第一篇：《雙城記》摘要--英文

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Charles Dickens is one of the most outstanding novelists in the 19th century,and he is the greatest representative of English critical realism ,and he also is a humanist.He is a prolific writer with a lot of works and many his works make a great difference.Most of his works reflect the darkness and cruel of the society under the oppression of the bourgeoisie.He expresses his anger and hated to the noble bourgeoisie and his sympathy to the lower class with the help of his novels.This kind of love and hate exactly give expression to his humanitarianism thoughts.A Tale of Two Cities is one of his masterpieces among his numerous writings with the theme of humanitarianism.Its characters and main plots are under the real background of the French Revolution.It tells a story about how the nobility oppress and exploit people and how the peoplecontend with the feudal aristocracy.In this novel, Dickens successfully created four kinds of sharply different images.The first one is the ideal positive characters.It takes Dr.Manette ,his daughter Lucie Manette and his son-in-law Charles Darnay as representatives.They are righteous,virtuous and humane which are the embodiments of the humanitarianism that Dickens actively advocates.The second one is the self-sacrifice image.It takes Sydney Carton as a representative.He sacrifice his life in order to make Lucie live happily with her husband and her father.He is the embodiment of the humanitarian spirit of altruism.The third type is the revolutionary.It takes Defarge couple as representatives.They suffer oppression and exploitation from the feudal aristocracy and they fight against the feudal aristocracy and aim ta overturning the aristocratic rule.The fourth type is the nobility and bourgeois baddy.It takes marquis Evremonde family as representative.They abuse the privilege and treat people with violence.This intensifies the contradiction between people and the nobility and finally the French Revolution breaks out in time.In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens uses his sharply words to criticize the cruel of the bourgeoisie and shows his sympathy to the normal people for their miserable sufferings.This paper will focus on analyzing the main characters and researching the humanitarianism in A Tale of Two Cities.After the research,we can have a good knowledge of A Tale of Two Cities and have a better understanding of the French Revolution and the humanitarianism embodies in the novel.Key Words:Charles Dickens；A Tale of Two Cities；character analysis;humanitarianism;

第二篇：《雙城記》摘要--中文

摘要：

查爾斯·約翰·赫芬姆·狄更斯是19世紀英國最偉大的小說家之一，同時也是一位人道主義者，其一生作品無數，影響深遠。他的大多數作品都反映了在資產階級壓迫下，社會的殘酷與黑暗，表達了對封建貴族的憎恨，同時也表達了他對底層人民的同情與憐憫。這集中反映出狄更斯的人道主義思想。

《雙城記》以18世紀后期的英國和法國社會為背景，講訴了在法國大革命這段歷史下，法國人民倍受壓迫和剝削的遭遇，以及人民在壓迫下的反抗和斗爭的歷史必然性。

在該部小說中，狄更斯成功塑造了幾類鮮明的人物形象。一類是以梅尼特醫生，其女兒露西，女婿達爾那為代表的正面人物形象，他們正直，善良，仁愛，正是作者積極宣揚的人道主義精神的體現。第二類是以卡爾頓為代表的自我犧牲形象。卡爾頓為了心愛的人的幸福，毅然犧牲自我，正是人道主義精神中理他主義的體現。第三類是以德法石夫婦為代表的革命人物。他們身受貴族階級的壓迫，極力反抗，想推翻封建貴族的統治。第四類是以厄弗里蒙地侯爵為代表的資產階級壞蛋形象。他們濫用特權，暴虐無道，最終導致人民與封建貴族矛盾激化，大國大革命由此爆發。在小說中，作者用犀利的筆鋒批判了封建貴族的種種罪行，表達了對貴族資產階級的不滿與憤怒。同時也對人民大眾的不幸遭遇表示同情和憐憫。

