Many people in the world perform certain actions that can influence their life choices. These actions taken by people can also interpret how an individual can change from one type of person to another. The novel A Tale Of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens demonstrated how an individual can change due to their choices. Charles Dickens establishes Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge as plot catalysts through the use of characterization to portray how an individual can change from a loving or ruthless person due to how their actions affect their choices in life. Lucie Manette is one of the catalysts of the plot because of the way Dickens portrays Lucie as an angel with charm. After the first trial of Charles Darnay, Doctor Manette, before Madame Defarge arrives to kill Lucie Manette, brutal thoughts cross his mind. She desires revenge for what Darnay's family did to her. As the narrator says: “She cared nothing that an innocent man should die for the sins of his ancestors; she didn't see him, but them. It didn't matter to her that his wife was left a widow and his daughter an orphan; that was insufficient punishment, for they were his natural enemies and his prey, and as such they had no right to live. Appealing to her was rendered useless by the fact that she had no sense of pity, even for herself” (Dickens 367). Madame Defarge has no real heart and is full of revolutionary violence. She is a narcissist because she sees herself and the revolution as the two most significant things in her life. Soon, Madame Defarge is inclined to suffer for her actions due to the revolution that transformed her into a fearless woman. During the French Revolution many women had children. They were able to receive the title of “Mother” and also receive the affection of their children. Unlike many women, Madame Defarge does not, which is why author Lisa Robson concludes that this may be the cause of her ruthlessness. Robson states: “Madame Defarge has no children, an absence which ironically links her to the aristocratic women who, when in the wine shop, Sydney Carton overheard what the Defarges were planning. He immediately confessed to Lorry saying that Lucie's family is in danger. Carton says desperately: “I am in grave danger. They risk being denounced by Madame Defarge. I know it from his own lips. Tonight I heard the words of that woman who presented their danger to me in stark colours. I lost no time and have seen the spy ever since” (Dickens 349). Madame Defarge's knitting creates an atmosphere in which the people placed on her register are put in danger. As Carton states in the quote "Madame Defarge's Complaint," the reader knows that Madame Defarge is intent on killing the people she has put on her registry. As the novel progresses, the reader may conclude that Madame Defarge is able to communicate with others through her knitting. It also allows her to secretly plan revenge against others. Tom Lloyd explains that the novel A Tale Of Two Cities blinds most of the characters with false words to try to gain revenge on others. It establishes that Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, and Mr. Lorry need to establish an identity, unlike Madame Defarge who seeks to destroy identities. Lloyd states: “Indeed, M Defarge also clings to language and meaning in the presence of his own