Chapter Two

In The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy exposes her readers to the early stages of the French Revolution and the twisted politics and machinations that abound. The reader experiences the exploits and domestic troubles of Lord Peter Blakeney. Masquerading as a dashing rogue called the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy Blakeney courageously and daringly rescues a multitude of French Nobles destined for the guillotine. Whether in his personal Peter Blakeney is a fascinating individual with many intriguing…

Charles Dickens’ Bleak House is considered to be “one of the most urban texts of the most urban novelists” (Griffith 248). Bleak House uses a variety of urban spaces to progress the plot and build relationships between characters who would otherwise have no reason to interact. The novel first establishes the reader in the panoramic view of London. In the early Victorian era, London was expanding and becoming more industrial. London was a mixture of slums and palaces, law courts and graveyards,…

Charles flat out has two identities. He is Darnay or he is Evrémonde. Charles was born in to the toxic name Evrémonde, giving you a negative lens over him. However, he always strives greatness and what is best for his family. I feel the name Evrémonde gives him the passive…

A individual willing to give up his life, make a change, and full of agape love delineates Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Sydney Carton emulates Jesus Christ through his actions of selflessness, sacrifice, love, commiseration, and resurrection, which is why reason readers are able to make a connection between Christ and him and identify Dicken’s true intentions behind the novel. Virgil Nemoianu expounds on Dickens use of Christian characteristics; however, he wasn’t…

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that portrays the concept of duality as a significant component. The story interchanges settings between eighteenth-century London and Paris in the course of the French Revolution. One of the most important examples of duality occurs between the characters Lucie and Madame Defarge. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses Lucie and Madame Defarge to represent the idea that love and hate are both strong forces through their link to mythology, their…

person can make. In the historical fiction novel Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens writes about Paris and London during the French Revolution. In the novel, he writes about a man who is imprisoned in the Bastille, and his daughter who lives in London. His daughter eventually reunites with her father, and from there they meet a young man named Charles Darnay. Darnay becomes a love interest for Lucie, and they eventually marry. In France, two leaders of the French Revolution hear about…

morality is to make decisions that equate to the greater good of the people. Utilitarianism is a pretty simple theory; it looks at the consequences of an action as to whether the result is good to the majority of people affected by the action. There are two types of utilitarianism; act and rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarianism is choosing an action that will result in the majority of the people benefitting or has the best consequences…

The next morning, Ramesses woke up feeling refreshed and devoured a meal left in his room. When the guards Prince Cyrillus assigned to shadow him didn't try to stop him, Ramesses ventured out of his assigned bedchamber and explored Prince Cyrillus' living quarters. Escape was at the forefront of his thoughts, but he didn't act on the unwise impulse since the collar was still around his throat and dozens of soldiers patrol the halls every few minutes. Nothing interested him until he found the…

The processes involved in emotion regulation and working memory have recently been explored. Although there is extensive research on emotion regulation and working memory, few studies have examined the relationship. Emotion regulation is based on several factors, such as valence bias, the tendency to perceive information as negative or positive, and trait-like factors. Despite consistent latency for valence bias, studies have considered the role of reaction time for categorizing valences of…

Charles Dickens shows that he greatly believes in sacrifice, by enabling many characters in the book to give up things for something that they love. In A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, readers can feel how much the characters care for the sacrifices they make for each other. Charles Dickens starts the book with little kind acts that the characters do for one another, but as the book continues, the acts of kindness turn into great sacrifices. There are three characters in the book that…