1. The individual speaking is Monsieur le Marquis Evrémonde. His stagecoach has just runover and killed Gaspard’s son. Marquis is an aristocrat and Gaspard is a commoner. A crowd of commoners has gathered at the scene and there is growing tension in the air. Evrémonde is degradedly lecturing the commoners that they need to better control their children because his horses might have been injured when they ran over Gaspard’s son. Prior to the accident, Marquis was telling his horseman to hurry because he was delighting in watching the peasants dodging his carriage.
2. He is directing his words to his valet to give the coins he’s just tossed to Gaspard, the father of the child Evrémonde’s stagecoach ran over and killed. The coins were …show more content…
6. The passenger is Jarvis Lorry, an elderly businessman who works for Tellsons Bank.
7. In the dream, Lorry is wandering in Tellsons Bank. The dream then transcends into a situation where Lorry is digging someone out of a grave who has been buried alive. Lorry begins to converse with the man who tells him that he has been buried for eighteen years. The dream foreshadows Lorry’s task of retrieving Dr. Manette from France and returning him to England.
8. Alexandre Manette is the person buried alive. Lorry had been tasked to bring him back to England from France. Alexandre, recently released, had been imprisoned in France under false charges for eighteen years. The “buried alive” sequence in Lorry’s dream refers to the 18 years Manette has been forgotten while incarcerated.
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9. Ernest Defarge, the husband of Madame Defarge, is conversing with fellow revolutionaries about courses of actions they plan to take against the aristocracy. The Defarges operate a wine shop and are influential individuals of the revolutionary movement.
10. The register is a “hit list” of everyone who must die for the revolutionary cause. The list is knitted together by Madame Defarge and it contains a listing of people that Defarge and her companions plan to kill or …show more content…
12. Miss Pross, who is blocking Madame Defarge from entering a room where she thinks Lucy Darnay is occupying. Miss. Pross is Lucie Manette's nursemaid and fierce protector.
13. After Darnay’s death sentence has been declared, Madame Defarge has marked Lucie, Lucie's daughter, and possibly Doctor Alexandre Manette for death. Her plan is to capture Lucie grieving for Darnay and speaking ill of the Republic. Showing grief for an enemy of the Republic is considered treasonous; and Madame Defarge plans to use Lucie's grief against her. She then leaves for Lucie's residence, knowing she will find Lucie grieving for Darnay.
14. In her confrontation with Madame Defarge, Miss Pross attempts to trick Defarge into believing that Lucie is still in the residence by closing the doors to all the rooms and by pretending to be guarding Lucie and her family. After calling for Lucie and the doctor, Madame Defarge suspects that they have fled and then tries to enter the room that Miss. Pross is blocking. The two women struggle and Madame Defarge pulls out a gun. During the struggle, the gun goes off, killing Madame Defarge and permanently deafening Miss Pross. After locking the apartment, Miss. Pross rushes to her escape.
2. He is directing his words to his valet to give the coins he’s just tossed to Gaspard, the father of the child Evrémonde’s stagecoach ran over and killed. The coins were …show more content…
6. The passenger is Jarvis Lorry, an elderly businessman who works for Tellsons Bank.
7. In the dream, Lorry is wandering in Tellsons Bank. The dream then transcends into a situation where Lorry is digging someone out of a grave who has been buried alive. Lorry begins to converse with the man who tells him that he has been buried for eighteen years. The dream foreshadows Lorry’s task of retrieving Dr. Manette from France and returning him to England.
8. Alexandre Manette is the person buried alive. Lorry had been tasked to bring him back to England from France. Alexandre, recently released, had been imprisoned in France under false charges for eighteen years. The “buried alive” sequence in Lorry’s dream refers to the 18 years Manette has been forgotten while incarcerated.
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9. Ernest Defarge, the husband of Madame Defarge, is conversing with fellow revolutionaries about courses of actions they plan to take against the aristocracy. The Defarges operate a wine shop and are influential individuals of the revolutionary movement.
10. The register is a “hit list” of everyone who must die for the revolutionary cause. The list is knitted together by Madame Defarge and it contains a listing of people that Defarge and her companions plan to kill or …show more content…
12. Miss Pross, who is blocking Madame Defarge from entering a room where she thinks Lucy Darnay is occupying. Miss. Pross is Lucie Manette's nursemaid and fierce protector.
13. After Darnay’s death sentence has been declared, Madame Defarge has marked Lucie, Lucie's daughter, and possibly Doctor Alexandre Manette for death. Her plan is to capture Lucie grieving for Darnay and speaking ill of the Republic. Showing grief for an enemy of the Republic is considered treasonous; and Madame Defarge plans to use Lucie's grief against her. She then leaves for Lucie's residence, knowing she will find Lucie grieving for Darnay.
14. In her confrontation with Madame Defarge, Miss Pross attempts to trick Defarge into believing that Lucie is still in the residence by closing the doors to all the rooms and by pretending to be guarding Lucie and her family. After calling for Lucie and the doctor, Madame Defarge suspects that they have fled and then tries to enter the room that Miss. Pross is blocking. The two women struggle and Madame Defarge pulls out a gun. During the struggle, the gun goes off, killing Madame Defarge and permanently deafening Miss Pross. After locking the apartment, Miss. Pross rushes to her escape.