本文主要通過分析《雙城記》中主要人物形象來論證狄更斯的人道主要思想。通過分析，我們可以更深刻的了解狄更斯,《雙城記》以及法國大革命。

關鍵字：狄更斯，雙城記，人物形象，人道主義，

第三篇：雙城記英文觀后感

雙城記英文觀后感(精選多篇)第一篇：雙城記 愛—幸福的基本元素-----------雙城記觀后感

itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimesitwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofdarknessitwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofsadnessitwastheyearonethousandsevenhundredandseventy-five不得不承認這本書的開頭就深深地吸引了無數人。書的開頭就如那個錯綜復雜，矛盾。

《雙城記》以法國貴族的荒淫殘暴、人民群眾的重重苦難和法國大革命的歷史，來影射當時的英國社會現實，充分展現了兩座城市的狀況。《雙城記》被譽為描寫法國大革命的最杰出的代表作，我想最大的原因可能是因為它的與眾不同。和其他的作品，比如卡萊爾的《法國大革命》不同，狄更斯更注重的是底層人民的喜怒哀樂。盡管在那個時代，這些小人物本身并不能引起世界的關注。但是作者敏銳的捕捉到這些小人物和大革命有著千絲萬縷的聯系，可以說法國大革命本身就是有小人物們的力量所引發的。

在這部作品里，我看到了很多很多不同的人。;lucie是愛和溫情的化身;drmanette正直高尚，且善良寬容，是仁愛的理想化身忠厚老實的lorry豪爽忠誠的missprosscharlsdarnay是給統治階級指明出路的人。這些人物表現出來的種種美德，都是作為人道主義者的狄更斯所熱情贊頌的。扭曲了人性的德發奇太太，殘忍陰險的埃佛瑞蒙兄弟……復雜的仇恨糾纏不清，殘忍的復仇制造了更多仇恨，愛在地獄的邊緣再生，卻是以生命為代價。這錯綜復雜的一幕幕，活生生的展現在面前，仿佛重現了那個失去理智的時代。

《雙城記》作為一部不朽的著作，如果drmanette的存在和所作所為，這部小說就失去了它的價值和光輝。它提醒了我們：真正的自由與平等是無法用斷頭臺建立。

dralexandrenmanette的身世很值得人去琢磨，到底受到多大的冤屈，多大的經歷，多大的思想創傷，都令我們去思考。十八年的牢獄生活不僅摧毀了他的身體健康，也使得他的精神遭受嚴重的傷害。十八年不見陽光，不知外面冷暖的日子，沒人任何親人的消息，沒有任何人間的溫暖的牢獄里，他依然保持著那顆正直高尚的心。即使經歷了那樣不公平的待遇，他并沒有像madamedefarge那般有一種懼怕的感覺，冰冷、毫無人情，充滿仇恨。他受到女兒的關心后，恢復成一個正常的人，并繼續發揚著他救死扶傷的醫者精神。沒有沉浸在復仇的泥塘里，而是盡情地享受和心愛的女兒，友好忠誠的朋友在一起的美好時光。我十分敬佩他，也非常欣賞他的正直，寬容。更是被他的明智，通情達理深深感動。哪怕知道charlsdarnay就是讓他無辜遭罪的貴族的兒子，他依然將自己心愛的女兒交與了他，不為別的只為他們真心相愛，為他能帶給善良的lucie幸福快樂。他最終展現的，是一位作為父親，用愛關心自己的女兒的情節中我們可以感受到愛是人間最好的療傷藥。他無疑是不幸的，但是他的不幸是殘暴的法國統治階級和殘忍的貴族造成的。是那個糟糕的時代的造成的。但是我們還是能明顯的感覺到他的幸運。而他的幸運是他自己創造的。即使經歷了十八年的痛苦生活，盡管他的精神確實收到嚴重的打擊。他卻不選擇報復。就是這個明智的選擇讓他擁有了幸福。難道我們不該贊揚他，向他學習嗎？

