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More historical terminology:
Tumbrils of the Revolution
Letres
de cachet
Law of the Suspects
Carmagnole
First American Continental CongressSlide9
Legos Execution
http
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Charles Dickens bio
Popular in his own time
Father sent to the debtors’ prison when Charles was 12 (for 3 years)
Dickens gained a fascination with prisons and the poor during this time
Born 1812-1870
www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/index.html
Born and raised in England
(dickens bio)
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Tale of Two Cities
Setting: Paris, France
London, England between 1775-1793Slide12
Chapter 1
Parallel structure: England vs. France
symbols
Woodsman: fate personified
Farmer: personifies death
Moveable framework: guillotine
“along the roads that lay before them” (3).
Fate/foreshadowSlide13
Jerry Cruncher
(messenger)
from London to Dover and back
Jarvis Lorry
(passenger)
going from London to Paris for business. Gets a message and sends back response.Slide14
Major Characters
Jarvis Lorry
60 yrs old
Bank clerk for
Tellson’s
Bank in London
Charles
Darnay
25 yrs old
Known in France as
Evremonde
Left France to live in England
Tutors languagesSlide15
Major characters
Miss Lucie
Manette
17 yrs old
Daughter of Dr.
Manette
Born in France
Lives in London
Dr.
Alexandre
Manette
Lucie’s
father
Prisoner in Bastille for 18
yrsSlide16
Major Characters
Monsieur Ernest
Defarge
Lives in Paris
Owner of wine-shop
Leader of revolution
Former servant to Dr.
Manette
Rescues him and calls Mr. Lorry
Married to Madame
Defarge
Madame Therese
Defarge
Wife of Monsieur
Defarge
Works into knitting the names of enemies of Revolution so they can be identified and executed
Vindictive and full of revengeSlide17
Major Characters
Sydney Carton
Assistant to
Stryver
Drunk
Looks like Charles
Darnay
Loves Lucie
Jerry Cruncher
Porter and errand-man for
Tellson’s
Bank in London
Grave-robber at night
Comic reliefSlide18
Minor Characters
CJ
Stryver
Attorney in London
Ambitious
Wants to marry Lucie
Manette
Miss
Pross
Nurse to Lucie
Manette
Sister of Solomon
Pross
(AKA John
Barsad
)
Caricature of English servantsSlide19
Marquis St.
Evremond
e
The cruel uncle of Charles
Darnay
. Also called “The Younger.” he inherited the title at “The Elder’s”
death
Assaulted
Madame
Defarge’s
sister
The Elder and his wife
The twin brother of the Marquis St.
Evremonde
, referred to as “the Elder” (held the title of Marquis until his death) and his wife, who fears him. They are the parents of Charles
Darnay
.Slide20
Minor Characters
Solomon
Pross
English spy
who
testifies against Charles
Darnay
Miss
Pross
’ long-lost brother
Roger
Cly
English spy who testifies against Charles
DarnaySlide21
Minor characters
Little Lucie
Daughter
of Lucie
Manette
and Charles
DarnaySlide22
Monty Python
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv25TQibN8g
Tumbrils of the RevolutionSlide23
Motifs
Doubles
Shadows and darkness
Imprisonment
Parallelism
Mob mentality
Hope
Love
Loyalty
SpyingSlide24
Themes
The ever-present possibility of resurrection and redemption
The necessity of sacrifice and suffering
The tendency toward violence and oppression in revolutionaries
Revenge
Value of LifeSlide25
Style
3
rd
person omniscient
point of view
Dickens originally wrote the novel in weekly installments to be published in local paper.
Each chapter leaves the reader hanging, full of questions that can only be answered by next week’s installment.
Historical Novel
First line one of the most famous in literature.
Published 1859.