Gigi Tran Mrs. McKeagney English 2 H 6 Oct. 2014 Revolutionary Women In his novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens vividly articulates the chaotic strife between the extravagant aristocrats and oppressed peasants during the French Revolution. He develops the contention by entangling the two countries France and England through the notorious Evremonde family‚ resulting in the corruption of innocence and exponential bloodshed. Yet Dickens emphasizes the often overlooked‚ influential roles of
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A Tale of Two Cities By: Charles Dickens (In the year 1775‚ King George III sat on the throne of England‚ preoccupied with his rebellious colonies in America. Across a narrow neck of water to the east‚ Louis XVI reigned in France‚ not very much bothered by anything except seeing to his own comforts.) On a cold and foggy night in late November‚ Mr. Jarvis Lorry was headed out of London bound for Paris‚ via Dover‚ on a matter of business. In the darkness of the coach‚ as he and the other passengers
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Love and hatred were almost the major link which linked all the characters and events together throughout the novel. By portraying the relationships and conflicts between the Manettes‚ Defarge‚ Carton and Evremonde‚ Charles Dickens has successfully shown that the vigorous tenacity of love is always so much stronger than hate. The first incident that Dickens has portrayed to show the power of love was‚ Lucie restored love and life to Dr. Manette‚ who has suffered a lot from his 18 years imprisonment
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People without families often associate with and after time‚ integrate themselves into other families. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ Mr. Lorry‚ an aging banker‚ and Miss Pross‚ a spinster governess‚ spend time with the Manette family and eventually become a part of the family. Mr. Lorry becomes close friends with the Manettes after reuniting Lucie‚ a member of the Manette family‚ with Dr. Manette‚ her father who unjustly spent 18 years locked in the Bastille. Miss Pross‚ who took care
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watching the Eiffel Tower dazzle in the dusk sky. Though‚ rewind the clock to nearly 250 years ago‚ and the lavish country was undergoing complete and utter turmoil‚ led by vicious upheaval and outrage. Ingeniously written by Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities takes place during this disastrous time. However‚ despite the intense violence during this historical time frame‚ Dickens is able to beautifully incorporate
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Techniques for Prose Analysis Assumptions of close-reading prose: 1. Writing style is itself an expression of philosophy; or‚ to put it another way‚ form contains ideas 2. The formal aspects of writing - diction‚ sentence structure etc. - may work against the literal sense of the writing - or enhance it. 3. The subtleties of connotation and diction form a layer of meaning which is additional to the surface meaning of the text. 4. Every prose text comes with a host of expections - of genre‚ writing
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The main purpose of this book is to show the contrasts between the peaceful city of London and the city of Paris‚ tearing itself apart in revolution. This is apparent in the very first line of the book‚ "It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times...." This is a contrast of the two cities‚ London‚ the tranquil home of Mr. Lorry and the Darnays’; and Paris‚ the center of a bloody revolution. The author shows gentleness in these violent times in the persons of Dr. and Lucie Mannette‚ both gentle
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Sydney Carton is probably the most dynamic character in A Tale of Two Cities. He first appears to be a lazy‚ alcoholic attorney who cannot find even the smallest amount of interest in his own life. “Mr. Carton’s manner was so careless as to be almost insolent” (Dickens65). He describes his existence as a supreme waste of life and takes every opportunity to declare that he cares for nothing and no one. In chapter 6‚ when Carton is drinking with Stryver and says‚ “I had no chance for my life but in
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Titled "golden thread" in A Tale of Two Cities‚ Lucie Manette symbolized loyalty‚ compassion‚ and resurrection. She was portrayed by Charles Dickens as the epitomic‚ perfect woman‚ "a pretty figure‚ a quantity of golden hair‚" with "a pair of blue eyes." In addition‚ Lucie was delineated as polite‚ loyal‚ timid‚ and loving. For example‚ Lucie’s love was the only thing that kept Dr. Manette from reverting back to his former miserable self and was described as "the golden thread that united him to
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------------------------------------------------- Book the Second: The Golden Thread Chapters 5–6 Summary: Chapter 5: The Jackal Sydney Carton‚ the “idlest and most unpromising of men‚” makes his way from the tavern to Mr. Stryver’s apartment. The men drink together and discuss the day’s court proceedings. Stryver‚ nicknamed “the lion‚” compliments his friend‚ “the jackal‚” for the “rare point” that he made regarding Darnay’s identification. However‚ he laments Carton’s moodiness. Ever since their
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