An ideal

Due to the limitation of the historical times in which Dickens lived, he could not see a way to solve the basic social contradictions, and what he preached in his works could only be bourgeois humanism. While sympathizing with the oppressed working people, he also opposed the people's violent revolution. This is strikingly similar to his contemporary French writer Hugo's work "1993". Both of them are novels with the theme of the French Revolution. The two writers have excellently described the magnificent picture of the people's uprising, both of which advocate class harmony and fantasize that "Ai" can defeat "hate" Although it can not solve social contradictions, it is an indispensable spiritual pillar of society. Dickens' humanitarianism is not only limited to the category of theoretical morality but also a weapon he used to criticize the dark reality of society. Before the execution, Katun thought of Jesus' words: "the resurrection is in me, and the life is in me. Those who believe in me will be resurrected even if they die; those who live and believe in me will never die." He also saw new oppressors rise from the ruins of the destruction of the old oppressors, and they will soon be destroyed by the tools of punishment. After repeated struggles, successes, and failures, the great people will eventually rise from the abyss and gain real freedom. This expresses the author's idea of opposing the substitution of one exploitation system for another. In short, Dickens gave full play to his humanitarianism in a tale of two cities and achieved complete altruism, which was a powerful impact on the bourgeois moral standards.

A tale of two cities is a novel with a historical theme. However, Dickens' focus is firmly on real life. His works extensively describe the social life of France and Britain in the late 19th century. A probe into the root of the French Revolution. It is to link the various social crises during the French Revolution with the fundamental British society. In a way of borrowing from the past to the present. Warn the British bourgeois rulers that cruel exploitation and oppression and extreme poverty of the people are the root of the revolution. If the suffering of civilians cannot be alleviated. Then the current British revolution is inevitable. The novel shows the social contradictions before the French Revolution in a very detailed and true way. Whether in the city or in the countryside: "Hunger is everywhere." The broad masses of people eat "mulberry leaf grass" . The aristocracy, on the other hand, was extravagant and bullied men and women. They can't see "a face with any respect" in the whole country. The oppressed people are preparing to "hang their enemies with ropes and pulleys". 1859 , When talking about the creation experience of a tale of two cities, Dickens said: "I spent a lot of time and energy to create a tale of two cities." After countless revisions, I'm finally satisfied. Can repay my efforts in creation. Not money or anything else. It is the theme of the novel and the joy when it is finished. "

"A tale of two cities" is one of Dickens's most important representative works. The novel profoundly exposed the social contradiction before the French Revolution intensely attacks the aristocratic social class as dissolute and cruel, and sincerely sympathizes with the depressed classes. The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on, which displayed people's great strength. The novel has portrayed many different people. Doctor Manette is honest and kind but suffers persecution actually, Lucie is beautiful and gentle， Charles is graceful and noble, Lorry is upright and honest， Sydney is a semblance of indifferent, innermost feelings of warm, unconventional but also selfless and lofty, Miss Pross is straightforward and loyal, Evremonde brothers are cruel and sinister......The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge, but take the life as the price. As an outstanding writer, in Dickens' work, language skill is essential. Each kind of rhetorical technique, like the analogy, the exaggeration, the contrast, the humorous, and the taunt is handled skillfully, and the artistry of the work is also delivered at its peak." A tale of two cities" has its difference with the general historical novel, its character and the main plot are all fictionalizes. With the broad real background of the French Revolution, the author takes the fictional character Doctor Manette's experience as the main clue, interweaves the unjust charge, love, and revenge three independences but also incident cross-correlation stories together, the plot is crisscrossed, and the clue is complex. The author use insert narrates, foreshadowing, upholstery and so many techniques Causing the structure integrity and strictness, the plot winding anxious and rich in theatrical nature, it displayed remarkable artistic skill. The style "A tale of two cities" is solemnization and melancholy, filling indignation but lacking the humor of the early works.

2022-08-31

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