English TOTC Book the Second Part 1 Flashcards
Where is tellisons bank and describe it
Located by temple bar, old fashioned place, very small, dark and ugly. Owners liked that about it. Didn’t like change, “disinherit soms for suggesting it
What is chapter 1 called
Five years later
Which character reoccurs in chapter 1
Jerry cruncher
Who was Jerry cruncher represented by, and what is his assumed job. Describe him
His son, young Jerry, thief. Unstable and paranoid. “Rust on his fingers” mad at wife for praying. Lives in poorer part of London. Goes to bed w clean boots wakes up w dirty boots.
When does book the second take place
5 years later 1780
What does cruncher refer to himself as
An honest tradesman
What’s Old bailey
Popular courthouse in London
What is the trial in old bailey for
Treason of Charles Darnay. Punishment-half hanged, sliced, burned, things chopped off
What were trials viewed as at that time
Entertainment
Who are the prisoners lawyers
Two wigged gentlemen
- Mr. Stryver
- Sydney Carton (hands in pockets…ceiling)
Describe darnay
25 y/o, handsome, composed
“Not the sort the elevated humanity”
What were the accusations against darnay
Accused of being a spy
Giving British naval secrets to the French
Who were witnesses against darnay
Lorry (no effect) Lucie andManette (hurt him at mention of Washington)
What was chapter two called
A sight
What was chapter 3 called
A disappointment
Who is the prosecutor against darnay
Attourney general
What was darnay accused of possessing
Papers with military secrets
What was the crowd described as
“A crowd of blue flies” buzzing around darnays dead body
What was stryvers occupation
Soliciter general
Who is the 1st witness and what does he claim
John Barsad-claims to be a patriot. Strvyer shows he isn’t credible through aggravated assault charges and gambling, and debtors prison
Who is the 2nd witness
Roger cly
Who gets called to the stand after cly
Lorry
Who gets called to the stand after Lorry and what is discussed
Lucie Manette
She met darnay on the ferry returning to London, he helped kindly w her father.
“Traveling under an assumed name”
Mention of George Washington hurts darnay”
Who is called to the stand after Lucie
Dr. Manette, doesn’t remember anything
What does carton do after Manette is called to the stand
Writes something on a note, brows note across the room w a few words to strvyer, who then says the two look alike. Introduces reasonable doubt
How was carton characterized during the note passing
“Yet this Mr. Carton room in more of the defies of the scene than had appeared to take it”. Similar to Madame defarge’s characterization
An appellation for carton ?
Unsung hero (and jackal)
What was the outcome of the trial and what is this similar to
Acquitted-recalled to life
What is the name of chapter 4
Congratulatory
How is Mr Manette in chapter four compared to first book
Better with moments of relapse. Healed by Lucie, his golden thread
How does Manette look at darnay
With dislike and distrust
Describe strvyer
30s yet looks older, stout, struves to get to the top,
Where is carton during the congratulatory and how does this describe him
Hanging back in the shadows, “nobody had made any acknowledgement”
Disappointed drudge
Jealous
Describe Manette’s face on seeing darnay
Frozen, dislike, distrust, mixed w fear
Do darnay and crayon like one another
No. carton is jealous
Describe how the two men dined
Carton just drank, darnay actually ate food.
What were the animal descriptions of stryver and carton
Carton-jackal
Strvyer-lion
IRONY
“Jackal-knitted brows so deep in his task”
What was the subject if carton and darnay should conversation once again
Lucie
A jackal is
A dog, hyena, seeks glory.
How do the men go back
Went to school together, law school in France. Carton up and down “you were always somewhere, I was always no where” fluent in French
How is Lucie unflatteringly described and brought up by carton and strvyer
Pretty witness, “golden haired doll”
Weather in the jackal
Sun is rising–>carton is going to bed (misses sunrise like opportunities) cries himself to sleep. Nocturnal
What’s chapter 6 called
Hundreds of people
Where does Manette live and what happens sundays
Lives in soho, nice part of London. Flowers, sunshine etc. hosts a Sunday dinner with friends
What does Manette start doing again
Working
What does Lorry see that alarms him
Shoemaking beach and tools
What does miss press say to lorry
“Hundreds” trying to date Lorry
Describe Pross regarding Lucy
Claims “hundreds of men” courting Lucie but there are only a few.
Jealous someone will take her away from her
Loving and motherly
Claims the only man worthy of her is her brother Solomon, “heartless scoundrel” a thief
What is Lorry troubled about and how does it affect Manette
Wakes up at night and paces
The bench and tools
At dinner what does darnay tell
The story about a prisoner at the Tower of London who carves D.I.G. into cell and a burned note is found.
What does Manette do as a result
The same frozen look
Doesn’t like darnay
What are echoes equivalent to
Footsteps
What do the footsteps foreshadow
The Revolution
What else do the “hundreds of people” reference
Those participating in revolution
What happens at dinner
A thunderstorm grows, representing the Revolution
Name of chapter 7
Monseigneur in town
What’s a monseigneur and what does the first one represent
A wealthy landowner
Represents whole aristocracy swallowing France
Stresses excess, hot cocoa servants
Who is the 2nd monseigneur
Monsieur the Marquis
Describe monsieur the marqui
60 y/o haughty look of treachery, cruelty
What does marquis like to do and what happens one day
Watch people flee is oncoming carriage
Hits gaspards son
How are the people viewed by marquis
“His eyes ran over them as if they had been mere rats”
You people
Exterminate
What does marquis think is acceptable consolation
Money
Who comes to gaspards aid and what happens
Defarge
Coin is thrown back
As marquis casts his gaze over all the poor people what happens after the coin is thrown
“Among the men not one but the women who stood knitting looked up”
What is constant as carriages goes away
Running
Even after this tragedy what does this represent about the rich
They keep living their way
