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... This time affected Dickens deeply and provided him with ideas for ‘A Tale of Two Cities’. ... In many of his novels, Dickens chronicles his protagonists attempts to fight their way out of such poverty and despair, and ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is a great example of this technique. ... The storys action divides itself between two locales, the two cities of the title. The two most important females in the story are opposed doubles: Lucie is as loving and nurturing, as Madame Defarge is hateful and bloodthirsty. ... While the two mens physical similarities at first only highlight Sidney Cartons inferiority to Darnay, in the end Carton goes to the guillotine in place of Darnay, in doing this he raises himself above, Darnays status. ... With ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, Dickens shows this possibility of resurrection and transformation, both on a personal level and societal level. ... Dickens uses this theme, again, on two levels. ... Some of the characters in A Tale of Two Cities fight against some form of imprisonment For example Doctor Manette and Darnay in the literal sense, whereas Lucie Manette for example, for herself trapped at times by the recollections of seeing her father above the wine shop.
There are two instances in the novel, which highlight the state of social injustice. ...
Dickens tells the story in the third person, deftly switching his focus between cities and among several characters.
Approximate Word count = 1274
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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