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    1. What quality or qualities do the protagonists in the story share? What quality or qualities do the antagonists in the story share? So far according to the reading‚ I think that Charles Darnay and the Manettes family are the protagonists. In the story‚ they share the characteristics of kindness and caring. When Charles Darnay is charged by treason in the court‚ Lucie shows her compassion for him and cries for him‚ whom she should speak against. Besides‚ Lucie’s love saves Dr. Manette from depression

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    life): Dickens title Book I “Recalled to life” and throughout the novel it has been brought up multiple times. It is used to begin a new start to a character’s life. ➢ “The Judge‚ whose eyes had gone in the general direction‚ recalled them…” (67). The two witnesses will change Charles Darnay’s life forever. If he goes to prison‚ his life could essentially be similar to Doctor Manette’s. ➢ ‘“You had abandoned all hope of being dug out?’ ‘Long ago.’ ‘You know that you are recalled to life?’ ‘They tell

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    A Jello House On the Moon Bobby only wanted a fish. Just a fish‚ more than all the Jello in the world. When the day of his seventh birthday came‚ his mom finally got him one: a perfect orange goldfish that he named Noodle. Bobby took Noodle everywhere: to the neighborhood swimming pool‚ to the annual summer foot race‚ and to his tree house in his backyard. Bobby made sure that Noodle always had shade‚ especially in the hot Florida sun. One day‚ Bobby noticed that Noodle just swam in circles all

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    Motivation: Write a paragraph describing how you view yourself‚ using at least 3 adjectives. Do you think other people view you in the same way? Why or why not? What might cause people to view each other in different ways? A) Chapter 4: 1. Briefly describe Mr. Stryver. In what way is he unfair to Mr. Carton? He is 30 years old‚ but looks 50. Loud‚ red-faced‚ short and stout (bulky‚ heavy). He is very pushy and is not well-mannered. Intrudes into others conversations. He takes full credit

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    a large role in Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities‚ that Dickens himself is a supporter of it. This just simply is not true. Dickens uses capitol punishment as a tool to define the evil embodied in both the French ruling class‚ and the opposing lower class during the French Revolution; as well as comment on the sheep-like nature of humankind. In the beginning of the novel‚ capital punishment serves as the "cure-all" for France’s social problems. After all‚ "death is nature’s

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    A Tale of Two Cities: Faults of Social Structure Charles Dickens has been acclaimed as one of the foremost satirists of the nineteenth century. In his novel A Tale of Two Cities Dickens finds fault with the social structure of the society. A few of these social problems are the difference between the classes‚ the lunacy of the revolution‚ and the judicial system in effect as this time. The first of the faults in the social structure of the society is the difference between the classes. It is not

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    In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens presents a story that cannot be found in textbooks. By juxtaposing different experiences of femininity and domestic life in the late 18th century‚ Dickens highlights a duality in French and English contemporary thought towards the role of the family in state and war. Ultimately‚ this serves as a commentary on the position of ethics that value compassion and order in the context of revolutionary war and major social upheaval. Two women in particular clearly

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    of the period‚ Dickens’ in particular‚ discussed through there works social inequality and a sense of disgust with the shortcomings of class division. Dickens’‚ A Tale of Two Cities was no exception. The idea for a Tale of Two Cities was derived from play in which Dickens’ himself was the heroin. The preface of the novel‚ as he describes‚ details the production of Wilkie Collins entitled The Frozen Deep. The play describes two men very much in love with the same woman. Ultimately one man‚ played

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    Lightsey 25 February 2013 Duality in A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities stands out in the list of Charles Dickens’ compositions because the book is so different from anything he ever wrote. Novels that Dickens wrote before and after A Tale of Two Cities have been centralized around the Victorian culture‚ while A Tale of Two Cities takes place in Revolutionary France and England. Others venture so far as to say that a reader that has enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities will not like Dickens’ other works

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