A Tale of Two Cities Final Flashcards

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What does the symbol The Woodman mean?

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Seen as the handler of the guillitone, cuts wood(peoples heads), symbol for fate, was seen as the mender of roads, threatened Lucie when should would stand outside of the prison to see her husband. Saw a person hanging off the end of a carriage with a chain.

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What does the symbol The Farmer

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A rich farmer, shows oppression and starvation, and the power of the nobles and the people who are richer and how their are people starving and they don’t do anything about it

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What is the symbol wine

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symbol for blood

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What is the symbol gorgon/stone faces

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classical allusion to Medusa, simple for lifeless, everything was tone, dead (Marquis house had lots of stone, when he died he was seen as stone)

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What is the symbol St. Antoine

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One group all fighting for the same thing

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jackal

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Sydney Carton. Carton is always taking on the hard work and working hard all night using his methods like a warm towel on his face and drinking. ALTHOUGH, he doesn’t get the credit like Stryver does, which is how he is the jackal.

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lion

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The lion is seen as Stryver. This is because he gets all the credit for the work even though Sydney Carton is doing all the work and he is just relaxing. He does all the talking in the court.

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What is the symbol golden thread

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The Golden Thread is Lucie. She is seen as the person who keeps everyone together and is “golden”

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What is the symbol scarecrow

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What is the symbol knitting

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The knitting is a symbol for starving. Women knit to take their mind off the starvation. Although, Madame Defarges knitting is special because she knits a register of people she wants to die

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What is the symbol sea

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Sea can be seen as the mob that is always brewing

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What is the symbol The Vengeance

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The Vengeance can be seen as the hunger everyone has for the oppression of the Aristocrats, and how everyone want’s revenge and people to die to the guillotine

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What is the symbol shoe bench

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recalled to life

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What is the symbol fire

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Similar to the sea, the revolution starting to be ignited, Marquis chateau got burned down, etc.

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What is the symbol fountain

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can seen as depression, it was a very depressing place and can be seen as blood. People would be hanged right above the fountain so when people go to get water they see it

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What is the symbol blue flies

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The people who gather outside the courtroom. They are eager, also shows how normal pain and suffering is

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What is the symbol grindstone

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The grindstone is a symbol for how something can be so harmless can be something so dangerous. Also, everyone who is handling the grindstone is seen as barbarians and animals. To add on, there is also color imagery, where the red in their frenzied eyes.

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What is the symbol footsteps

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The footsteps represent the people coming into the Manettes lives, and than its the footsteps of the revolution. The crowds footsteps are violent and loud, although Sydney Cartons are quiet and reserved

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What is the symbol shadows

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The shadows are seen in Soho, where their corner is always quiet and shadowy. can be seen as darkness, coolness, shadows with/ without matter. The Vengeance was also seen as the shadow of Madame Defarge.

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Bastille

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The prison that Dr. Manette was imprisoned in for 18 years

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Chateau

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Bad atmosphere, got burned down. Also had color imagery, the sunset was red.

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Tellsons Bank

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Run down, small, dark, ugly, etc. Bad overall

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Guillotine

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The guillotine was bad, many people innocent died

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Soho

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shadows, quiet

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Stryvers Office

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To Carton, its dull, lifeless, dim, etc.

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Defarges wine shop

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Very intimdating because of Madame Defarge, all the revolutionaries talk their using the name “Jaques”

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St. Antione

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Madame Defarge and Monseuir live, the hub of the revolution, everyones poor, Their wine shop is their

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Dover Road

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The road between London and Paris

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Old Bailey

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Court room where all the blue flies are eager to see what happens to the “criminal”

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La Force

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One of the prisons, nobody even gets a trial, they just get sent to the guillotine. Similar to the Bastille, where someone gets a “trail” but it’s rigged and the person being accused is almost always guilty.

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Conciergerie

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32
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Three Estates

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The first and second estate don’t have to pay any taxes, although the third estate is heavily taxed

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Storming of the Bastille

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In the storming of the bastille, 7 prisoners were received and 7 died, the governor died to. Also see Madame Defarge really open up and see how murderous she is. See how eager everyone their was

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When does the revolution start? End?

