so extreme‚ that they both are foils for each other ’s characteristics. Another foil in characters‚ is Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is an heir to an aristocratic family. He displays exemplary honesty and great virtue. For example‚ Darnay made a commitment to Lucie ’s father that he would reveal to him his true identity (heir to the very cruel Evrémond family). Carton‚ however‚ is the extreme opposite. He is an unmannerly‚ unenthusiastic‚ drunken attorney. His love for Lucie Manette occupies
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s Tale of Two Cities – Study Guide Questions 2008 Use these over the course of your reading. They are very helpful if you use them!! Book I: "Recalled to Life" Book I‚ Chapter 1: "The Period" 1. What is the chronological setting of this opening chapter? What clues enable us to determine "The Period"? 2. How does Dickens indicate the severity of social conditions in both France and England? 3. Who is the "king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face"? 4. How does Dickens
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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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Darnay accused of passing English secrets to the French and Americans during the American Revolution. However‚ He is released when eyewitnesses cannot identify him because of Darnay’s resemblance to his lawyer Sydney Carton. After that Darnay and Carton fall in love with Lucie Manette. Carton tells Lucie that would make any sacrifice for her. But Lucie marries Darnay and they have a daughter. Meanwhile‚ in France‚ Darnay’s uncle the Marquis St. Evremonde is murdered in his bed for crimes committed
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pickle! And off its head comes! All the family!”(pg.269) for he is a spy for Madame Defarge a bitter woman who wants the Evremondes dead due to the crimes they committed against her family. When the next trial happens Charles is condemned to execution. Sydney
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evil‚ wisdom and folly‚ and light and darkness stand equally matched in their struggle. The opposing pairs in this passage also initiate one of the novel’s most prominent motifs and structural figures—that of doubles‚ including London and Paris‚ Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay‚ Miss Pross and Madame Defarge‚ and Lucie and Madame Defarge. 2. A wonderful fact to reflect upon‚ that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration‚ when
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later on in the book. Imagery is used to characterize the people in the book. For example‚ when Sydney Carton is called the Jackal. This shows Carton as a person who can’t fend for himself and is a scavenger. He has to work for everyone else because he doesn’t believe he can do anything himself. Another characterization of Carton is when he is called the Man of no Delicacy. This is ironic because Carton has manners and is delicate. But the title is what people think of him because of the way he carries
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for Lucie‚ affectionately called Ladybird‚ and cares for her and her daughter‚ little Lucie‚ with her life. However‚ there is also hate. Madame Defarge hates the aristocrats‚ mostly the Evrémondes‚ and will go to any length to see them suffer. Sydney Carton hates everyone and hates life in general. Can love overpower these emotions; will love prove it is greater? In Dickens’ novel‚ it did. Lucie loves her father‚ from the day they first meet‚ it is obvious‚ and the sentiment is soon shared by her
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Miss Pross showed her love towards Lucie in many different ways‚ and her love leads to her sacrifice and reward in the final chapter. The ever faithful Miss Pross barrels into the room after hearing that her “ladybird” (71) has fainted and throws Mr. Lorry against a wall to get to her Lucie. In the first encounter with Miss Pross‚ Dickens shows that she would do anything to protect Lucie by showing her “laying a brawny hand upon his chest‚ and sending him flying back against the nearest wall” (Dickens
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Carton realizes that he may be able to blackmail Barsad to agree to get Carton in to see Darnay so that he switch places with him. Carton is content in knowing that his action will allow Lucie to live happily. While Carton awaits his death he thinks that it’s “a far‚ far better thing that he does than he had ever done; it’s a far‚ far better rest that he goes to than he has ever known‚” (343). Through these words he finds peace in sacrificing his life for Darnay. After Carton is executed
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