A Tale of Two Cities characters

Kate Keating #3 Ms. McCully English 12/13/14 Esmeralda vs. Lucie Manette Have you ever felt bad for a person that is made fun of just for being different? Esmeralda felt bad for Quasimodo in Hunch Back Of Notre Dame. Quasimodo was the same as everyone else, but people treated him like he was dirt just because he looked different and didn’t look like how the world expects us too. People thought Quasimodo had an ugly face and a hump on his back. They crowned him “king of fools”. When he snuck…

question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and more drawn into the overarching history of the Silmarils, and “to follow the story of Beren and Lúthien, as a single and well-defined narrative, in The History of Middle-earth is therefore…

As evident from any Dickensian novel the leading female character portrays Victorian morality of womanhood. It has been no surprise that main protagonist Esther Summerson in Bleak House portrays ideal household lady in old England as someone full of compassion, motherly love, self-effacing combining unceasing flow of spirits, extreme activity and diligence, her punctuality, uprightness and remarkable frugality that distinguishes her from her mother, Lady Deadlock who epitomize the vanity of era…

In chapter two of his autobiography, Mark Twain says that he sailed in the Quaker City Excursion. He was gone for four months, and upon his return was asked to write a book on his travels by a publishing company. "In June I sailed in the Quaker City Excursion. I returned in November, and in Washington found a letter from Elisha Bliss, of the American Publishing Company of Hartford…

Fever, the iconic 1970’s disco film is really a tale of two cities, Manhattan and Brooklyn. It’s a depiction of people trying to break out of dead end lives. While both Manhattan and Brooklyn are a part of New York City, in the 1970’s they were worlds apart. Manhattan was White Collar while Brooklyn was blue collar. Manhattan was a borough full of hopes and dream while Brooklyn, the setting of the film, was the home of broken dreams. The characters in Saturday Nigh Fever, most especially Tony…

pictures. The daughter, Ariana, was constantly ridiculed as a child into her teenage years and began to bully others in retaliation. In the story, there is another character, Landen, who presents himself as a homeless man, but actually was a king who was punished for mistreating his citizens. He tells Ariana about…

the story of love and war. The love of a city, love for a girl, and love for oneself. It is a twisted tale that reveals that the world not all black and white; it reveals that there are many grey areas as well. One of the main examples of this can be seen in King Priam. Troy is adored by him more than anything. Priam is an excellent example of how love, can cloud your judgment. He would rather have his sons perish than give up Troy. He is a character that is both a hero, and a villain. . Yet…

the suffering of one small child, residing underneath the city. While the motivations in both stories are slightly different, overall they want to believe the sacrifice is for the greater good. Setting, symbolism, and the theme of morality are just a few of the many similarities evident in the short stories. At first blush, the city of Omelas and the town in “The Lottery” might seem like perfect examples of Utopian societies. Each tale begins detailing the beauty of…

Said to be one of Disney’s best films, Beauty and the Beast is based on a French fairy tale about a beautiful woman who falls in love with a beast. This film sends the message that “it’s what is inside that really matters”. Jeanne Marie- Leprince de Beaumont wrote the timeless tale of “The Beauty and the beast” which has been embraced by the hearts of many for decades. The moral of the original tale by Beaumont, written in 1757, is that it doesn’t matter what occurs on the outside, because…

Theme of the war between passion and responsibility is conveyed in many stories. A character in a story is conflicted with pursuing a passion such as love, happiness, or revenge and acting on moral duty. Such characters are shown in “A Tale of Two Cities”. One of these characters is Madame Defarge. To pursue her passion of revenge Madame Defarge she has to go against her moral values. Madame Defarge like most commoners before the revolution wanted to revolt against the monarchy. The…