A Tale of Two Cities Final Flashcards
What does the symbol The Woodman mean?
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.
What does the symbol The Farmer
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
What is the symbol wine
symbol for blood
What is the symbol gorgon/stone faces
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)
What is the symbol St. Antoine
One group all fighting for the same thing
jackal
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.
lion
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.
What is the symbol golden thread
The Golden Thread is Lucie. She is seen as the person who keeps everyone together and is “golden”
What is the symbol scarecrow
What is the symbol knitting
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
What is the symbol sea
Sea can be seen as the mob that is always brewing
What is the symbol The Vengeance
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
What is the symbol shoe bench
recalled to life
What is the symbol fire
Similar to the sea, the revolution starting to be ignited, Marquis chateau got burned down, etc.
What is the symbol fountain
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
What is the symbol blue flies
The people who gather outside the courtroom. They are eager, also shows how normal pain and suffering is
What is the symbol grindstone
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.
What is the symbol footsteps
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
What is the symbol shadows
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.
Bastille
The prison that Dr. Manette was imprisoned in for 18 years
Chateau
Bad atmosphere, got burned down. Also had color imagery, the sunset was red.
Tellsons Bank
Run down, small, dark, ugly, etc. Bad overall
Guillotine
The guillotine was bad, many people innocent died
Soho
shadows, quiet
Stryvers Office
To Carton, its dull, lifeless, dim, etc.