In the novel A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens uses strong literary techniques like themes, symbolism or motifs. One motif that appears on several occasions is the way the characters, to a certain extent, either their cast their own destinies or forces outside their control bound their fate. Some ways of how this device is exercised are among characters such as: the Marquis, Mme. Defarge and Sydney Carton.

Monsieur the Marquis Evrémonde, uncle of Charles Darnay, is an aristocrat. He is a spoiled man, so indulged that it takes four grown men to get hot chocolate down his highborn throat. This is a small introduction as to how stubborn and perhaps ignorant he is. He is also a cruel man who disregards the feelings of anyone under his power. This is evident when he is traveling by carriage one day. He ordered the valet to go faster but as they were rounding a fountain, the carriage hit a child. The Marquis gets out, complains of the noise then without pity, comments to the people “that you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children. One or the other of you

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