Alexandre Manette

and Carton look alike, Carton is able to trade places with him and save Darnay. Carton although has to die, does not seem to care except that Lucie will be happy and that his purpose of life is over. This shows he is dedicated to help make Lucie Manette, the girl he loves, happy. Madame Defarge in comparison, is dedicated to the revolution. She is focused on taking down everyone who was once rich and seeking revenge on what they have done to the poor. In this moment, Madame Defarge appear to be…

Miss Pross has an occupation of being Lucie Manette caretaker in the novel. When Lucie thought that her parents died, Miss Pross took care of Lucie with love and affection. Miss Pross’s love for Lucie as her daughter presents itself twice in the novel. Once when Mr. Lorry goes to tell Lucie that…

A young boy named Edmond Dantés turns into a man due to extreme and strenuous circumstances that forces him into manhood. He takes on a new identity, the Count of Monte Cristo and earns possession of a large inheritance. He then gets revenge on those who were responsible for his 14 years in prison. This is one of many important conflicts that occur in, and determine the plot of, The Count of Monte Cristo. Others include Valentine and Maximilian’s love story, Albert and the Count’s duel, and…

8. "Mercedes was left alone. Bathed in tears, she was seen ceaselessly wandering around the little village of the Catalans, sometimes standing motionless in the blazing heat of the southern sun, sometimes sitting on the beach listening to the eternal moaning of the sea asking herself whether it would not be better to let herself sink into the depths rather than undergo the cruel suffering of a wait without hope" (Dumas 40). The narrator is describing Mercedes life without Edmond. This quote is…

Jane Chretien was born in Shawinigan,Quebec on January 11,1934. Chretien was eighteen child of nineteen children of the Chretien family. The Christians supported the liberal party very strongly. Jean had interest in politics in his early life which was influenced by his parents. He went to university at St.Joseph's Seminary and earned a BA in 1995. At Laval University he got his law degree from where he was also president of a club called young liberals. He soon got married to…

the lion. Sydney feeds off of Mr. Stryver’s success, but in the end it does not really help him to be really known for accomplishments from the beginning. By comparison, both characters have an end goal in terms of marrying, specifically to Lucie Manette, but their motives are different. Sydney Carton wanted to marry her, but saw that he did not have a good chance to actually marry her; however, he makes a vow to Lucie saying that he would protect her and any of her potential lovers no matter…

Charles Dicken presents numerous dualities in his book A Tale of Two Cities, one of which are the characters Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge. These two characters represent two very different themes of purity and hatred, respectively, shown by analyzing their physical traits, character traits, and their past. Lucie Manette has the purity of an angel. The first time she is introduced in the book, she is described as “ a short, slight, pretty figure, a quantity of golden hair, a pair of blue…

Rafaella Espin Mrs. Baker IB English HL- Period 2 11 January 2015 Anna Karenina Scavenger Hunt The French Language Tolstoy incorporates the use of French language in Anna Karenina in many ways for various reasons. Throughout the entire novel, many of the protagonists state random words or phrases in French. Tolstoy particularly starts this trend at the beginning of the novel to establish the character’s social status and educated background. The establishment of supremacy throughout the…

San Antoine, a character? Final Copy Charles Dickens, a Victorian era author, had a very intricate and clever way of writing. In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities he creates the sense that San Antoine, the slums of Paris, is an active character in the novel. He does this by describing the people of San Antoine as a single mass, showing how they become crazed and animal like when food is present, and personifying the suburb to create an image of a character in the mind. At the beginning of chapter…

52 prisoners await execution. Carton saves Darnay because they both switch with each other. Once carton enters the cell he changes clothes with Darnay. The guards that are there believe that carton and Darnay are the same person and they take him out of prison. Carton drugs him so he can lose his conscious and leave prison. Lucie is worried and overwhelmed. She feels this way because Madame Defarge wants revenge and Lucie and her daughter are a target so she has to make sure that no one knows…