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The tale of two cities
Q1. Who is Monseigneur and how it depicts the class difference of aristocrats and peasants? Give examples.

Answer 1

Explanation: Monseigneur.

• Monseigneur the Marquis is a character in Charles Dicken`s The Tale of Two Cities.
• He is a brutal and proud French aristocrat.
• He has no mercy and regards for the lower classes.
• He loved having lavish receptions and dinners.
• He is a part of the Evremonde family.
• The title of Marquis was inherited.
• The three different titles like Monseigneur, Marquis and Monsieur belonged to the same person.

Depiction of class difference of Aristocrats and Peasants.

• A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens depicts the effects of injustice and poverty on a society.
• The injustices leads to a war between the rich and poor class.
• Injustice is well explained in the above novel through the ways the aristocrats lived compared to the lower class.
• There is a huge gap between social classes.
• Aristocrats and Royalty led very excessive ,expensive and lavish lives.
• The gap in class as well as the lack of care for lower class and peasants generated hatred towards the aristocrats and royalty.
• In one of the incident, peasants are seen running to lick the broken wine bottle which fell in front of a store.
• They are not bothered for the mud which got mixed with the wine.
• In another scene The Marquis St. Evrémonde ragefully leaves the Parisian suite of Monseigneur reception after being treated coldly and ignored by the other guests.
• His carriage driver carouses carelessly through the Paris streets and runs over a child.
• The death of the child had no effect on Marquis.
• Gaspard, the father of the deceased child approaches the carriage.
• The Marquis throws a coin at him.
• The carriage keeps on moving disregarding the peasants anger.
• One of the peasants throws back the coin into the carriage which makes the Marquis furious and threatens the crowd.

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