ws her gun. During the struggle, Pross is able to overpower Defarge, and Defarge accidentally kills herself. Through this battle, Dickens represents his idea of the conflict between order, represented by Pross, and revolution, represented by Defarge. Although revolution is feral, order is firm, and in the end, Dickens demonstrates, it is order that wins over.These two characters can also be seen to represent the theme of good vs. evil in A Tale of Two Cities. In this conflict, good is represented by the kindly Miss Pross, and the conniving Madame Defarge represents evil. The clash between the two, much like the fight between Joe and Orlick in Great Expectations, is a depiction of a battle between good and evil, a battle in which Dickens believes good will win.Another major theme of A Tale of Two Cities is resurrection. Dr. Manette is a doctor in A Tale of Two Cities, who was imprisoned in the Bastille in France for eighteen years. The first major event of the novel is his extrication from the prison, followed by his reuniting with Lucie, his daughter, and other loved ones. Lorry, who conveys the message that Dr. Manette was in fact alive to Lucie, has a dream where he asks Dr. Manette how many years he has been “buried.” He also considers his mission, to bring Dr. Manette out of prison, to be a “recall to life.” Thus, when the Doctor is finally brought out of prison, the event is similar to a resurrection, since he was assumed to be dead for all those years.This theme of resurrection appears throughout Dickens’ work. An example of this is the discovery that Foulon, an aristocrat who announced that the peasants should eat grass because they had nothing else to eat, was in fact alive. He had faked his own death to escape the guillotine, but was found hiding in the country. The finding that he was alive was similar to a resurrection, as a man who was thought to be dead was not.Another ocurrence of ...
