Tale of 2 cities Review

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Charles Darnay

born as Charles St. Evermonde and rejects his family's name and the property of the marquis, chooses to live in England because he cannot bear the cruel treatment of the lower class; marries Lucie Manette and decides to travel back to Paris to save Gabelle

Lucie Manette

emotional and moral center of the book, a binding figure who resembles family and the power of love

Sydney Carton

an alcoholic who works under Stryver and sees no worth in his life or future; falls in love with Lucie

Doctor Manette

the man who was "recalled to life" and was imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, used shoemaking to escape the torture; father of Lucie who is eventually brought into good health

Ernest Defarge

a wine shop owner and revolutionary who leads the revolution with a conscience

Madame Defarge

wife of Defarge; merciless, cruel revolutionary who knits the registry of those who must die, relentless and blood-thirsty, seeks vengeance

Jarvis Lorry

a man who works for Tellson's bank with strong morals and befriends the Manettes

Jerry Cruncher

a porter for Tellson's bank, but creates a living as a grave robber, "resurrection man"

Miss Pross

the servant who raised Lucie and is extremely loyal to her, the opposite of Madame Defarge

Mr. Stryver

an ambitious lawyer who is arrogant and proud, drags Carton with him

John Barsad

a spy for England in France who falsely claims to be a man with an upstanding reputation

Roger Cly

a spy for England who was an Old Bailey spy

Gabelle

a man/servant who is imprisoned by the revolutionaries and prompts Darnay to come to France to save him

Marquis Evremonde

Darnay's uncle who is a cruel aristocrat and support the inhuman caste system and has no regards for human life; is murdered in France

"recalled to life"

encourages the idea of rebirth and resurrection; the idea of the ability to recreate France and have it be reborn as a better country and a change in humanity; relates directly to Dr. Manette coming back from imprisonment

"still knitting"

a direct phrase which connects to Madame Defarge's registry and network of symbols; metaphorically, it also shows the patience and stealthiness of the revolution even though Madame Defarge is merciless on the inside

"echoing footsteps"

the incoming activists of the revolutionaries and the lasting impression they will leave, hence the echo

situational irony

when the outcome is the opposite of what is expected

verbal irony

sarcasm; to say something and mean the opposite

dramatic

when the readers know something that the characters don't know

Order of Events: Book 1

-the situations of France and England are shown

-on the Dover, Cruncher stops Lorry to give him a message

-Lorry meets Lucie Manette and tells her that her father is still alive

-The wine cask breaks in the streets of Paris

-Defarge shows Lorry and Lucie her father and she takes him to England

Order of Events: Book 2

-the environment of tellson's bank is described

-the trials of Charles Darnay occurs

-Stryver is the lawyer of the defendant and Carton helps him get aquitted

-Carton gets drunk and tells how he fancies Lucie

-In France, the Monsieur runs over a child with no regards

_Darnay visits his uncle, the marquis, and tells him of his wrongdoings and disowns the family name

-Marquis is killed by a jaques

-A year passes, Darnay proclaims his love for Lucie to Dr. Manette

-Stryver explains of his intention to propose to Lucie and Mr. Lorry advises him not too

-Carton reveals his true feelings to Lucie

-Roger Cly's funeral is attacked and Cruncher goes to rob his grave and body

-Defarge is told by the roadmender the fate of who killed the marquis

-The registry in Madame Defarge's knitting is introduced

-Barsad comes as a spy to the wine shop and is added to the list

-Darnay and Lucie get married and Dr.Manette suffers a relapse; hypothetical man

-three years pass, Lucie and Darnay have a daughter and a son who died young

-The Bastille is stormed by revolutionaries and taken over

-Foulon, an aristocrat who said to eat grass, is hunted down and hung

-The marquis' villa is burnt down and Gabelle is imprisoned by the revolutionaries

-Lorry is sent to Paris by Tellsons

Darnay decides to go to Paris to save Gabelle

Monsieur and Madame Defarge and Doctor Manette

What three people denounce Darnay when the revolutionaries arrest him for a second time in France?

