The setting of the novel is between the two cities England and France, and the time period is during the French Revolution. Dickens compares the two cities in the first chapter of Book 1, “A king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face” in England, and “a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face” in France. He constantly comparing the two cities in different ways, showing in London the government stays unchanged and maintain tradition, like the Tellson’s Bank, and in Paris, the French Revolution kills so many peasants and the illustration of the Guillotine as a significant symbol during that period. Dickens uses this novel to reveal how cruel and chaos the French Revolution is, and also how people can find their love and believes
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He portrays himself as the point of view of the God, and laterally develop each individual’s characterization and illustrate how their thoughts evolve which move the story forward. Like his most famous quote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, he clearly reveals his own view of the French Revolution, and let the readers to feel the cruelty and chaos of the bloody history, and also let the them to witness the glorious sacrifice at the end of the …show more content…
There are also many different symbolisms, the wine, as a symbol to the blood, represents the cruelty and foreshadowing the bloody upcoming revolution; the knitting of Madame Defarge, a name list of the victims of the revolution, showing the indignation and revenge of the revolutionaries; the echoing footsteps, a symbol of all the people going towards Lucie and going away of her, which also foreshadows the upcoming revolution and the chaos; the golden thread, the symbol of Lucie Manette, connects other main characters to lead them to their destiny; and the Guillotine, the most significant and remarkable symbol of the French Revolution, exist beyond the cross, that kills so many innocent’s life and gather so many grief. All the symbolisms play an important role in the novel and gives the reader an unforgettable memory of the
He portrays himself as the point of view of the God, and laterally develop each individual’s characterization and illustrate how their thoughts evolve which move the story forward. Like his most famous quote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, he clearly reveals his own view of the French Revolution, and let the readers to feel the cruelty and chaos of the bloody history, and also let the them to witness the glorious sacrifice at the end of the …show more content…
There are also many different symbolisms, the wine, as a symbol to the blood, represents the cruelty and foreshadowing the bloody upcoming revolution; the knitting of Madame Defarge, a name list of the victims of the revolution, showing the indignation and revenge of the revolutionaries; the echoing footsteps, a symbol of all the people going towards Lucie and going away of her, which also foreshadows the upcoming revolution and the chaos; the golden thread, the symbol of Lucie Manette, connects other main characters to lead them to their destiny; and the Guillotine, the most significant and remarkable symbol of the French Revolution, exist beyond the cross, that kills so many innocent’s life and gather so many grief. All the symbolisms play an important role in the novel and gives the reader an unforgettable memory of the