TOTC FINAL

Ominous

Ominous

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening

Resentment

the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.

Indignant

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Rueful

expressing sorrow or regret, especially when in a slightly humorous way.

Pretentious

attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

Apathy

lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Patronage

support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another.

Didactic

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Zuegma

• a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different sense

• Ex: “She broke his car and his heart.”

Metaphor

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Ex: Her eyes were diamonds

Simile

A simile is a type of figurative writing that compares two things using the words like or as.

• Ex: She is as busy as a bee.

Onomatopoeia

the use or creation of a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes

Maxim

a brief statement that contains a little piece of wisdom or a general rule of behavior.

Personification

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Euphemism

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

• Ex:  someone was recently fired, they might say they are between jobs

Litotes

ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary

• Ex: , you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad

Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Metonymy

a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related,

• Ex: “crown” to mean “king

• calling your car your “ride”

Epistrophe

the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Tone

attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

Cliche

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

• ex: “plenty of fish in the sea”

Lucie Manette

• Lucie Manette is the daughter of Doctor Manette.

• “GOLDEN THREAD”  knits together the core group of characters.

• Mother died and thought father was died for 18 years he was actually imprisoned. She was an orphan

• After being reunited with her father, she cares for him and remains devoted to him

• Married Charles Darney (has 3 trials) and had children Little Lucie

• Sensitive to the truth/darker side of life

Dr. Manette

• A doctor from Beauvais, France, who was secretly imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years and suffers some mental trauma from the experience. After being released, he is nursed back to health by his daughter, Lucie, in England.

• When found in the Defarge’s attic he was a shoemakrer, white hair, faint voice, withered body

• represents Death and rebirth

• helps Darney find a way out of Prison (uses his pain for strength)

• Through out book goes back to shoe making

• imprisoned by Evermonde brothers due to his knowledge of crimes they committed

Jarvis Lorry

• man of business, and his business — Tellson's Bank — carries him between England and France.

• A loyal friend to the Manette family

• He’s the one who first carries Lucie over to France to meet her long-imprisoned father.

• someone who lives according to principles and integrity in both his professional and personal life.

Jerry Cruncher

• An odd-job man for Tellson's Bank (messenger, grave digger at night)

• short-tempered, and very superstitious (especially towards his wife that prays for him)

monsieur defarge

• Defarge is the owner of a wine shop in the slum of Saint Antoine in Paris

• Defarge locks Dr. Manette in the attic

• Defarge was Doctor Alexandre Manette's servant as a young man. Saw the way that the Doctor was unjustly imprisoned by the Evremonde brothers.

• represents a more rational aspect of revolution, wants to better society

Charles Darnay

• Born a French nobleman, he decides to be the one aristocrat in France who has a conscience.

• Marries Lucie Manette and they have little Lucie

• Is imprisoned many times (caught up in the events of the revolution and is saved from the guillotine by Carton)

• represents justice and duty

Sydney Carton

• A lawyer who looks like Charles Darnay (beginning of story is drunk and depressed)

• referred to as JACKAL (scooping up the leftovers after animals like lions bring home the prey)

• admit his feelings to Lucie

• symbolizes the power of love via self-sacrifice (takes Darneys prisoner spot to get head chopped off)

• close to Little Lucie

Mr. Stryver

• referred to as the LION (top of social chain and hunters)

• An ambitious lawyer, Stryver dreams of climbing the social ladder. (Charles Darney’s Lawyer

Madame Defarge

• Married to Monsieur Defarge

• ALWAYS KNITTING (secretly knits a register of the names of the revolution’s intended victims)

• Cold (especially towards Lucie and her family)

• a symbol of revolution and vengeance

• Madame Defarge's family has suffered greatly at the hands of the aristocratic Evremonde brothers.