Dickens uses symbolism to emphasize the structure of the setting, in A Tale of Two Cities. Throughout the novel, the readers can see symbolism used, especially in the Wine Shop. Dickens uses this quote to emphasize wine stains,”A large cask of wine had been dropped…”(p.35) This quote symbolizes the spill of blood that is brought upon because of the revolution that is looming around the country. A second example about symbolism being used is when the people of the country dropped everything to run where the accident had happened,”Had suspended their business, or their idleness, to run to the spot…”(p.35) Dickens uses these words to emphasize something much bigger, it shows the hard hunger in those past times, the desire the people wanted for
