times refers to particularly alarming times of the Evr monde family among the many characters Reasons for considering the best of times and the worst of times Dickens has used the French Revolution as the background of his novel In A Tale of Two Cities he visualized three sections of the novel before the revolution the exact time of the French Revolution in and the post-revolutionary period Dickens has represented a selfless love story by which he has upheld a historical background to provide a lesson that Revolution means destruction or destruction of any country's social and political circumference Because of the French Revolution not only the upper-class people but also the lower-class people were destroyed This novel has been designed with a complex plot so that the reader has to discover the cause of the French Revolution Dickens says It was the best of times and it was the worst of times It was the age of wisdom and it was the age of foolishness Dickens used the French Revolution as the background of his novel to throw a hidden message not to be revolutionary In short Dickens's attitude of The year as the best of times and the worst of times is true By using this phrase Dickens stresses the sharp contrast between the two cities and the different fortunes of his characters It also reflects the theme of duality social inequality and the turbulent nature of history