Comparison of Peasants to Ruling Class

The behavior of the empowered peasants and the behavior of the previous ruling class is not very different. Both are very unjust and violent. Remembering back to Charles Darnay's trial in London, beheading people was very common. The most trivial of cases sometimes resulted in the beheading of the criminal. The French revolutionaries are likewise very violent and use their violence as a way to oppress the people they don't agree with. The revolutionaries had tried to appeal to the aristocracy several times, but the aristocracy did not answer their questions or fulfill their requests. Because of this, members of the aristocracy were taken prisoner or were killed. One example of this is the death of the Marquis. On page 135, at the body of the dead Marquis, they find "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques," attached to the knife that killed him. This shows that he was killed by some revolutionaries due to the name Jacques, which was connected with the revolutionaries. The revolutionaries and aristocracies deal with personal appeals differently, however, in the light that the aristocracies already have a great deal of power. They do not need to rise to the top before they can have any of their goals met. The revolutionaries however have to struggle to get some power and so their struggle to have their appeals met, is more strenuous. They have to secure their power, whereas the aristocracy are kind of given their place in society. Both of the court systems are very similar and are unjust. In both, Charles Darnay was found innocent of his crimes. In the new found court system of the revolutionaries, Charels Darnay gets released because he tells his story to the jury, and reaches them on an emotional level. Both groups of people are very similar in the way that they acknowledge the appeals of others. They both don't really listen to what others ask of them. For instance, the aristocracy doesn't listen to any of the appeals of the people, which is why people grew to be so angry with them. The revolutionaries don't listen to the appeals of the people towards them, which is shown through the way Madame Defarge acts towards Lucie Manette's plea to help her husband. Both sides are very similar in their actions towards the people and their requests, despite their desire to be different.