"Yet, human fellowship infused some nourishment into the flinty viands, and struck some sparks of cheerfulness out of them. Fathers and mothers who had had their full share in the worst of the day, played gently with their meagre children; and lovers, with such a world around them and before them, loved and hoped" (Page 235).
Emily, you said that the women are overjoyed when Foulon is found because justice can then be served. That is very true. The people have waited for the time when they could stand up for themselves and revolt against the cruel aristocracy. In the quote above, it is stated that the people were coming together. They were finding a sense of "nourishment" in the unity even though they may not have had plentiful amounts of food or great living conditions. Before, the people were under the rule of the careless leaders. Now they are being somewhat freed. They can now hope for a better future for themselves and their people. The Revolution is serving as an agent of ressurection. The people's hope is restored and they can all take in the long lost sense of cheer that the Revolution is bringing them.
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I agree with your post, because it does show the positivity, and hopefulness that the poor now have. Even as this is a lighter toned passage, it also is indirectly showing the negative outcome of the aristocrats: the only way that the poor people now can have happiness is to kill those that have hurt them in the past. This is the awful outcome of the long life that the poor people have lived under the torture of the aristocrats.
I think you did a really good job explaining the view of the poor people and explaining their motivation for the revolution and the importance of what it actually means to them.
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