Examples Of Foreshadowing In A Tale Of Two Cities

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” (Dickens 2). This notable quote started off the novel, with lots of meaning behind it. It compares the two major cities in the novel, London, and Paris. One of the major themes throughout the book was the rise of the revolution. Charles Dickens was a unique writer in the sense that he would use lots of foreshadowing to create the major plot in the novel. In The Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses dynamic and thought provoking events of foreshadowing to portray the events of the revolution. …show more content…
The chapter shifted to Saint Antoine, a poor suburb of Paris. A wine cask spilled into the street, causing everyone to drop to their knees to get a sip off the street. It showed the sheer desperation of the people, but also alluded to the coming of the revolution. “Those who had been greedy with the staves of the cask, had acquired a tigerish smear about the mouth; and one tall joker so besmirched, his head more out of a long squalid bag of a night-cap than in it, scrawled upon a wall with his finger dipped in muddy wine-lees—blood.” You didn’t fully realize the meaning behind this until the revolution was in full force, where instead of the street being filled with wine, it was filled with the blood of the