One example of juxtaposition is in the beginning of the book where Charles Dickens says “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times…” (8). This an example represents juxtaposition because it is showing two words together and letting the reader compare them. The example is also highlighting the differences in the French and English society. It’s helping the readers understand and imagine how things were even before the revolution and why it needed to come. Another example of juxtaposition
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Comic relief is an important theatrical convention that makes the story more interesting and appealing to readers. In Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities‚ Dickens uses one of his minor but fascinating characters‚ Jerry Cruncher‚ to depict this. The two or three chapters dealing with Jerry Cruncher and his family life are humorous and he also illustrates the terrible poverty during the 18th century. And despite the novel’s tragic scenes and symbolic images‚ Dickens uses Jerry to lighten things
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he recurring theme in literature that is “the classic war between passion and responsibility” transpires throughout A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens using Jerry Cruncher to represent this theme through his conflict between his personal pride and his moral duties. The nature of this conflict affects Cruncher and has overall significance to the work. Cruncher‚ who struggles to support his family‚ must dig graves at night and sell the bodies to doctors for money. This conflicts with his morals because
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In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ the death of Monsieur the Marquis is foreshadowed by descriptions of various objects turning crimson and the repeated mention of the Furies. The first description of a crimson object occurs in chapter eight and belongs to none other than Monsieur the Marquis himself. This occurs when he is heading back to his château in his carriage and “the sunset struck so brilliantly… that its occupant was steeped in crimson” (Dickens 138). This image of Monsieur the
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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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concept in three examples. The threatening footsteps in the Manette home‚ Gaspard’s illustration of "blood‚" and Mr. Lorry’s dream of brinnging a man back to life‚ are all examples of warning or foreshadowing. that Dickens’ uses in his novel A Tale of Two Cities. Lucie Manette hears uncomforing footsteps in her home in Soho‚ which is the first example of foreshadowing. The steps that she ususually heard always represented people who came in and out of her life. Yet‚ the night before the French
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In chapter five of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities‚” we learn just exactly who Sydney Carton is. Carton is compared to Stryver as the jackal‚ doing all the work for Stryver‚ while Stryver gets the credit. Chapter 5 is where Carton’s story begins. Dickens uses personification and gloomy diction to describe his attitude towards Carton as sympathetic. Using personification‚ Dickens starts the passage setting the scene Carton is in. Dickens says that‚ “the day was coldly looking in through
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In his novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens has a contemptuous tone towards the mob. The French peasants and their actions are described critically by Dickens throughout the novel. While Dickens clearly supports the peasants’ fight against oppression‚ his tone suggests that he is opposed to the methods that they use to achieve their goals. As the mob storms the Bastille prison‚ Dickens writes that “every living creature there held life as of no account‚ and was demented with a passionate readiness
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Little by little‚ a ball of yarn can be fabricated into a scarf. Slowly but surely‚ each effort against oppression can lead to a nationwide rebellion‚ such as the French Revolution. Having been immortalized in the novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ this life-changing event for many French peasants is described by Dickens in a crystal clear way that even modern readers are able to picture it in their minds. An unthought-of‚ but simple comparison is made to a common pastime activity usually enjoyed by ladies
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“A Tale of Two High Jumpers” is an excerpt from The Sports Gene by David Epstein. It talks about two high jumpers Donald Thomas and Stefan Holm‚ one had a twenty year love with high jumping the other one got lucky. Both men were excellent high jumpers. Outliers is an excerpt from “The 10‚000-Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell. It talks about studies done on individuals which ones become professional and why they become professional. Also how the amount of practice was different from the professionals
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