Charles Darnay

      They are many important characters in, " A Tale Of Two Cities," but one of the more important people is Charles Darnay.  Who is Charles Darnay you may ask? Charles Darnay is a man of many traits, but one of these traits is his care for others. Darnay states," If it ever becomes mine, it shall be put into some hands better qualified to free it slowly." This quote shows that when Marquis offered Darnay the family estate, he promised to give the estate to the less fortunate because he doesn't want to be a part of his family's cruel dynasty. Charles Darnay is a very caring character.

Light vs dark Lucie Dr.Manette relationship

     Charles Dickens uses light and dark to set the tone of the relationship between Lucie and Mr.Manette in multiple ways. Dickens states," Darkness had fallen on him in its place. He looked at the two, less and less attentively, and his eyes in gloomy abstraction sought the ground and looked about him in the old way." This quote shows how he uses dark because that since he had never met his daughter due to his imprisonment, he didn't know who she was. He also says," He opened this, carefully, on his knee, and it contained a very little quantity of hair; not more than one or two long golden hairs, which he had, in some old day, wound off upon his finger." This quote shows light because  Dr. Manette compares the hair from his lock to Lucie's hair and he then realizes that she is his daughter. Lastly, Dickens states," Hailing his softened tone and manner, his daughter fell upon her knees before him, with her appealing hands upon his breast." This quote shows light, because when Dr. Manette finally realizes that Lucie is his daughter, they both get swept with emotions. Dr. Manette and Lucie's relationship is light and dark.

Chapter 5 foreshadow

     In, " A Tale of Two Cities," by Charles Dickens, during the first few pages of chapter 5, he foreshadows that hardship will fall upon people due to war. Dickens says," A shrill sound of laughter and of amused voices- voices of men, women and children- resounded in the street while this wine game lasted." This quote shows that people are hiding their true emotions by pretending to be happy while they sadly scavenger for a simple drink. He also says," The hands of the man who sawed the wood, left read marks on the billets; and the forehead of the woman who nursed her baby, was stained of the old rag she wound about her head again." This quote shows that once the people stop scavenging for wine, they go back to their normal lifes and they will leave marks of their poverty on there daily occupations to remind them of what is to come. Lastly, Dickens says," Those who had been greedy with the staves of the cask, had acquired a tigerish smear about the mouth ; and one tall joker so besmirched, his head more out of a long squalid bag of night-caption in it, scrawled upon a wall with his fingers dipped in muddy winelees-blood." This quote shows that war will come because while all the people are drinking the wine, one tall, sketchy man was dragging his blood besmirched hands over a wall. Charles Dickens is foreshadowing hardships that will happen due to war.