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  • "I devote you to the devil"
  • "It is extraordinary to me that you people cannot take care of yourself and your children"
  • "Was just being driven away with an air of a gentleman who had accidentally broken some common thing and had paid for it"
  • "We did a world of wrong, injuring every human creature who came between us and our pleasure, whatever it was"
  • "I would ride over any of you very willingly and exterminate you from the Earth"

Monsieur the Marquis

Quotes that epitomise this character

What is your personal opinion of the character? Do you have any empathy towards this character?

  • Dislike this character
  • Hatred for his monstrous actions
  • Feels he is above everyone else
  • Learns nothing from his mistakes
  • Feel no empathy towards him

To whom does this character feel a sense of duty to?

How is Dickens setting up this character's future?

  • Feels a sense of duty to his family - his brother and nephew Charles Darnay
  • Society - particularly the Upper Class
  • His wealth
  • Set up the reader to dislike this character
  • Warns that there will be later consequences for his actions
  • Actions would be later reflected and justified
  • Later consequences will show no sympathy towards him

What do we learn about this character through their relationships?

  • Did not associate with anyone at the party he attended held by Monseigneur
  • Feels like a Lord in his village
  • He likes to feel above everyone else
  • Only associates with people briefly
  • Has no real friends or solid relationships
  • Charles Darnay's uncle and twin brother of Charles Darnay's father (now deceased)
  • Disliked by other nobility
  • Referred to as "Monsieur" or "Monseigneur" by people below his ranking
  • People of equal ranking refer to him as the "Marquis"

What do we learn about this character through their motivations and actions?

  • Road mender says that he saw a boy on the bottom of his carriage - the Monsieur is not phased by this
  • Monsieur then comes across a peasant woman at a graveyard
  • The woman begs the Marquis to buy her husband a gravestone because she wants to be remembered properly and she cannot afford one
  • The Marquis doesn't care and walks away
  • His actions prove that he does show any concern for anything other than himself
  • He will later suffer the consequences for his hollow emotions
  • Shows no care or consideration for the lower class
  • Only cares about himself and the Upper class
  • He runs over a little boy as his carriage is speeding through the streets and kills him
  • Monsieur throws the father some coins and expects to be forgiven
  • Speeds off in his carriage as if nothing happened - believes that the lower class are insignificant and don't deserve to be treated equally
  • A coin is then thrown back to the carriage which shocks the Monsieur - this brings him back to reality as he is outraged
  • Arrives in a small village where he feels as if he is the Lord - people are poor and starving
  • He doesn't show any empathy with these people

What do we learn about this character through their personality?

  • Ragged and submissive
  • Rarely ever presented his true intentions or feelings "one set expression on (his) face"
  • Unable to tolerate the behavior of the Monseigneur
  • Unable to control his hatred
  • Remained calm in situations
  • Spoke flatly and tame
  • Shows no sympathy
  • Has a vulgar barbarous manner
  • Insincere
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