“復活在我，生命在我，信我的人，雖然死了，也必復活;凡活著信我的人，必永遠不死?！边@就是狄更斯為“最壞的時代”開出的良藥，然而這畢竟是一種理想。有人說，鮮血無法洗去仇恨，更不能替代愛---貴族的暴虐對平民造成的傷痛不會因為鮮血而愈合，平民對貴族的仇恨也無法替代對已逝親人的愛。這本小說懸念很多，鋪墊很充實，是那種越看越明白的，就像一條條小溪逐一地匯聚，最后成了奔騰的大江，使人越看越激動，越看越想看。這部作品終究還是善與惡的對抗，善的勝利，令人激動地收場了。同時也讓我們深思，復仇到底是否值得人們去做。人們常常歌頌愛的偉大，或許就是因為愛的力量能讓深受苦痛的人們重見幸福的光芒吧。

第二篇：英文-雙城記讀后感

ataleoftwocitiesisoneofdickens'smostimportantrepresentativeworksthenovelprofoundlyexposedthesocietycontradictionbeforethefrenchrevolution,intenselyattacksthearistocraticsocialclassisdissoluteandcruel,andsincerelysympathizeswiththedepressedclassesthenovelalsodescribedmanymagnificentscenesliketherevoltpeopleattackedbastilleandsoon,whichdisplayedpeople'sgreatstrength thenovelhasportrayedmanydifferentpeopledoctormanetteishonestandkindbutsuffersthepersecutionactuallylucieisbeautifulandgentlelorryisuprightandhonest，charlesisgracefulandnoble，，sydneyissemblanceofindifferent,innermostfeelingsofwarm,unconventionalbutalsoselflessandloftymissprossisstraightforwardandloyal，evremondebrothersarecruelandsinisterthecomplexhatredishardtosolve,thecruelrevengehasmademorehatreds,lovesrebirthinthehelledge,buttakethelifeastheprice asanoutstandingwriter,indickens'swork,thelanguageskillisessentialeachkindofrhetorictechnique,liketheanalogy,theexaggeration,thecontrast,thehumorous,andthetauntarehandledskillfully,andtheartistryoftheworkisalsodeliveredthepeakataleoftwocitieshasitsdifferencewiththegeneralhistoricalnovel,itscharacterandthemainplotareallfictionalizeswiththebroadrealbackgroundofthefrenchrevolution,theauthortakethefictionalcharacterdoctormanette'sexperienceasthemainclue,interweavestheunjustcharge,loveandrevengethreeindependencesbutalsoincidentcross-correlationstoriestogether,theplotiscriss-crossed,andtheclueiscomplextheauthoruseinsertnarrates,foreshadowing,upholsteryandsomanytechniques,causesthestructureintegrityandstrictness,theplotwindinganxiousandrichoftheatricalnature,itdisplayedtheremarkableartisticskillthestyleataleoftwocitiesissolemnityandmelancholy,fillsindignantion,butlacksthehumoroftheearlyworks 第三篇：雙城記賞析英文

