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    comprehend the hints and make the connections that enhance the reading of the book and that emphasize the main themes. The foreshadowing ends up playing a crucial part to the ending of the book and adds depth to characters and storylines. In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens uses foreshadowing to hint towards destruction‚ death of others‚ and the impending revolution. Charles Dickens utilizes foreshadowing to hint towards the upcoming French Revolution. After the wine cask spills in front of Defarge’s

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    In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens’s descriptions and mentions of fountains demonstrate the increasing animosity of the rich by the poor‚ thereby foreshadowing revolution. Fountains are mentioned several times and are associated with a primary cause of the French Revolution: the poor treatment of the lower classes by the rich. It is near a fountain that Monsieur the Marquis’s carriage runs over a child (Dickens 135). It is also near a fountain that Monsieur the Marquis stops in town (Dickens

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    Stereotypical Women Throughout well-known stories‚ authors tend to develop memorable characters in order to enhance the plot; although they may not always be portrayed in the most considerate manner. In Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ he also uses such characters. First‚ Lucie’s role of over dramatic damsel in distress. Second‚ Miss Pross’ participation as the over protective mother figure. And third‚ Mme. Defarge as the bloodthirsty crazed villain. Through these characters

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    Sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities The French Revolution was a time of great chaos‚ violence‚ and trouble during the late 1700s. Many sacrifices were made out of freedom‚ loyalty‚ morality‚ and love. Throughout Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the theme of sacrifice in the name of love is developed through the characters Miss Pross‚ Doctor Alexandre Manette‚ and Sydney Carton. Out of admiration and love for Lucie‚ Miss Pross made everyday sacrifices‚ including her life in a battle with Madame

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    Sigmund Freud once wrote: The uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back to what is known of old and long familiar (Freud). This "class of the frightening" can also be detected in A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens’s novel describes the lives of various people in England and France before and during the French Revolution. The familiar and homely is often turned into the terrifying in the novel. For instance‚ the sight of Madam Defarge who sits in her husband’s wine shop and knits all the

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    In the novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens uses weather to describe the mood of the scene and the emotion in the characters thus reinforcing the motif of darkness and the light by using the golden thread to bring Mr. Manette out of darkness or lighting up a dark and gloomy room. Ms. Lucie Manette is the "eternal light" (Dickens 47) towards all darkness in the many lives she has walked into with "her golden hair" (Dickens 42). When Lucie was first introduced to her long lost father‚ One

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    Draft Blood and Water have become symbols for many things; their numerous connotations can allow the reader to imagine more than just the broader aspects of these two subjects. Blood imagery reveals the darker side of humanity where water can either mean pureness and tranquility or destruction and chaos. The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ uses the imagery of blood and water to represent the ways of the revolution. The water in this novel foreshadows and represents the building

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    How can one’s opinions shape their idea of justice? Is this injustice? In The Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens addresses these compelling questions by using extravagant symbolism to portray the significant theme of Justice. Throughout the book‚ especially within France‚ certain characters predominantly misinterpret justice by associating it with immorality‚ which results in many unfair arrests and murders. Specifically‚ the French Revolutionary mob visualizes justice as a concept that revolves

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    Section B: 2) Imagery is used in many different ways. In A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens uses imagery to foreshadow‚ to characterize‚ and to create atmosphere. 
Dickens uses imagery to foreshadow what is going to happen later on in the book. For example‚ when the large cask in front of the wine shop breaks it stains the streets red. It foreshadows the uprising of the French Revolution‚ and where the planning is going to take place. It also foreshadows what is going to happen during the revolution

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    powerful thing that is beyond a person’s control. Most of the time when people think about fate‚ they think of it in a positive way‚ but fate is not always good. Yes‚ fate can bring people together‚ but it can also tear people apart. In the book A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens fate does both; unite and divide. Fate affects almost all of the characters in the story‚ but most of all it affects Lucie Manette‚ Dr. Manette and Charles Darnay. Lucie Manette encounters a promising change of fate when she

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