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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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    Tale of Two Cities Extra Quotes Explained Steven Svoboda‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network Dec 17‚ 2012 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." MORE:Tale of Two Cities FlagPost a comment Chapter 1 and 2 "Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He doesn’t get no iron rust from here!" (Dickens 63). Young Jerry‚ Mr. Cruncher’s son‚ says this quote to his father in the end of chapter one when they are on their way to work. This quote offers foreshadowing because it tells us

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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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    1859‚ Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities. The novel took place during the revolution era of France and England. Dickens uses a variety of literary devices to convey his message to the reader. Literary devices that are continuously used throughout the novel are the double motifs‚ light and dark. Dickens uses the doubles light and dark‚ through the two female characters Lucie and Madame Defarge. In A Tale Of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens uses the motif of light versus dark‚ to characterize Lucie

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    Chelsey Cardwell Dual Credit English 1/3/12 Mr. Burns A Literary Analysis of A Tale of Two Cities I. Introduction Charles Dickens’ twelfth novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ was written to show all of the good and evil that was present during the French Revolution. He uses the two main cities‚ London and Paris‚ to represent this‚ and then ties in a love story with many different symbols of good and evil such as Darnay and Carton‚ Madame Defarge and Miss Pross. In his novel‚ Dickens also shows both

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    Juxtaposition in “A Tale of Two Cities”: QUOTES: LIGHT: "The golden thread that bound them all together"(208) "The opened half door was opened a little further. A broad ray of light fell into the garret." (35)- Light was let into Doctor Manette’s room. Where the Defarges (dark) had kept him. "Mr. Manette’s white head mingled with Lucie’s radiant hair‚ which warmed and lighted it as though it were the light of freedom shining on him." (40) – Representation of light. Helped him become free

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    13 This gives the time in which the story will take place 3. Theme I am going to see his ghost! It will be his ghost-not him! Page 34 This is an example of one of the times someone is “brought back from the dead” 4. Setting All the people within reach had suspended their business‚ or their idleness‚ to run to the spot and drink the wine. Page 36 This is an example to show how savage people in France lived 5. Foreshadowing & theme “I hope you care to be recalled to life?” And the old answer:

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    noble act by sacrificing himself. Doctor Manette- He has the father archetype in the story. From the time regains his sanity he proves to be a loving father to not only Lucie but to others who helped him (like Charles). "I have a charmed life in this city. I have been a Bastille prisoner" (Dickens‚ 249). He shows a more encouraging personality and helps characters throughout the story. Madame Defarge- She possesses the devil figure archetype. Her role in the story consists of her keeping records of

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    Charles Dickens’s novel "A Tale of Two Cities" is a story of intricately woven plot lines driven by intriguing characters. The female characters are often primary forces in driving the other players and advancing the plot. It’s been said that Dickens uses the women in his story to somewhat questionable ends; some say that he merely uses their womanhood for symbolism and crudely limits their portrayal to the reader to their rather boring superlatives. However this is not the case‚ as the beauty of

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    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens explores the general theme of loyalty through Ernest Defarge’s character. Defarge shows levels of loyalty and obedience toward his wife‚ to France‚ and most importantly to himself and his beliefs. Unfortunately‚ his loyalty toward his wife and the people of France not only affect him‚ but also Dr. Alexandre Manette‚ Lucie‚ and Charles Darnay causing almost disastrous events. Defarge is nothing but a calm man and owner of a wine shop in Saint Antoine‚ Paris

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