1. Speak about the terrible conditions in France in the setting scene.
· People were living in terrible poverty and misery. And the nobles were spending money carelessly and enjoying their lives.
· Crime spread everywhere. People received cruel punishment even for small crimes. *A youth could be sentenced يحكم عليه to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers كماشه and his body burned alive.
· As a result, there were secret plans and steps taken for a revolution.
· To revenge, trees were growing in the woods of France to be cut down to make boards used in making, silently, a terrible machine (the guillotine المقصلة ).
· The poor suffering people of France prepared the rough carts (tumbrels عربات الموتى) that would carry those who would be punished at the guillotine later on.