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TheAnalysisofDickens’Conflictin

ATaleofTwoCities

Abstract:CharlesDickensisoneofthegreatestauthorsofEnglandinthe19thcentury.A

TaleofTwoCitieswhichheclaimedtobehisbestworkasmostofhisotherworksfallsonthe

s,bycreatingthecharacterMadameDefarge,showsthatthere

issomeconflictbetweenrevolutionandhumanism.

KeyWords:ATaleofTwoCities,conflict,MadameDefarge

中文标题：《双城记》所体现的狄更斯内心矛盾分析

摘要：查尔斯·狄更斯是十九世纪英国一位伟大作家。《双城记》是他的一部批判现

实主义作品。狄更斯通过对典型人物德发奇太太的塑造，反映了他的革命性与人道主义精神

之间存在着一定的冲突。

关键词：《双城记》冲突德发奇太太

Body:Knownasoneofthetopnovelistsofthatage,CharlesDickensiswellworthofhis

lifei

ushiswritingtoexpothegreed,hypocrisyandcrueltyoftheupperclassandcapitalistsandto

thagainsttheoppressionofthe

andpointisclearly

escriptionofthatchaoticsociety,weknowthat

owecanehiscompassionforthe

ameDefargeisasymbolofsucha

conflict.

ThecrueltyofMadameDefarge:

complicated,canpredictwhatsheiscapableofdoing,anditems

r,sheisalsoageniusrevolutionist.

,forthemostpartinthis

novelkeepssilentandkeepsknittingthenamesshewantstotakerevengeonintothenamelist.

Shealwayssitsinthebarstillandpeacefully,butunderthepeacefulness,thereistheatticfaithfor

erevolutionfinallybreaksout,sheshedshercamouflageandbecomesthe

blood-suckingbeast,leadingthewomentodowhatevertheywantandtrytowipeoutwhothey

hate,swroteinthenovel”Itwasnothingtoherthatan

innocentmanwastodieforthesinsofhisforefathers;shesaw,nothim,othing

toherthathiswifewastobemadeawidowandhisdaughteranorphan;thatwasinsufficient

punishment,becautheywerehernaturalenemiesandherprey,andassuchhadnorighttolive.

Toappealtoher,wasmadehopelessbyherhavingnonofpity,evenforherlf,Ifshehad

beenlaidlowinthestreets,inanyofthemanyencountersinwhichshehadbeenengaged,she

wouldnothavepitiedherlf;nor,ifshehadbeenorderedtotheaxetomorrow,wouldshehave

gonetoitwithanysofterfeelingthanafiercedesiretochangeplaceswiththemanwhonther

there.”ocoldblooded,

kslittle,butnobodycanignoreherprence,someevenfear

manyfollowerswhoalwayslistentoherorderandactuallynooneofthemdaresto

disobeyher,ucie,thealmostperfectcharacterinthisnovel,wecan

,

sly,shecastshadowsineveryone’slife,andeveryonecantellher

differenceandtheevilpowerhiddenheart.

ThetragedyofMadameDefarge:Thoughheractionofrevengeintherevolutionvergeson

craziness,herhateisnotbornwith,gedy

sinthenovelgivesathoroughdescriptionofher

familybackgroundandhowherfamilymembersareonebyoneforcedtodieinthesuccessive

fterreadingthispartwillnotpityherfortheunfortunatelifeshehas

experienced,and

iesnooneforshehasnever

erchildhood,sheesnothingotherthanpoverty,coldness,hunger,

sickness,rethesocialconditionswhichlaybaforthe

formationofMadameDefarge’e’sletter,readersknowthatherfamily

dieunderthetorturingandinsultsoftheEvré,astheyoungestofthe

ehasnowarmthoffamilyinherchildhood.

nshegrowsup,she

ll,kensthinksthathercruelty

arisfromthewrongdonetoherinherchildhood.“Imbuedfromherchildhoodwithabrooding

nofwrong,andaninveteratehatredofaclass,opportunityhaddevelopedherintoatigress,”

asonabletosaythatDickenshasgreatsympathyforthisunfortunate

woman.

ThecontrastinDickens’heart:BycreatingthecharacterofMadameDefarge,Dickensshows

and,hehasdeepcommirationforthesufferersunderthe

ormerpartofthenovel,Dickensgivesadetaileddescriptionoftheintensityof

thesufferingpresduponthe“rabbles.”“Cold,dirt,sickness,ignorance,andwant,werethelords

inwaitingonthesaintlyprence—noblesofgreatpowerallofthem;but,mostespeciallythelast.

Samplesofapeoplethathadundergoneaterriblegrindingandregrindinginthemill,and

certainlynotinthefabulousmillwhichgroundoldpeopleyoung,shiveredateverycorner,pasd

inandoutateverydoorway,lookedfromeverywindow,flutteredineveryvestigeofagarment

thatthewindshook.”ThatisthesceneinDickens’therich,theylivealuxuriouslife,

rvingtheMonigneurhis

scouldimaginetohowlargethegapbetweentherichand

salsogivesavividdescriptionofhowthebabyisrunoverbytheMonigneur

andhowheshamelesslywantstobuythebaby’ovestheatrocity

uchcircumstance,peoplecannotsurvivethe

oppression,andtheyhavenochoicebuttoriuptodrowntheirinflictorsinthewaveofthelarge

theotherhand,heisagainsttheviolencethatMadameDefargetakesadvantageofforherrevenge.

MadameDefargeisasymboloffightingagainsttherulingclass,butsheischaracterizedasa

womanwhoisblindedbythedesireforvengeance,andthuscomesintoanecstasyfortorturing,

ensatefortheinflictionofherearlyage,shesparesnooneand

isperspective,sheisawomanthatshouldbe

es,“Thereweremanywomenatthattimeuponwhomthetimelaida

dreadfullydisfiguringhand;buttherewasnotoneamongthemmoretobedreadedthanthis

ruthlesswoman,nowtakingherwayalongthestreets.”Andhehopesthatthisworldwillnot

producesuchkindofpeople,e

endofthenovel,asapunishmentforherruthlessness,MadameDefargeiskilledbyherowngun.

Wecaneclearlythatwhenpeopleliveinthelifelessabyssofcoldnessandpoverty,Dickenshas

greatsympathyforthem,butwhentheyriuptofighttheviolenceandinjusticeback,his

thMadameDefarge,whensheisleftaloneintheworld

tastingthebitternessoflifeandfeelingnowarmthoffamily,sheisarrangedtosurvive,butwhen

hconflictisjusttheconflictin

Dickens’ownheart,bothpityingthepoorandalsoagainsttheviolenceinrevolution.

Conclusion:sreadersaclear

sfromthepointofhumanismhopesthatpeople

canbedeliveredfromsufferings,

againsttheinflictiontherulingclassthrowsonthecommonpeople,buthedoesnotadvocate

evitablyshowshisconflictinhisheartbetweenhumanismandrevolution.