1fullofromanticelementsinthesuspensenovel---ataleoftwocities xxstrongromanticelementsindickens’novelitisgenerallyregardeddickensasarealist,butnotaromanticwriterhowever,frenchhistoriankazhathinksthatdickensisessentiallyaromantic,heclassifieddickensandthebrontesistersasaromanticwriter,tothackeraycalledrealistshisargumentonthelaterresearchondickensisveryenlighteningbritishnovelist,georgegissingandjesterdaytonfoundtheromanticismindickens’creations,gisssingthinkthatdickensandshakespeare,arethesupremeidealist,heevendirectlycalleddickensa“romanticrealism”[1];jesterdaytonthatshapedthecharactersofdickensisnotapersonlike“god”,hecalledenglanddickens,“thelastmythofwriters,perhapsthegreatestmythofwriters”[2]modernbritishpoettseliotsaidthat“dickens'scharactersandthecharactersdanteandshakespeare,like,allbelongtothescopeofpoetry”[2]indeed,thespiritofidealismtotheromanticwaydickenscanneverexcludeinhiswork,romanticloveisoftendescribed;thestruggleofgoodoverevilisromantic;figureofjoysandsorrowsoflifeanddeathisoftenromanticpartingspecifictothe“taleoftwocities,”thenovel,carltonandprosscompleteoftheirnobleactsareontheveryromantic,evenwhencruncherfrombadtogoodarealsoveryimpassioned,romanticandexcitingatmosphereataleoftwocitiesisatruereflectionofthetimesthatallkindsofconflictanddiscord,quirks,depression,vitalityandtheirunusualwealthalthoughthedetailsofcharlesdickensdescribedunique,thecharacterssharpanddetailedobservationoftheexternalcharacteristics,hemaybedescribedasa“realist”isnotappropriate xxasuspensenovelwithwonderfulstorydickensisgoodatcreatingsuspenseataleoftwocitiesisparticularlysuccessfulindramatizedtheplightofindividualswithpersonalityconflictsbyagoodstructureandthetenseatmosphereinthesocialhistoricalbackgroundatthebeginning,thewriterdidn’ttellusthereasonwhydtmanetteasaprisonforxxyearswhencharlesdarnayasktodrmanettethathewanttomarrylucie,manetteseemedtobeawareofwhatcauseforalarm,againandagaintostopdarnay,askedhimtorepeatthemorningofthemarriage;thesameevening,manetteagainfallill,thespiritofitlostinthedaysofthebastille even（本

