Use Of Repetition In A Tale Of Two Cities
Use of repetition and personification allows the reader to have a more profound understanding of setting in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities.
During significant portions of the novel, Dickens repeats language that has an impact on the setting. This gives the audience further insight of the conditions of society during the French Revolution. For example, the narrator personifies the word “Hunger” and uses constant repetition in order to emphasize the situation France is in: “Hunger stared down from the smokeless chimneys, and started up from the filthy street that had no offal, among its refuse, of anything to eat.” (Dickens 22) Not only does “Hunger” apply to the status of society in the French Revolution, but the use of a gloomy and morbid tone
During significant portions of the novel, Dickens repeats language that has an impact on the setting. This gives the audience further insight of the conditions of society during the French Revolution. For example, the narrator personifies the word “Hunger” and uses constant repetition in order to emphasize the situation France is in: “Hunger stared down from the smokeless chimneys, and started up from the filthy street that had no offal, among its refuse, of anything to eat.” (Dickens 22) Not only does “Hunger” apply to the status of society in the French Revolution, but the use of a gloomy and morbid tone