Lady Gaga

http:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXsZbkt0yqo/

More historical terminology:

Tumbrils of the Revolution

Letres de cachet

Law of the Suspects

Carmagnole

First American Continental Congress

Legos Execution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vny3AFcV4Qs

Charles Dickens bio

• Popular in his own time• Father sent to the debtors’ prison when Charles was 12 (for 3

years)• Dickens gained a fascination with prisons and the poor during

this time• Born 1812-1870

www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/index.html• Born and raised in England

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Tale of Two Cities

Setting: Paris, FranceLondon, England between 1775-1793

Chapter 1 Parallel structure: England vs.

France

symbols• Woodsman: fate personified• Farmer: personifies death• Moveable framework: guillotine• “along the roads that lay before them” (3).

Fate/foreshadow

• Jerry Cruncher (messenger) from London to Dover and back

• Jarvis Lorry (passenger) going from London to Paris for business. Gets a message and sends back response.

Major Characters

Jarvis Lorry• 60 yrs old• Bank clerk for Tellson’s

Bank in London

Charles Darnay• 25 yrs old• Known in France as

Evremonde• Left France to live in

England• Tutors languages

Major characters

Miss Lucie Manette• 17 yrs old• Daughter of Dr. Manette• Born in France• Lives in London

Dr. Alexandre Manette• Lucie’s father• Prisoner in Bastille for 18

yrs

Major CharactersMonsieur Ernest DefargeLives in Paris• Owner of wine-shop• Leader of revolution• Former servant to Dr.

Manette• Rescues him and calls Mr.

Lorry• Married to Madame Defarge

Madame Therese Defarge• Wife of Monsieur Defarge• Works into knitting the

names of enemies of Revolution so they can be identified and executed

• Vindictive and full of revenge

Major Characters

Sydney Carton• Assistant to Stryver• Drunk• Looks like Charles Darnay• Loves Lucie

Jerry Cruncher• Porter and errand-man for

Tellson’s Bank in London• Grave-robber at night• Comic relief

Minor Characters

CJ Stryver• Attorney in London• Ambitious• Wants to marry Lucie

Manette

Miss Pross• Nurse to Lucie Manette• Sister of Solomon Pross

(AKA John Barsad)• Caricature of English

servants

Marquis St. Evremonde• The cruel uncle of Charles

Darnay. Also called “The Younger.” he inherited the title at “The Elder’s” death

• Assaulted Madame Defarge’s sister

The Elder and his wife• The twin brother of the

Marquis St. Evremonde, referred to as “the Elder” (held the title of Marquis until his death) and his wife, who fears him. They are the parents of Charles Darnay.

Minor Characters

Solomon Pross• English spy who testifies

against Charles Darnay• Miss Pross’ long-lost

brother

Roger Cly• English spy who testifies

against Charles Darnay

Minor characters

Little Lucie• Daughter of Lucie Manette

and Charles Darnay

Monty Python

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv25TQibN8gTumbrils of the Revolution

Motifs

• Doubles• Shadows and darkness• Imprisonment• Parallelism• Mob mentality• Hope• Love• Loyalty• Spying

Themes

• The ever-present possibility of resurrection and redemption

• The necessity of sacrifice and suffering

• The tendency toward violence and oppression in revolutionaries

• Revenge• Value of Life

Style3rd person omniscient point of view

• Dickens originally wrote the novel in weekly installments to be published in local paper.

• Each chapter leaves the reader hanging, full of questions that can only be answered by next week’s installment.

Historical Novel

• First line one of the most famous in literature.

• Published 1859.