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Teachers and parents! Struggling with distance learning? Themes All Themes. Characters All Characters Charles Darnay a. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. The former servant of Dr. Manette , Defarge uses his Paris wine shop as a place to organize French revolutionaries. Like his wife, Madame Defarge , Defarge is fiercely committed to overthrowing tyranny and avenging injustice.

Yet Defarge always retains a shred of mercy, and does not participate in his wife's plot to kill Lucie. This quality of mercy makes Defarge a symbol for the failed Revolution, which ultimately loses sight of its ideals and revels in the violence it causes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance. Book 1, Chapter 5. Monsieur Defarge , the owner of the wine shop, enters his store. From her position behind the Once the "Jacques" have left, Mr.

Lorry speaks with Monsieur Defarge. Defarge leads Mr. Lorry and Lucie up to his attic. The room is dark Book 1, Chapter 6. Lorry and Defarge arrange for their immediate departure. Before he leaves, Manette asks to bring along his shoemaking Book 2, Chapter 7.

As his carriage pulls away, the coin sails back in: Monsieur Defarge threw it back. Furious, the Marquis screams that he will "exterminate [the commoners] from Book 2, Chapter One day, Monsieur Defarge enters his shop with the mender of roads and takes him to the attic Defarge sends the mender of roads outside and consults with the Jacques.

Manette and saw the way that the Doctor was unjustly imprisoned by the Evremonde brothers. With this context in mind, it is unsurprising and probably justified that Ernest Defarge becomes involved in Revolutionary activities, including violence. Nonetheless, Ernest seems to retain his humanity and his loyalty to Dr. He contrasts with his wife by suggesting that not all Revolutionaries were totally bloodthirsty. He fades from the novel without any mention of how his storyline concludes. Because he cannot fully commit to either participating in violence or working against it, his story ends ambiguously.

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