A Tale Of Two Cities Flashcards
Finals studying
Charles Darany
Lucies Husband, Evermonde’s last name, was convicted of guillotine
Sydney Carton
A lawyer who made the ultimate sacrifice: looked a lot like Darany: in love with Lucie: Jesus is his counterperson
Lucie Mannent
Daughter of Alex Mannent married Darany compassionate
Miss Pross
Lucies companion/caregiver made a very big sacrifice by losing her hearing for lucie
John Barsard
His real name is actually Solomon Pross: Miss Pross’s brother: who spies for the French in the prisons
Roger Cly
A double agent spy who faked his own death
Alexander Mannent
Was a doctor who wrote a letter in 105 North Tower: Lucies father: condemned the evermonde race: big connection to shoebench and being recalled to life
Madame Defarge
Wrote in her knitting the registary: sister of the family that died from the evermondes: very big on revolution: died by miss pross: real name thersa
Jarvis Lorry
Tellson bank banker: dedicated friend to the Mannents
Stryver
the “lion” lawery who helped with Daranys case
Marquis de Evermonde
french nobleman who was very cruel to his people ultimately killed by Gaspard: Daranys uncle
Gaspard
Person who wrote blood on wall in wine: killed by people after murdering the marquis for running over his baby
Mender of Road
Saw what had happened to Gaspard and told the story
Jaques
People who wished to stay anaynmous while supporting the revolution
Jerry Cruncher
Worked for tellsons bank as a portier: was a body snatcher
Little Jerry
Jerrys son: said the line rusty fingers
The Wood Sawery
Worked in wood shop talked about the gullitine lucie talked to him when went to spot for her husband
Defarge
person who led the revolution less crazy than his wife
Little Lucie
Lucie Mannents daughter
The Vengence
Madem defarges friend
Shadows and Darkness
brought errie feeling ideas around the secrets and violence
Mob Mentality
Often dickens wrote in negative light: wrote about them in metaphor of a great sea
Where did the Mannents live in England
Soho Square
Where did the Defarges live?
Saint Antoine Paris
Foil characters are…
Carton and Darnay, Carton and Stryver, Madem Defarge and Lucie, Marquis de evermond and darnay, Mr.Lorry Jerry Cruncher
Tellson Bank
“Tellson’s Bank by temple bar was an old fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious” (53) Both Tellson’s and England as a whole are very old fashioned, outdated, unwelcoming.
The guillotine
Symbol of the horror that happened during the reign of terror: also shows what happens when a crazy revolutionary idea is put into place as a law/government
The Grindstone
Grindstone represents mob mentality and violence; it is a place to grind weapons, how quickly people turn from peasants to “savages” when in a setting of violence.
Courts/Tribunal
Blindly following traditions without questioning whether they are right, represents what is happening in London overall, everyone follows the unjust rules of the courts
The Mannents conner in SOHO
Time passed by, footsteps of children and people visiting, slightly more somber/sad than they were originally because of some hardship and loss (Lucie’s dead child): somewhat a safe place away from footsteps orginally
Chaetueo
Stones are cold, representing the cruel Evremonde family, hard to destroy, cold, rigid, no warmth or humanity
Foulon
Monsigunar, who told the peasants to eat grass
Gabellea
a person who brought darany to france
The semestress
Poor girl who is about to die carton gives encouraging words to during final scene
First estate
The Clergy
Second Estate
The nobility
Third Estate
The peasants/commoners
Start and end dates of the FRENCH REV
May 5, 1789- November 9, 1799
Start and end dates of THE BOOK
1775-1793
