Prisoners

Going along with the idea that the revolution acts as an agent of resurrection for the whole town I remembered this quote about releasing the prisoners. “Of all these cries, and ten thousand incoherencies, ‘The Prisoners!’ was the cry most taken up by the sea that rushed in, as if there were an eternity of people, as well as of time and space” (225).
Although this quote is about the recalling of prisoners, I think it means so much to the people because it is about recalling themselves as well, by releasing the power that the aristocrats have over the prisoners and the whole town. The people are freed from all of the problems that the aristocrats bring to the people, and so they are essentially there own agents of resurrection. The freeing of the prisoners can then be seen as a symbolic act of freeing of themselves, which leads to their joy and happiness.