Tale of Two Cities

In his novel Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens gives perspectives on women that were very relevant when the book was written. Now, while reading a book filled with women at such opposite ends of a spectrum, one may perceive this as ridiculously unrealistic. When writing this novel, Dickens was obviously out of touch with reality. Dickens’ portrays women very unrealistically in Tale of Two Cities by his portrayal of Lucie, by his portrayal of …

…portrayed in the novel believable. He displays an utterly unrealistic perception of women through Lucie Manette, through Miss Pross, and through Madame Defarge. All three woman are different, but all three women are not the typical lady. They go above and beyond the way one sees women these days. Dickens did a good job with his writing of Tale of Two Cities, but he could have accurately displayed the women a little better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**