Free Will In Charles Darnay's Return To France

Charles Darnay’s return to France is an example of fulfilling his fate, he’s acting as a representative of the St. Evrémondes and when he arrives in France, he’ll be considered an aristocrat and treated as such. Darnay renounces his family title and property, as he tells his uncle years before the revolution, that they have been “reaping the fruits of wrong” (94). Another reason why he does this is because he feels that he is “bound to a system that is frightful…responsible for it, but powerless in it” (94). Following the death of the former Marquis and prolonged absence of Darnay, low level officials, such as Monsieur Gabelle, have “held the impoverished and involved estate on written instructions” (187). Gabelle is imprisoned for having ties
Also, it’s inevitable because the anger of the revolution is due to the St. Evrémonde name. Darnay embodies justice and duty, and although he is devoted to his family, his sense of responsibility forbids him to turn his back on Gabelle or his country. Forces outside of his control inevitably foil even his attempts to assert himself and atone for his family’s transgressions, placing him in increasingly dangerous situations. Darnay’s return to “The Loadstone Rock” is a fulfillment of fate due to the fact that he’ll be considered a noble and treated this way. Darnay is considered a noble, because he is “the nephew of the Monsieur the Marquis, for whom Gaspard was exalted to that height of so many feet” (142). How Darnay will be treated is hinted at by behaviors of revolutionary leaders, Madame Defarge and Jacques Three, who demonstrate their heartlessness, potential for cruelty, and ruthlessness towards other nobles. Madame Defarge is “immoveable” in the sense that she is an under the radar strong leader and person, especially, when she whips the women up into a frenzy during the storming of the Bastille and when “the