Write 2-3 paragraphs that describe how Dickens uses Madame Defarge to represent the idea of fate. Use textual evidence to explain your reasoning. This assignment relates to one of the key themes in A Tale of Two Cities, the role of fate. This is the idea that things must happen in a certain way regardless of human attempts to change them.

Examine the dialogue and descriptions of Madame Defarge in Book 2, Chapters 15-16. Look at her attitudes about revenge, time, and individual choice, paying attention to the images she uses.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

harry says he would trade a gold mine for a glass of water.