A Tale of Two Cities and the French Revolution Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities, portrayed the French Revolution unfairly, and not entirely completely. I don’t think that Dickens goal in writing A Tale of Two Cities was to portray the stability of England as a nation, but that was the main message I derived from the film. Also, some of the causes of the revolution seemed to fade into the background, leaving …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…the peasants wanting retribution, so much as reform. De Farge was all about revenge, and people seeking revenge are often shortsighted. Though by some rights, the movie version of A Tale of Two Cities was fair and correct, it also fell short. Bias came heavily into play when Dickens tried to bring England into the picture. Also, the true causes of the revolution became hidden when the violence became the main imagery of the movie.