“Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be,” as Rebecca Solnit once said. A revolution is a change in the present leading to a different future. It can come about at anytime or anywhere, but it is more common among people who are miserable and are desperate for amelioration of their situation. Revolutions can be as miniscule as a change in the way of one’s thinking or as drastic as making a change on the global scale. In places where revolutions are present, people are often killed and entire social hierarchies can be changed as an outcome. During the French Revolution, this was exemplified when the nobles and aristocrats were stripped of their rank, wealth, and sometimes …show more content…
After staying on the verge of his sanity for a while, Dr. Manette finally began to feel empowered as he was helping Lucie through treating the patients in French prisons. The only reason he was there was Darnay’s capture, a byproduct of the revolution. Essentially, the new betterment of the doctor’s mental state and wellbeing was in part due to the French Revolution. “...He became so far exalted by the change, that he took the lead and direction, and required them as the weak, to trust him as the strong,”(Dickens 277). He was also left in a wallowing despair later in the book by the same influence. This occured after Charles was sentenced to death, predicting him becoming another victim of the revolution. Dr. Manette blamed himself for not being able to save his son-in-law despite his efforts and his mind reverted back into the degraded state from countless years in the Bastille. “‘Come, come!’ said he, in a whimpering miserable way; ‘let me get to work. Give me my work,’”(Dickens 346). Dr. Manette was affected numerous times by the French Revolution within the