Darnay’s familial relationship with the Evrémondes literally and figuratively intertwined him into becoming a victim of the revolutionaries' vengeance despite his innocence. The “tale of two generations… carries a particularly powerful social resonance” since the cruel actions of Monseigneur St. Evrémonde, Darnay’s uncle, contribute to the threats brought upon guilt-free Darnay (Hutter). Darnay’s family’s actions sparked anti-aristocracy emotions within the revolutionaries; therefore, the repercussions aimed at the Evrémondes, such as Madame Defarge knitting the intended victims’ names. The revolutionaries prejudged Darnay based on his family’s actions, thus burdening his ability to be accepted by society. In history, during the Reign of Terror, thousands of prisoners were murdered by revolutionaries, so Darnay’s life would be