and is extremely evil. It seems as if the peasants were good, yet when the tables turned they acted the exact same way as the aristocrats. The peasants had "eleven hundred defenseless prisoners killed just because they could. So the peasants were just as evil as the aristocrats, even though both thought they had just cause. In reality, both the peasants and the aristocrats symbolized good and evil at some point in the novel.Two other characters that symbolize good and evil are Madame Defarge and Miss Pross. Although the reader would think that Miss Pross was the embodiment of good and Madame Defarge was the epitome of evil, that is not completely true. Pross and Defarge both symbolize good and evil in their own particular manner. Miss Pross and Madame Defarge are both quite domineering. One seeks to control Lucie while the other seeks to control her husband. Miss Pross shows this domineering attitude every time she makes a comment about how, "nobody is good enough to marry Lucie". Miss Pross wants to decide for Lucie who she is to marry; the only one "worthy" of her is Miss Pross's brother Solomon. Even though she doesn't get her way about who Lucie eventually marries, she still tries to maintain control over her. Madame Defarge utterly dominates her husband John, through the manipulation of his fears to accomplish her own selfish agenda. A classic scenario depicts Monsieur Defarge reaching the maximum level of guilt for all the pain and suffering he has inflicted upon the aristocrats. It is at this point that he is about to relieve his overburdened conscience when Madame Defarge exerts her power of influence over John to change his mind and yield to her twisted and evil ways. Through this extraordinary influence over the mind and will of one individual, Madame Defarge displays a mighty and venomous capacity to accomplish nearly everything upon which she sets her wicked sights.The contrast between good and evil in A Tal...
