The Two Towers

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel which describes the lives and events of people living during the time of the French Revolution. The story takes place in London and Paris from 1775–1793. It is written in an ominous and dark tone, since it deals with a considerable number of rebellion and violence occurring during this time. Not only does it deal with violence, but it also focuses on the social upheaval and inequality between those of the aristocrat class and the peasant class. Dickens…

grew tired of the malevolence and poverty they faced at the hands of the French aristocracy (Sarpparaje 125). Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities follows the lives of numerous characters living in London, England and Paris, France. It begins in the year 1775, just before the start of the French Revolution (Dickens 5). Throughout the book A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens shows sympathy towards both the aristocracy and the revolutionaries; however, although he shows sympathy to both,…

Resurrection is a common theme presented in everyday life through things like religion, life/death and even hope. In Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the resurrection motif is used as a beacon for hope, rebirth and the revolution. Through these techniques, Dickens proves his belief that resurrection and rebirth affect everyone personally and socially in order to further demonstrate that it can have both negative and positive consequences. To begin, Dickens uses resurrection to…

Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities from an adult standpoint many would think that it is an easy book to read. But when consulting a regular high schooler, contrary to popular belief, they might think that it is an ambitious book with cutting-edge vocabulary. Mainly, because when being realistic not all that many high schoolers read 15 - 20 books a year unless prompted or forced to. Which is why a medium sized portion of high schoolers might think that A Tale of Two Cities might be a…

exploded into a full atheistic horror. During the French Revolution, the peasant mob overthrew the Notre-Dame cathedral, renaming it the temple of reason, and executed all the church attending members. The author, Charles Dickens, wrote A Tale of Two Cities illustrating this moment in history. Considered by all literary professors as his best work, this novel exemplifies his affection for rhetorical devices. Dickens utilizes imagery and symbolism to expose the violence of a total secular…

Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities observes the growth of the French Revolution as it effects the cities Paris and London, and specifically focuses on the impact it holds for a family and those in their lives. When Charles Darnay is arrested for the last time, Sydney Carton sacrificially takes the place of Darnay who has been sentenced to death. Carton’s journey is illustrated in the “Six Tumbrils Roll and Rumble” passage, where the passage of the carts that are carrying the prisoners to the…

tyrannical aristocrats, the characters in A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, are intertwined into a rebellion. The content of a Tale of Two Cities, combined with the way it is arranged, establish the shock and valor in the theme of resurrection and the pain and anguish from the aristocratic tyranny which dissolves into the violence of the revolution. Resurrection: “a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival” (Dictionary.com). In a Tale of Two Cities, the topic of resurrection…

At the beginning of the book A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens says "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” When I first read that, it left me a little confused because how could it be both at once? When I finished the book, it completely made sense. It was 1975, the French Revolution begins to happen! The worst of times were the deaths, the unfair trials and the best of times was the change and the history that was about to happen. Everyone was so desperate for a change,…

Carton is the weaker of the two––he is easily shouldered and pushed into completing Stryver’s savaging and dirty work on cases. He is referred to as the jackal––the scavenger for the lion. A night of work for the two consists of “the lion [composing] himself on his back on a sofa...while the jackal [sits] at his own paper-bestrewn table” (152). Clearly the relationship of the two is not one of equality with Stryver preying off the work of Carton while…

Charles Dickens is utterly a famous author. He has written over fifteen literary works. One of which in “A Tale of Two Cities” and it takes place during the time of the French revolution. In this novel, a man by the name of Dr. Manette has been incarcerated for almost two decades. When he is discharged, he is mentally unstable, a friend of the family finds his daughter and the two reunite. Over a few years the man becomes stable again and is now working as a doctor. The daughter goes by the name…