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    of A Tale of Two Cities When people see twins‚ they would usually assume that they are the same. However‚ after people get to know them‚ they will notice the difference in their personalities. Some twins are the exact opposite of each other just like Carton and Darnay. In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ the French Revolution is a time of change‚ danger‚ injustice‚ and vengeance. The French Revolution influences the two families of Dr. Manette and Monsieur Defarge in the two cities of London

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    A Tale of two cities This novel begins with comparing the situation of England and France‚ during the French Revolution. I think that Charles Dickens wanted to show what could happen in one’s life and how a person could sacrifice himself for the one he loves. So I am going to tell about the characters and my point of view of the novel. First‚ Lucie Manett‚ who marries Charles Darnay‚ is a kind and loving person. The author described her as a golden-haired‚ blue-eyed and a being beautiful both physically

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    succeed. He admired Germany but when he started mass killing people he crossed the line of acceptable and unjust. It was also not okay in the Iraq war for soldiers to torture and humiliate prisoners either. It was unjust and evil. In the book Tale of Two Cities by Charles dickens‚ the characters Madam Defarge‚ Gaspard and the Marquis made evil actions just like these people. Evil intentions are not always for the greater good they can be for the need to get revenge. Madam Defarge made many demonic

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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 Tale of Two Cities Essay In the epic novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ Dickens‚ on the surface‚ writes about the horrors of the French Revolution and the issues of the time period. With deeper analysis one can see his main argument‚ even from the first few famous sentences of the novel. Dickens dwells in the concept of doubles throughout the book‚ most always stating one end‚ like Death or Darkness‚ and contrasting it with the Life or Light. In the very first paragraph

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    One theme that came alive in this book and specifically in the passage is the people’s hunger. The setting of the passage is in Saint Antoine‚ which was a poor suburb of Paris. It talks about how when a wine cast breaks open‚ literal swarms of people crawl on the ground in hopes to fill there stomachs. Men crawl‚ women scoop‚ babies sip and others drink the spilled wine. I think that Dickens’ used “The Wine Shop” scene to show how desperate the people were for not only food but for help during

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    A Tale of Two Cities Quotation system: All the references in question 1: a refer to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens edited by Wordsforth Editions 1999‚ whereas all the references in Question 1: b refer to British Narrative Prose 1700-1900 by Ebbe Klitgård. In this essay I will discuss the two following analytical points from Charles Dickens’‚ A Tale of Two Cities; 1: Darkness and death versus lightness and life‚ including a consideration of Madame Defarge versus Lucy Manette. And

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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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    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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