Madame Defarge

Lucie Manette

Madame Defarge sees Lucie as an enemy due to her marriage to Darnay, a member of the hated Evrémonde family.

Jacques

Jacques is a collective alias for revolutionary comrades, and Madame Defarge is a key leader among them, sharing a bond of vengeance.

Doctor Manette

Madame Defarge holds a deep grudge against Doctor Manette for his past imprisonment and his connection to the Evrémonde family.

Jacques

Jacques is a collective alias for revolutionary comrades, and Madame Defarge is a key leader among them, sharing a bond of vengeance.

Doctor Manette

Madame Defarge holds a deep grudge against Doctor Manette for his past imprisonment and his connection to the Evrémonde family.

Lucie Manette

Madame Defarge sees Lucie as an enemy due to her marriage to Darnay, a member of the hated Evrémonde family.

Lucie Manette

Madame Defarge sees Lucie as an enemy due to her marriage to Darnay, a member of the hated Evrémonde family.

Doctor Manette

Madame Defarge holds a deep grudge against Doctor Manette for his past imprisonment and his connection to the Evrémonde family.

Jacques

Jacques is a collective alias for revolutionary comrades, and Madame Defarge is a key leader among them, sharing a bond of vengeance.

Book the First: Recalled to Life

Observed knitting in the wine shop, silently recording the names of the aristocracy in her knitting, foreshadowing her role in the revolution.

VII: Monseigneur in Town

A dark, stout woman knitting steadfastly near the fountain. She looks the Marquis directly in the face, a silent act of defiance and a symbol of the coming retribution.

Knitting

Presides over the wine-shop, knits the register of the doomed, and accompanies the mender of roads to Versailles, knitting shrouds.

Still Knitting

Returns to Saint Antoine, learns of spy Barsad, registers him in her knitting, and leads women in knitting as a revolutionary act.

Echoing Footsteps

Madame Defarge is a steady figure in the mob, remaining close to the governor of the Bastille and ultimately beheading him with her knife.

The Sea Still Rises

Presides over her wine-shop, orchestrates the mob's fury, and personally participates in Foulon's capture and execution.

Book the Third: The Track of a Storm

Relentlessly pursues the Evrémonde family, knitting a registry of the condemned and confronting Miss Pross.

III: The Shadow

Accompanies Defarge to identify Lucie and her child, remains cold and impassive, and declares that Lucie's father is her true business, refusing to help Charles.

The Wood-Sawyer

Madame Defarge passes Lucie and Doctor Manette on the snowy road, exchanging brief salutations.

Triumph

Sits in the front row of the audience, knitting, beside Defarge; watches the proceedings with dogged determination, never looking at Darnay.

A Knock at the Door

Denounced Darnay along with Monsieur Defarge and one other, as revealed by the man from Saint Antoine.

The Game Made

One of the three denouncers of Darnay; stands at the bottom of the steps looking steadily at Defarge during his testimony.

X: The Substance of the Shadow

Smiles to The Vengeance as the verdict is delivered, satisfied that the doctor's testimony seals Darnay's fate.

Darkness

In her wine-shop, Madame Defarge insists on the extermination of the Evrémonde line and reveals her intent to denounce Lucie, her child, and Doctor Manette.

The Knitting Done

Conspires with The Vengeance and Jacques Three to exterminate the Evrémonde family; goes to the Manette lodging to confront Lucie but is killed in a struggle with Miss Pross.

The Footsteps Die Out Forever

Notably absent from the execution; her empty chair and knitting are left behind.