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xxthejustificationoftherevolutionataleoftwocities“waswritteninthexxthcenturyxx's,aperiodofrapideconomicdevelopmentofcapitalismthecapitalistdevelopmentbringsevilsandimpoverishmentofworkingpeople'slivesleadthebritishsocietytotheedgeoftheoutbreakofasocialrevolutionasearlyasxx~xxyearsinxxc,theworkingclasstofightforpoliticalrights,onagrandscaleacrossthecountrylauncheda”chartermovement“whichlenincalledastheworld'sfirstbroad,trulymass,political,proletarianrevolutionarymovement[3]andthismakesdickensclearlyawareofthexx'sbritainandxxthcenturyfrenchsocietyisverysimilarforthisreason,hedecidedtocreateanovelsetinthefrenchrevolutiontocriticizethebritishsocialreality,provideareferenceforthecontemporaryenglish,itisthebackgroundthatthenovel”taleoftwocities“inxxxxcomeout”taleoftwocities“isahistoricalthemeofthenovel,butdickens'sfocusisfirmlytargetedatthereallifeworksofthelatexxthcenturyfrenchandbritishsociallife,extensivedescriptionsofthefrenchrevolutionbrokeouttoexploretherootcausesaretothefrenchrevolution'svarioussocialcrisisandtherealityofbritishsocietytogether,inanancientmetaphorforthemodernuseofway,warnedthebritishrulersofthebourgeoisie:thecruelexploitationandoppression,thepeople'sextremepovertyistherootoftherevolution,ifnotalleviatethesufferingofthecivilianpopulation,thenthecurrentoutbreakofrevolutioninbritainisinevitablenovelstosocialconflictsbeforethefrenchrevolutionshowsverydetailedandreal,whetherincitiesorinruralareas”,hungerrampanteverywhere“,themajorityofthepeopleto”mulberrygrass“forthefood,whiletheupperclassisextravagant,bullypawomen,amongthecountrydonotsee”afacewithanyrespect,“unbearableoppression,thepeoplearereadyto”hangwitharopeandpulleytotheenemy“in xxxx,charlesdickensonthe”taleoftwocities“creativeexperience,said:”ispentalotoftimeandefforttocreate“taleoftwocities”,afternumerouschanges,finallysatisfiedabletorepaymycreationyoureffortinanywayanymoneyandotherthings,butthenovel'sthemeofthemeaningandthejoyofcreationiscomplete“[4]indeed,thedeepthinkingofthisfordickens,regardlessoftheirhistoricalsignificancerevealedandsocialsignificance,orpossessitsownaestheticvaluesareworthydescendantsminingandexploration xxforgivenessthoughtandthebenevolencespirit”taleoftwocities“isacontroversialnovel,thelowerrevolutionaryimagemadamedefargeofthenovelimpactassessmentisanimportantfactorliangshiqiusaid:”dickensreadthecarddependsonwhichofthe“frenchrevolution”,wasdeeplymovedanddeterminedtotrytowriteahistoryoftheromanskarayandsenttwocarsforhisreferencebook,butmostarenotcharlesdickenscanadausedbecausehedidnotwanttowritethehistoryoftherevolutionhavebeencareyandthebeststructureintheformer,nottowritethenecessary,aslongashecapturestheatmosphereofthatera,withastorytoillustratethebloodshedwillonlyleadtomorebloodshed,onlylovecansavetheheartsofcatastrophe“[5]thisisinsightfuldickensisthefrenchrevolutionastheonlycarriertoreflectthesharpclassantagonismsandintenseclassstruggle,asreflectedinthisclassantagonismandclassstrugglehasshownawiderangeofpeopleandhumannature,theexpressionofspecificeventsthatgoesbeyondandhaveamoregeneralsenseofthingsdickensinthenovelshapedthewaylucie,manette,darnayandcarltontheidealofhumanitariancharacter,inthattheyembodiedakindofhumanityasthecoreofthechristmasspiritbestembodiesthespiritofthislovetobepartofthebritishlawyercarlton,purelyforlove,hisunconditionalpracticethe”iwantforyouandyourlovedonesandmakeallthesacrifices“ofthepromise,helplucie'shusbandescapetheprisontoarrangearoadawayfromthedanger,whilehereplacedarnayontheguillotinethelordsaid:iamtheresurrection,lifeisinme;believesinme,thoughdead,yethewilllive;whoeverlivesandbelievesinmewillneverdie”intendedtoemphasizethespiritofcarlton'sbenevolenceandaltruismworldforever conclusion ataleoftwocitiesbycharlesdickensshowseffectivelythenovelist’saimtopointouttheinjusticeofoppressionandthejustificationoftherevolutionhowever,dickensshowshisstrongcriticismontheexcessofbloodshedduringthefrenchrevolution,especiallyinhisconsiderationoftheinnocent(likecharlesdarnay)beingpunishedalongwiththeguiltyhefeelsthattheoldwaysofoppressionmustbechanged,andthatmuchoppressionandmuchmiseryinevitablyleadtorevolution,butwhentherevolutionactuallycomes,hethinksthatitistooviolentandthatthelessbloodshedthebetterthechiefandthebestportrayedfigureisthebenevolencespirittheleaderoftherevolution 