A Tale of Two Cities By: Alyssa West
In A Tale of Two Cities the story contains several parallels (recurring events) which draws attention to the specifics in the story and makes it a more wholesome experience to the reader. One of these parallels are the use of wine for war. There are also parallels in the paradoxes, both those directly stated and those implied in the tale. The story also has parallels in the characters, such as Lucie’s kindness and Mrs.Defarge’s cruelty.
To elaborate on Mrs.Defarge and Lucie, they have been both placed into a situation where the option to help people, Mrs. Defarge and the French and Lucie to her family and strangers she meets such as darnay at the beginning of the tale. Lucie chooses to be kind in helping others as she stood up for darnay and treated Mr.Lorry with kindness despite giving her a shock. Mrs. Defarge however is not as merciful. She choses to “help” …show more content…
Bloodshed, and wine. In chapter 5 there is a wine spill which the crowd around it greedily takes from the winemakers, they celebrate spreading it around. In looking at this scene, we can see the Defarges can parallel the wealthy, and the town could represent the poor. The spread of the wine parallels the future spread of lust for violence and bloodshed. That is directly stated with a man writing blood with the wine. However there is more, wine, as an alcoholic beverage, can make you intoxicated, and with too much, will make you drunk, much like certain French revolutionaries who have gone to far with the killings. To an alcoholic one drink isn’t enough, to the french revolutionaries killing the nobles isn't enough, they want to kill their family allies and friends. They are blood drunk.
In summary, A Tale of Two Cities is a wonderful story which draws on parallels and paradoxes on situations and characters, both directly stated and implied within the characters and their
In A Tale of Two Cities the story contains several parallels (recurring events) which draws attention to the specifics in the story and makes it a more wholesome experience to the reader. One of these parallels are the use of wine for war. There are also parallels in the paradoxes, both those directly stated and those implied in the tale. The story also has parallels in the characters, such as Lucie’s kindness and Mrs.Defarge’s cruelty.
To elaborate on Mrs.Defarge and Lucie, they have been both placed into a situation where the option to help people, Mrs. Defarge and the French and Lucie to her family and strangers she meets such as darnay at the beginning of the tale. Lucie chooses to be kind in helping others as she stood up for darnay and treated Mr.Lorry with kindness despite giving her a shock. Mrs. Defarge however is not as merciful. She choses to “help” …show more content…
Bloodshed, and wine. In chapter 5 there is a wine spill which the crowd around it greedily takes from the winemakers, they celebrate spreading it around. In looking at this scene, we can see the Defarges can parallel the wealthy, and the town could represent the poor. The spread of the wine parallels the future spread of lust for violence and bloodshed. That is directly stated with a man writing blood with the wine. However there is more, wine, as an alcoholic beverage, can make you intoxicated, and with too much, will make you drunk, much like certain French revolutionaries who have gone to far with the killings. To an alcoholic one drink isn’t enough, to the french revolutionaries killing the nobles isn't enough, they want to kill their family allies and friends. They are blood drunk.
In summary, A Tale of Two Cities is a wonderful story which draws on parallels and paradoxes on situations and characters, both directly stated and implied within the characters and their