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1、ABriefCommentonCharlesDickens’ATaleofTwoCities------TheHumanitarianismreflectedinthenovel IIntroduction A.ThemainviewofDickens’humanitarian.CharlesDickenswasatypicalhumanitarian,whoexpressedhishumanirarianismcompletelybyhisnovels.Hishumanitarianismfocusedonmoralityaswellasitbasedonmorality.Headvi
2、sedpeopletobemercyandhuman,andhewasagoodexampleofhumanitarian.Foraninstance,inATaleofTwoCities,heshoweddeepsympathytothepoor.Ontheotherhand,hestronglycondemnedthefeudalaristocrats’behavior.Andhealsoheldagreatestesteemfortheloveofthehumanbeing.Dickensbelievedlovewasalwaysmorepowerfulthanresentment.I
3、nhisopinion,nomatterthepersonwasrichorpoor,ifhisbehavioragreedwithmorality,itshouldbeprised.Ifnot,thenitshouldbecriticized.Therefore,facingthecontradictionbetweenthearistocratsandthepoor,Dickensfirmlybelievedthecontradictioncouldbesolvedbythegreatloveofthehumanbeing.Inshort,theviewofDickens’humanit
4、ariancouldbesummarizedasthis——“behumanitarianandloveothers”. IITextualAnalysis A.Background"Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness..."DickensbeganATaleofTwoCitieswiththisfamoussentence.Itdescribedthespiritoftheerainwhichthisnoveltakesplace.Thiserawas
5、thelatterpartofthe1700sandthepeasantsofFrancebeganoneofthebloodiestrevolutionsinhistory.Inthenovel,thepoorwerefarbelowtheupperclasses,therichdidnothingtohelp,andforfearthatthepoorwouldwanttobetterthemselveswhentheyworkedascheaplabor.Thepoorsufferedfromovercrowding,hunger,andrepetitivelabor,andlongh
6、oursofwork.Poorpeasantswereexploitedgreatlybythearistocratsandtheyledaterriblelife.Onthecontrary,thearistocratssharedluxuriousmaterialplunderedfromthepoor.What’smore,theupperclassbulliedorevenkilledthepoorwithoutanymercy.Sobravepeasantsroseupandfoughtagainstthearistocrats.B.Dickens’purposeofATaleof
7、TwoCitiesObviously,Dickensshowedmuchsympathyforthepeasantsandextremelyagainstthemercilessbehaviordonebythearistocrats,butatthesametime,hedislikedtherevolution.Hepreferredtotakesomereformstoreconcilethecontr