第四篇：雙城記英文讀后感 mycommonsonataleoftwocities asweallknow,charlesdickens'novelataleoftwocitiesisanovelbasedonthefrenchrevolutioninthelatexxxxsinthatterribletime,everymomentwasfullofgreatfearbeforethatgreatrevolution,thecommonpeople,especiallythepeasants,werepoor,hungryandunhappythekingandthenoblemenmaltreatedthepoorinmanywaysbuttheyhadneverfeltalittleashamed,onthecontrarytheythoughttheycoulddobadthingsinthenatureofthings asanoutstandingwriter,indickens'swork,thelanguageskillisessentialeachkindofrhetorictechnique,liketheanalogy,theexaggeration,thecontrast,thehumorous,andthetauntarehandledskillfullyandtheartistryoftheworkisalsodeliveredthepeaktheauthoruseinsertnarrates,foreshadowing,upholsteryandsomanytechniques,causesthestructureintegrityandstrictness,theplotwindinganxiousandrichoftheatricalnature,itdisplayedtheremarkableartisticskillthestyleataleoftwocitiesissolemnityandmelancholy,fillsindignation,butlacksthehumoroftheearlyworks besides,thisnovelcriticizestheviolenceandoppressioninthesocietyinthisnovel,theauthornotonlyexpresseshishumanitarianismonthelovebetweenhumanbeings,butalsoexpresseshisviewaccordingtohiscriticstotheviolenceandoppressioninthatsocietytheauthor expresseshisopinionontwopartsfirst,hecriticizesthearistocrats,esptherepresentativemarquisofevremondesecond,healsocriticizestherevolutionariesinthefrenchrevolutionhowever,whenweseefromthedescriptionofthecouple,theauthordoesnotthinkhighoftherevolution whatismore,thisnoveladvocatesthechristianloveandself-sacrificecharlesdickens'novelataleoftwocitiesisessentiallyataleoflove,sacrifice,and,mostimportantly,resurrectiondrmanette,charlesdarnay,andsydneycarton,alldesperatemenleadingcatastrophiclives,makegreatsacrificesinordertoattaintruephysical,spiritual,andsocietalresurrectionforthemselvesandtheonestheyloveinthisnovel,theauthorportrayssometypicalcharactersthatembodytheauthor’sview ultimately,ataleoftwocitiesisessentiallyataleoflove,sacrifice,andmostimportantly,resurrectionthroughpersonalsacrificesorsacrificesforthosewhotheyloved,itshowsthehuman’svirtueandintegritybystrugglingfor,huntingfor,andsacrificingforabetterlife,allofthemaincharactersareforeverresurrectedintheheartsofthosetheyloveforever 第五篇：雙城記英文讀書報告 thereportoftheataleoftwocities recently,ireadataleoftwocitiesithinkthatit’sagoodnovel first,iwanttointroducetheauthorofthisbookhisnameischarlesdickens,heisanoutstandingwriterheisoneofthegreatestwritersinthexxcenturyhowever,hehadapainfulchildhoodhewasarrestedwhenhewasxxyearsoldduetohouseholddebthehadonlyafewyearsoflearningso,inhisearlyyears,hisworksaremoreaboutthepainfulchildrenhecriticizedtheblackofcapitalismandhadthesympathyforthepoornow,letmeintroducethisnovelthebackgroundofthisbookisthefrenchrevolutionbeforetherevolution,theyoungdoctormanettewitnessedtheguiltyofthefrenchmarquissohewasarrestedinthebastillebythemarquisaftertwoyears,hiswifediedhisdaughterluciewassendtolondonbyhisfriendslorryandadoptedbythemissprosswhoisamaidservantafterxxyears,hewasreleasedfromthebastilleandwastakencarebyhisoldservantdefargehisdaughterwantedtotakehisfathertolondoninthetravel,shemetthesonofthemarquischarlesdarnaywhohatedtheguiltyofhisfatherandunclethentheylovedeachotherandnow,charlesdannay’sfatherhaddied,somanettewantedtoforgetthepainfulmemoryandhopedhisdaughterhappysoheagreedwiththeminxxxx,francebreaktherevolutionallofthemarquiseswassendtotheguillotinebecausethedarnaywasamarquissothedefargereadthereportwhichwaswrittenbythedoctorthendannaywassentencedtodeathnowcartonwhoalwayshiddenlovedluciewenttotheprisonandhepretendeddannaysodannayescapedtheprisonandcartonwaskilledhowevermadamedefargestillnotgaveupshewantedtokilleddannay’swifelucieandtheiryoungchild;finallyshewasburnedbythepross afterreadthisnovel,letmeknowaboutthefrenchrevolutionithinkthepeoplewholivedinthatperiodwerenotluckythepoorwereverysadtheyweretooblindnessandiwasmovedthecarton,hediedforhislove,andilikehimverymuch 姓名:張喜華