She accidentally shoots herself.

How does Madame Defarge die?

He changes clothes with Darnay, drugs him, and arranges for the guards (Solomon is there too) to take Darnay out of the prison in his place.

How does Carton get Darnay out of prison?

Lucie Manette

Who said the following: "I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by-and-by into our lives."

Madame Defarge

Who said the following: " When the time comes, let loose a tiger and a devil; but wait for the time with the tiger and the devil chained—not shown, yet always ready."

Sydney Carton

Who said the following: "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

France

Where is Darnay's trial?

angry, tense, same as the court in England

Describe the atmosphere of Darnay's trial

people become happy (easily swayed because Manette is a hero), Darnay is not guilty anymore

What happens to the crowd when Dr. Manette personally testifies?

There was a third person accusing Darnay through a letter de cache that Monsieur Defarge found in Manette's cell

Why is Darnay arrested again in France?

She is surprised to see her brother Solomon in the wine shop

Why does Miss Pross scream at the wine shop?

He blackmails Barsad about being a spy (citizens did not like spies because they helped people become guilty in court)

How does Carton convince John Barsad (aka Solomon) to save Darnay?

Roger Cly was not in the coffin, but John Barsad (Solomon) said he was dead

What info does Cruncher have about Roger Cly that helps Carton?

La force then the Consciergerie

What prisons does Darnay go to?

chemicals

What does Carton purchase?

Manette in a letter de cache

Who is the third citizen to denounce Darnay?

To let people know there is a man that looks like Darnay in Paris (so that when he switches with Darnay, nobody will suspect that Darnay is not dead)

Why does Carton go to the wine shop?

Evermondes (Darnay's uncle and father) raped her sister, who died, and killed her brother who died also

Why does Mme. Defarge want revenge so badly?

He is brought to the house to help save Mme. Defarge's sister

How is Dr. Manette involved with the Evermonde situation?

Carton knows that he is doing the best thing he has ever done and is at peace. Also he is able to see the future for the aftermath of his death.

Why does Carton appear sublime and prophetic?

gives up his life to save another

How is Carton a Christ-like figure?

Darnay (3x), Manette, Carton

Who are the three people 'resurrected'?

Year the book starts in

1775

The woodman (ch 1)

Fate

The farmer (ch 1)

Death

what country has a King w/large jaw and queen with plain face

England

what country has a King w/large jaw and queen with fair face

France

Setting of The Mail

Dover road, Friday night, late November, Shooters Hill

Guard of the mail

Joe

Coachman of the mail

Tom

Jerry cruncher

Errand man for Tellsons bank- brings message to mr. Lowry, stiff black hair that stands in points

Monsieur manette's hair

Prematurely white

How long Monsieur manette has been locked up

18 years

Monsieur manette's age

45

Mr. Lorrys color

Brown

Mr Lorrys full name

Jarvis lorry

Message for mr lorry

Wait at Dover for mam'selle

Miss manette's room

Dark, dark furniture, very little light

Miss manette's features

Golden hair, blue eyes, forehead that often looks curious or perplexed

Where Monsieur manette was from

Beauvais- he was a doctor

Lucie's woman servant

Miss Pross

Miss pross's color

Red

Wine shop's location

In a suburb of saint Antoine, Paris

Monsieur defarge's outfit

Yellow waistcoat and green breeches

Writer of "BLOOD" in wine

Gaspard

Wine shop keeper

30, short dark hair, brown arms,

Where lorry stays in Dover

Royal George hotel

What dr. Manette's makes

Women's shoes

Prison where dr. Manette's was held

Bastille- in Paris

Year book 2 starts in

1780

Tellson's bank is next to\____

Temple Bar

Jerry cruncher's wife

Mrs. Cruncher

What jerry hates about his wife

Her "flopping"- Jerry thinks she is praying against him

Courthouse where darnay is tried (book 2)

The Old Bailey Courthouse