Charles Dickens is trying to tell his readers about his feelings towards justice and revenge in the novel A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens feels that both justice and revenge and revenge if used properly can be positive. Charles Dickens had a bad childhood, but his mid-life was a major improvement. Charles Dickens feels that justice can solve problems, but also make thing worse. Charles Dickens feels that revenge can help ease pain as long as it is not abused and does not transfer the feeling to others. Charles Dickens is trying to relate his life to the novel A Tale of Two Cities. He relates his life to the novel through many subjects, including justice and revenge. I think that Charles Dickens relates better to revenge because of the dark theme of the books and his not so pleasant childhood.
I think that Charles Dickens relates his life to justice in the novel A Tale of Two Cities. In the novel there are many scenes that have justice as a theme. “Silence in the court! Charles Darnay had yesterday pleaded Not Guilty to an inducement denouncing him (with infinite jingle and jangle) for that was the false traitor to o
Charles Dickens also relates his own life to revenge. “...but the dark secret became both a source of creative energy and preoccupation with the themes of alienation and betrayal which would emerge, most notably, in David Copperfield and in Great Expectations.”(Pg.1 Dickens handout). We can tell that Charles Dickens did not like being the one alienated or betrayed, but it helped him write some of his novels. A novel that was based on positive revenge was Great Expectations. The young boy Pip was young and was always thought of never being able to amount to anything, but in the end he proved them wrong and became better than anyone ever expected. Pip is a perfect example of someone who was determined and used the negative energy as a revenge on others and proved people wrong.
I think that Charles Dickens relates his life to revenge in the novel A Tale of Two Cities. In this scene the group finds a not left behind by Mr. Manette. It was shocking and surprising. “The narrative had called up the most powerful revengeful passions of the time, and there was not a head in the nation but must have dropped before it.”(Pg.31