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.