• "A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens: Foreshadowing the Revolution.

     

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Published: 08.01.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays '"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens: Foreshadowing the Revolution.', 1.
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In Charles Dickens', "A Tale of Two Cities", the author continually foreshadows the future revolution. Dickens depicts a Paris crowd, united by their poverty, in a frenzy to gather wine from a wine cask that was shattered. Also, we find a macabre scene in which Madame Defarge sits quietly knitting but we later discover she is knitting a list of victims slated die. Later, the theme of revenge against the nobility becomes apparent after Marquis is murdered for killing a small child with his horses. Dickens' deftly uses foreshadowing to illustrate how conflict and turmoil among the impove…

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