TOTC symbolism Flashcards
English final
woodman symbolism
marking trees to be made into guillotines
farmer symbolism
he sets apart farming carts, called tumbrils, originally used to haul manure and later used to haul people to the guillotine
Wine symbolism
The deep red color of the wine suggests that wine also symbolizes blood
Spilled wine cask symbolism
The wine cask represents their desperation, both for food and for freedom. It also represents the mob behavior of the revolutionaries throughout the war.
Gorgon/stone faces symbolism
The Gorgon was an allusion to Greek mythology, and the stone faces represented the feelings of the Marquis/1st +2nd estate.
Stone chateau symbolism
Stone is thought to be strong under any circumstances, which represents the permanent feeling in society that the 1st + 2nd estates felt. Irony: because the 3rd estate later burned the house down.
Lion and Jackel symbolism
The lion was stronger and faster, and a better hunter, but the jackal was a clever fellow, and so he would make plans for their hunts.
Stryver: Lion
Carton: Jackle
Golden thread symbolism
Symbolizes Lucie’s good-hearted and loving persona and how she brings everyone together
Scarecrow and birds of fine song and feather symbolism
“But, the time was not come yet; and every wind that blew over France shook the rags of the scarecrows in vain, for the birds, fine of song and feather, took no warning” (Dickens 34). The scarecrows symbolize the third estate, the wind symbolizes change, and the birds symbolize the upperclass.
Knitting symbolism
A registry of all people Madame Defarge condemned to die during the revolution. Fate.
Sea symbolism
Symbolizes the powerful and unpredictable revolution as it engulfs france
The vengeance symbolism
Her “shadow”. Symbolizes Madame Defarges revenge on french nobles due to the murder of her siblings
Shoe bench symbolism
Symbolizes Dr. Manette holding onto old stressful memories from his time in the Bastille. Relapses.
Fire symbolism
The rapid spread of the revolution
The Fountain symbolism
The fountain symbolizes the inhumanity of the aristocracy toward the peasants. It is where the body of a small child is laid after it is killed by the Marquis St.