第四篇：雙城記英文讀后感

雙城記英文讀后感

After reading “A tale of two cities”

“A tale of two cities” is one of Dickens's most important representative works.The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the

French Revolution,intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is 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 the persecution actually，Lucie is beautiful and gentle，Charles is graceful and noble，Lorry is upright and honest，Sydney is 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's work,the language skill is essential.Each kind of rhetoric technique,like the analogy,the

exaggeration,the contrast,the humorous,and the taunt are handled skillfully,and the artistry of the work is also delivered the 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 take 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 criss-crossed,and the clue is complex.The author use insert narrates,foreshadowing,upholstery and so many techniques,causes the structure integrity and strictness,the plot winding anxious and rich of theatrical nature,it displayed the remarkable

artistic skill.the style “A tale of two cities” is solemnity and

melancholy,fills indignantion,but lacks the humor of the early works.

第五篇：雙城記英文書評材料

This novel shapes three deep figures.One is the Marquis St.Evrémonde's brother, as a representative of the feudal aristocracy, the only unshakable philosophy for them is oppressing people, and they are the object for the author to put pain and lash.Another is the revolutionary masses like Mr.and Mrs.Defarge.It must be pointed out that their image is distorted.For example Mrs.Defarge, she was born in a farm family who was insulted and persecuted by the feudal aristocracy, with depth regret.The author deeply sympathizes with her misery, and before and after revolution broke outhe very admire her strong character, best talents and special organization and leadership skills.But when the revolution further, it shows her cold, fierce and narrow.Especially when she went to the doctor's to search Lucie and her little baby, she is a bloodthirsty lunatic.Finally, she died in her own gun.The third type is idealized person: they are in the author's mind use humanitarian resolving social contradictions, use love overcome hate.Including Dr Manette and his daughter, Charles Draney, Sydney Carton, etc.Love can advance everything.Like Dr Manette's family was destroyed by the Marquis St.Evrémonde, but for the love of his daughter, he abandon the feudal hate;Darney is marquis's nephew, but he relies the guilty his family did, then he give up what he would get and determine use his own action to atonement.Those person one is victim of noble's tyranny, tolerate everything;another is the heir to the marquis.That is the love, almost their daughter and wife, Lucie, let them forget the sin.They make a happy life!It is an opposite way to solve the social problem by violence.The style of the novel is solemn, depressed, full of worried and indignant.As is common in English literature, good and evil are symbolized with light and darkness.Lucie Manette is the light and Madame Defarge is darkness.Darkness represents uncertainty, fear and peril.It is dark when Mr.Lorry rides to Dover;it is dark in the prisons;dark shadows follow Madame Defarge;dark, gloomy doldrums disturb Dr.Manette;his capture and captivity are shrouded in darkness;the Marquis’s estate is burned in the dark of night;Jerry Cruncher raids graves in the darkness;Charles's second arrest also occurs at night.Both Lucie and Mr.Lorry feel the dark threat it is Mrs.Defarge.“That dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me,” remarks Lucie.Although Mr.Lorry tries to comfort her, “the shadow of the manner of Mrs.Defarges was dark upon herself”.Mrs.Defarge is “like a shadow over the white road”, the snow symbolizing purity and Madame Defarge's darkness corruption.Dickens also compares the dark color of blood to the pure white snow: the blood takes on the shade of the crimes of its shedders

A tragedy of the history 歷史悲劇

Crazily, but truthfully, I finished reading the most part of the novel “A Tale of Two Cities” in just one day.Lost in the story, I felt like being together with the characters and experiencing the same exciting events.Soon it came to an end.To tell you my feelings, it’s infinite sadness and a strong emotion that can drive me to cry.The story is set in London and Paris at the time of the great French Revolution.It shows the causes of revolution and its effects on people's day-to-day lives.Before the