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starts 1789 to 1799 in REAL LIFE.

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When does book 1 start?

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1775

36
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When does book 2 start?

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1780

37
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Book 3

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The revolution, people fighting back

38
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Why was the revolution caused?

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extreme power towards the 1st and 2nd estate, unfair taxing, enlightenment ideas, food shortages, american revolution, estate system.

39
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What caused the “reign of terror”

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The revolutionary war and the rumours of counter revolutionary activity(which leads to many INNOCENT people dying)

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Jerry Cruncher

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black, stiff, slightly bald hair. grim, red eyed and blunt nose. short-tempered, uneducated.

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Jarvis Lorry

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brown stockings, trim shoes and wig and white linen. his cheeks are a nice and healthy color. Gentlemen, he was very tight at first but starts to open up more and his being an honest hearted person and a friend to the Manettes.

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Madame Defarge

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steady face, strong features, large hand, watchful eye, “sensitive to cold” people are scared of her, wants revenge on the Evremondes,

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Dr. Manette

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“a man of very remarkable appearance in respect of the absolute whiteness of his hair, and a certain indescribable intensity of face: not of an active kind, but pondering and self communing.”
sharp personality
fragile mind

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Charles Darnay

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young man, 25 years old, well-grown, well-looking, dark eye, sunburn cheek, blue long dark hair. “young man of about five-and-twenty, well-grown and well-looking, with a sunburn cheek and a dark eye.”
kind and caring compassionate for Lucie

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Lucie manette

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around 20 years old, when first met, wearing a riding cloak, straw hat, short,pretty, blue eyes and golden hair, smooth forehead.
frail
sympathic for people
caring for EVERYONE

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Sydney Carton

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Very similar to Charles Darnay. He is very kind and is in love with Lucie. He has no ambitions in life, doesn’t want to acheives anything. he goes from an uncaring person to a compassionate person.

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Ernest Defarge

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“bull-necked, martial-looking man of thirty” brown arms, nothing on his head, good eyes, bold, seemed to have a purpose, was wearing NO coat. Cruel, is a very STRONG revolutionary.

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Miss Pross

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red hair with a bonnet over it, when on the quiz, look for the key work “hankerchief”
caring and is loyal to Lucie, is willing to do anything for her(loses her hearing. for her)

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Stryver

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“man of little more than thirty, but looking twenty years older than he was, stout, loud, red, bluff, and free from any drawback of delicacy.”
He wants to get up in life, wants to marry Lucie with the only intention of him moving up in the social life
always trying to find the way into conversations

50
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Who killed the Marquis?

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Gaspard because Marquis ran over his child and killed. them

51
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John Barsad

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SOLOMON PROSS!!!! Barsad is a spy in England.

52
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Young Jerry

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boy, discovers Jerry Crunchers night job(grave digging)

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Gabelle

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“The Postmaster, and some other taxing functionary, united”
is imprisoned, Charles Darnay goes to France because of his imprisonment and his name of Evremonde.

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Wood-Sawyer

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Also known as the mender of the roads, always sending people to death

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St. Antoine

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56
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Woodman and Farmer

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always sending people to their death, can be seen as fate and death

57
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Little Lucie

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cares for Lucie Manette, kind, caring, and smart.

58
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Gaspard

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A French Peasant. Marquis ran over his child with his carriage, and he got revenge by killing. the Marquis. For his punishments he was than hung over the fountain infront of many people.

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Foulon

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aristocrat, he pretended to be dead so the Revolutionaries wouldn’t kill him. Extremely rude and mean, told people to eat grass and that when they die they will go to hell.

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Monseigneur in Town

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needed lots of chocolate, servants, and gold in the morning. Lazy, doesn’t do anything, his servants even put the chocolate to his lips.

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Marquis Evremonde

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Darnays uncles, 60 years old, extremely rude and doesn’t care about anyone.

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The poor little seasmtress

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twenty year old, peasent, innocent, died with Sydney Carton,

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Roger Cly

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A spy in England and faked his death

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The Vengeance

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the shadow of madame Defarge, is always seen with madame Defarge because she wants vengeance on the Evermondes.