Tale Of Two Cities Inhumanity Analysis

Man’s Inhumanity: The Power of Hatred
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1799, when the Rebels overthrew the French monarch. Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities takes place during this time. Although, Dickens did not write the book for another 60 years, it portrays different points of view well and accurately. The peasants infuriated by the nobles’ tyranny and driven by their hatred do terrible, violent things. Man’s inhumanity toward his fellow man shows how hate often overshadows love as seen during the French Revolution with the Revolutionaries, Evremonde brothers, and Madame Defarge.
The Revolutionaries, fueled by their hatred for the aristocracy, show their inhumanity through vicious murder and vulgar jokes. Foulon,

They forcefully take Dr. Manette to the home knowing he is a new, young doctor in need of a good reputation that could easily be destroyed by them, as seen when he is wrongfully sent to jail. They reveal two patients in need of his care, a young peasant girl and her brother. They are both in terrible shape and likely to die soon. The girl is unable to communicate well with the Doctor, but, through his final breaths, the boy is able to tell Dr. Manette what happened to them. The girl was married to another man when one of the brothers decided he had a liking for her. The girl’s brother states that when the Evremonde brother asked the girl’s husband for permission, “[her husband] was willing enough, but my sister was good and virtuous, and hated his brother with a hatred as strong as mine” (252). Not taking no for an answer, the brothers worked her husband to death and raped the girl. This action shows what little consideration the nobles had for their serfs. The Evremonde’s treated their workers like their property, abusing and oppressing them constantly. Once the boy discovered what had happened, he told his father and he instantly died of a heart attack before saying a word. The brother hid his younger sister, and then followed the Evremonde brother in order to fight. Although the boy was just a peasant and was no match for the well trained and experienced noble, he put up a good fight, “a common dog, but sword in hand” (253). The odds were certainly against him, but he felt he had to defend his sister and avenge his father’s death. In his attempt to challenge the Evremonde’s, the boy was seriously injured and dies, leaving his younger sister alone. Many years later, one of these Evremonde brothers is in a carriage racing back to his home in the country when it runs over a small child. Unmoved by the fact that he just killed someone’s child, he ignorantly throws a