revolution, the King and the aristocracy treated their people cruelly in France.The common people were extremely poor and miserable.The crops in the fields were poor as if even the land shared the misery of the people.And there were so heavy taxes that all the villagers had nothing to hand over at last.On the other hand, the aristocracy made their will as the law by using money and gold.There were no justice, no equality and no fairness.Just as what happened to Dr Manette, he wrote to the Minister to show the crime what Marquis St.Evrémonde had done, resulting in himself being arrested and sent to the prison Bastille without any reason.Then this situation of darkness was needed to be changed.As people such as the Defarges prepared and arranged, at length the Revolution came to break out.When the Bastille was captured and the King was tried and put to death as well as many other aristocrats, things didn't go on as what they had been expected.The situation stayed the same or even worse.The prisoners from the Bastille were set free while more prisons were filled with people who had done no wrong again.People who once lived on the bottom of class took the charge now and their heart had been full of evil.The only thing they wanted to do was to revenge.And these so-called “patriots” would like to see more and more innocent prisoners going to the guillotine and that's their joy.As the novel wrote, “In everything they did were merciless, for they had been hardened in the fires of suffering and the touch of pity could make no mark on them“.Equality and fairness is what people seek, which led to the French Revolution.As a consequence, neither equality nor fairness was got after the revolution.And that's the tragedy of the history.I was heavyhearted when reading what Sydney Carton said before death and I burst into tears finally.A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens.The key events take place just before and during the French Revolution.The novel is set mostly in London and revolutionary Paris.In my opinion, it is a tale about love, tolerance and revenge.First of all, let's turn to love.It is the love of Sydney Carton that makes this book so impressive.When Sydney Carton hears that Lucie Manette will get married to Charles Darnay, instead of being angry, he promises Lucie that he would give his life to keep someone she loves alive because he loves her so much.This kind of love is beyond love itself.In the end, he keeps his promise.He exchanges places with Charles Darnay and is sent to the Guillotine.His sacrifice for love makes the story reach the climax.Besides, it is etched in the mind of all the readers forever.We can forget every character in this story except him.Then it comes to tolerance.The old man, Dr.Alexander Manette, father of Lucie Manette who cannot escape the memory of being held in the Bastille.However, He deserves our respect and admire.Though he suffers a lot of pain which is from the Evremonde Brothers----Charles Darnay's father and uncle, he doesn't change his qualities.He is kind and tolerant as before.He agrees on the marriage of Lucie and Charles and at last try his best to save Charles.Compared to the revenge of Madame Therese Defarge, the tolerance of Dr.Alexander Manette is precious and meaningful.Revenge comes at last.Madame Therese Defarge, a key revolutionist who seeks revenge all her life.She sits all day in the wine shop, silently knitting.Names of the enemies are carefully knitted into her work.She is very stubborn and unforgiving in her revenge on the Evremonde family.It is nothing to her that an innocent man was going to the Guillotine because of his father's and his uncle's crimes.She says:” all the Evremonde people must go to the guillotine.The wife and the child must follow the husband.“ How terrible and mad she is!

Dickens has a gift for telling about the aspects of contemporary society.It is common sense to regard a revolution as a progressive social movement which causes great changes in culture, economy, and politics.However Dickens maintains a special perspective on the French Revolution.The acts of violence done by the revolutionists are among the most memorable scenes in the novel.Castles are burned, laws are changed and the rich powerful nobles are sent to the Guillotine.The Guillotine cut off the heads of many, many people-the powerful and the cruel, but also the beautiful, the innocent and the good.The young woman who are sent to the Guillotine with Sydney gives me a great impression.She says:” I am innocent.I am not afraid to die, but I have done nothing.They say that the Revolution will do so much good for the poor people, how can my death help the poor? If it is true, I am willing to die, but I do not know how that can be." Yes, how can the death help the poor people? The revolutionists fight to win power, now they use it to kill more people, whether good or evil.Their violent actions makes the society more disordered.Everything has two sides, the same goes for the revolution.It removes something bad, laggard and evil, and to some extent it removes something good, nice and fair inevitably.