Mr. Arieas
English 10 H p. 3
28 December 2015
Tale Of Two Cities Book 2 Study Guide
Chapter 1
1. Dickens suggests that Tellson's bank was quite similar to England in the fact that the citizens of England were punished for trying to improve its laws and customs, which had become more respectable because of this.
2. This implies that he does something malicious outside at night that his wife feels inclined to pray for his sake.
3. Dickens characterizes Jerry and gives the reader a look into his life.
Chapter 2
1. Jerry considers execution by quartering to be barbaric and cruel.
2. He is on trial for treason.
3. Dr. Manette and Lucie met Darnay on a ship when he was heading back to England from France.
Chapter 3
1. The Attorney General …show more content…
Lorry wants to find out if Manette remembers the one who had imprisoned him and if he still ponders over his time in imprisonment.
5. Manette is terrified that if he remembers his past, he will start dwelling in it and relapse into being totally encapsulated in his own despair.
7. The crowds dramatically foreshadow those that will be involved in the French Revolution, but seem to be a bit too direct and straightforwards.
8. The hundreds of people that are suitors to Lucie and the hundreds that will die in the Revolutions are two significant meanings.
Chapter 7
1. The tone is comic, and is achieved by illustrating the absolute ridiculousness of the nobility and those who are affiliated with them.
2. Monseigneur's brother-in-law is the Farmer General, but they are only really related as the two families married for money and power.
3. The Marquis was publicly scorned by Monseigneur.
4. The water in the fountain symbolizes the death of the nobility in France caused by the revolutionists.
Chapter 8
1. The Marquis is annoyed with the mender of roads as he notices a man on the back of the Marquis' carriage, but does not notify him of this immediately.
2. The woman's husband perishes from starvation. She simply requests a stone to mark his