Let Them Eat Cake.

The empowered peasants show intense hatred towards the previous ruling class. They will do anything and everything to take them down, which amounts to the mass executions on the guillotine. In comparison to the peasants, the previous ruling class could care less. They behave in such a way that shows that they still believe that have great power, although they are being executed, like the Marquis.

Personal appeals also have a rather large role between the empowered peasants along with the previous ruling class. For example, when Lucie begs for the safety of her husband, Madame Defarge does not show any sympathy for her. Why would Madame help Lucie when she has helped no one else? Personal appeals also appear throughout the books, like the exchange between the Marquis and the peasants. When the Marquis ran over Gaspard’s son, he did no show any sign of remorse. No sense of sadness swept over him as Gaspard cried out that his son was dead. The Marquis simply exchanged a few gold coins as if Gaspard’s son were worthless, lost cargo.