Tale of Two Cities - Throughout A Tale of Two Cities by...

Throughout A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the effects of poverty and injustice on a
society are portrayed. The injustices Dickens shows throughout A Tale of Two Cities result in an
inevitable war between the rich and poor among people. Injustice in the novel is shown through
the ways the royalty and aristocracies live compared to the lives of the lower class. These
injustices led to a bloody indiscriminate revolution against anyone who was even suspected of
possessing wealth.
In A Tale of Two Cities, there is a large gap in between social classes. Royalty and
aristocrats lead very expensive, excessive and lavish lives. This gap in class and the lack of
care for peasants and other lower class people, caused hatred among the peasants towards the
royalty and aristocracy. At this time in France, the upper class is much higher than the lower, as
shown in the wine scene. Difference in class is shown during book one chapter five, as a wine