Part one of term paper
On July 14, 1789, an angry mob of French commoners stormed the Bastille in Paris. These low-class citizens had only one thing on their minds as they initiated a nation at war, and that was revenge - revenge on the King and the government, on the nobles and the wealthy. Dickens stunningly depicted the motive for this revenge, this hate that ...

Part two of term paper
... the same. This was the actual basis of the Revolution. One example that Dickens used to portray the condition of the lower class of Paris was the breaking of the wine cask. He cleverly illustrated the poverty and hunger among the people of St. Antoine, as they scavenged for a taste of the precious red liquid before it trickled away. The stain of the spilled wine left an ever-present reminder that the waste of the elite was life's blood to the peasants. Dickens imaged the aristocrat as if he wer ...