Madame Defarge

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Madame Defarge is a vengeful, knitting revolutionary in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," emblematic of the ruthless spirit of the French Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Madame Defarge canonical 10
Thérèse Defarge 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
villain ⓘ
appearsIn A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
associatedWith Jacques ⓘ
the Defarges' wine shop ⓘ
the guillotine ⓘ
authorNationality British ⓘ
causeOfDeath accidental gunshot ⓘ
characterTrait cold ⓘ
relentless ⓘ
secretive ⓘ
vengeful ⓘ
creator Charles Dickens ⓘ
culturalImpact archetype of the vengeful revolutionary woman ⓘ
name used as a metaphor for implacable political revenge ⓘ
death dies in a struggle with Miss Pross ⓘ
enemy Charles Darnay ⓘ
Dr. Alexandre Manette ⓘ
Lucie Manette ⓘ
the Evrémonde family ⓘ
familyBackground relative of a peasant family abused by the Evrémondes ⓘ
fictionalUniverse A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre historical novel character ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations of A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
stage adaptations of A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
television adaptations of A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryFunction antagonist to the Manette and Darnay families ⓘ
embodiment of uncontrolled revolutionary fury ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
method records names of aristocratic victims in her knitting ⓘ
motivation revenge for wrongs done to her family ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableFor implacable desire for revenge ⓘ
knitting coded lists of enemies ⓘ
occupation wine shop owner ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
roleInPlot instigator of denunciations ⓘ
leader of the revolutionary women ⓘ
setIn French Revolution ⓘ
setInCity Paris ⓘ
spouse Ernest Defarge ⓘ
symbolizes revolutionary vengeance ⓘ
ruthless spirit of the French Revolution ⓘ
workPublicationDate 1859 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Tale of Two Cities → mainCharacter → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Charles Darnay → enemy → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Miss Pross → associatedWith → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Miss Pross → confronts → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Miss Pross → injuredBy → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Miss Pross → contrastedWith → Madame Defarge ⓘ
Ernest Defarge → spouse → Thérèse Defarge ⓘ
linked to: Madame Defarge
Ernest Defarge → loyalTo → Madame Defarge ⓘ