1.) "Drive him fast to his tomb"- This statement is used in reference to the Marquis de Evermonde. The Marquis runs over a child in Paris and is then murdered by the father of the child. The father leaves a note at the scene of the crime which reads "drive him fast to his tomb"‚ and bodes for the coming Revolution. 2.) Stryver- Stryver is the Lawyer of Charles Darnay‚ who is a key character in the story. Many parts of the story are spent in the courtroom‚ where Stryver is present. 3.) The wood
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens uses descriptions of Madame Defarge’s knitting to evince the theme of secrets being best kept in plain sight. While Madame Defarge and her husband Defarge perform closing duties after their wine-shop closes for the evening‚ Defarge describes the British spy John Barsad for record keeping to his wife. Shortly after‚ Madame Defarge “began knotting [the descriptions] up in her handkerchief‚ in a chain of separate knots‚ for safe keeping through the night” (Dickens
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The actions of the characters in A Tale of Two Cities are driven by previous events as well as internal struggles. During the novel‚ characters are put to the test to carry out their actions whether it is revenge or a search to find a purpose. Throughout the novel‚ Madame Defarge makes it obvious she has a hidden motive. She has a constant quest to disrupt the lives of Darnay and the Manettes. Madame Defarge is one of the three who accuses Darnay‚ sending him to prison again. She wants him put
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between vengeance and justice. The French revolution was a beacon of hope for the common people‚ that quickly turned into a bloodbath as the common people took the law into their own hands in order to right the Aristocrat’s wrongs. Throughout A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens emphasizes the theme vengeance vs justice by employing negative diction and incorporating the motifs blood‚ wine‚ and the color red‚ and duality in order to illustrate how french society masks revenge as justice during the revolution
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A Tale of Two Cities is a novel about the differences between France and London in the early years of the revolution. Throughout the novel‚ there are three characters who are recalled to life. These characters that turn their lives around in this novel are‚ Doctor Manette‚ Jerry Cruncher‚ and Sydney Carton. Doctor Manette nursed back to for life by his daughter after being imprisoned for 18 years; Jerry Cruncher‚ from his terrible job and abusive ways to being against his old ways and being more
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The Darkness Between Two Darkness is a literary device that applies to both the setting’s of The Garden Party and Araby. Both these texts share the same implications of darkness but have two diverse meanings which represent different outcomes. Darkness contributes to the representation of each text and emphasizes how the conception of darkness is seen throughout the stories. By comparing the settings in both the short stories Araby and The Garden Party‚ the paper will show how the notions of darkness
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striking a chord with the most underrepresented and disadvantaged citizens of a nation. With enough backing‚ fringe ideas wield the ability to force their way into the minds of the populace‚ providing strength to the once-languished. Using A Tale of Two Cities‚ influential author of numerous classic works‚ Charles Dickens‚ illustrates the gaping holes in rhetoric and action widely disregarded during the class-based French Revolution of the late 1700s as well as criticizing his own country‚ England
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There are many difficult choices to make that could either hurt or harm others. In Charles Dicken’s novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ the French Revolution has begun‚ and Charles Darnay has decided to go to France to settle this conflict. Darnay has many reasons that influence him to go back to his home country‚ like receiving a letter from his servant Gabelle who pleads Darnay to free him from prison‚ but he hasn’t considered what would happen to himself and his loved ones when he departs. Although Darnay
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Atoning for Life Have you been "recalled to life"? What does that even mean? Being ’recalled to life" is a recurring motif in the Dickens’s novel‚ Tale of Two Cities. When one thinks of the characters ’being recalled to life" in the novel‚ most think of Dr. Manette and Sydney Carton‚ however‚ Mr. Lorry also finds a sense of peace and of being reborn‚ after exposing the secrets he has carried for 18 years‚ as well as relieving the guilt that he has felt. Mr. Jarvis Lorry‚ is an English banker
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To illustrate the contrast of light and darkness‚ Banana Yoshimoto begins with detailing Hiiragi as radiant and glowing. Hiiragi‚ although still reeling from the sudden deaths of both his girlfriend and his brother‚ seemed to always be “gaily illuminated” (Yoshimoto‚ 120) and often “smiled brightly” (118)‚ especially during scenes where Satsuki appeared. Hiiragi’s “bright eyes” and “childlike” personality reference Yoshimoto’s portrayal of him as a character of innocence. Yoshimoto continues to develop
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