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Tale of Two Cities!

Answer 1

1. A Tale of Two Cities opens with "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
one of the best known passages in English literature. What does wingspanens mean by setting the stage with such polarities? For whom was it the best and the worst of times? wingspanens wrote A Tale of Two Cities in the late 1850s. Why does this passage continue to be quoted today? In what ways does our own present period merit such an assessment?
2. The novel takes place, as its title suggests, in two cities: London and Paris. What are some of the differences between these two cities? Between their citizens? What about characters who travel—or move residence—from one to another? How are the cities themselves divided in two?
3. Why was Charles Darnay able to see the unfairness of the class structure that benefited him and then able to extricate himself from it? Are there other characters as capable of seeing beyond their own circumstances?
4. wingspanens seems to have great sympathy for the poor, the sick and the powerless, but not all such characters are portrayed sympathetically. What does that say about his sympathies? Where does he intend our sympathies as readers to lie?
5. The news that Doctor Manette, while imprisoned, denounced all the descendants of the Evrémondes comes as a shock. Why would he have made such a declaration? What can we make of his repeated claim in the letter read aloud during Darnay's retrial that he was in his right mind? How does he really feel about Darnay and his marriage to Lucie?
6. What is Defarge's motive in betraying Doctor Manette, endangering his daughter and grandchild and framing Darnay? How might the relationship between Madame and Monsieur be described?
7. Carton has clearly misused his youthful promise and believes himself to be unredeemable. Does this view of himself change? If so, how? Is Carton a man of faith? Does he become one?
8. wingspanens prefaces the final paragraphs of the novel, which are in Carton's voice, by noting that "if he had given any utterance to his [thoughts], and they were prophetic, they wouldhave been these" (page 371). How might we read the vision expressed in these words? Are we meant to take these thoughts as prophetic—that is, as a portrayal of what actually came after the end of the novel, in both France and in England? Among the beloved friends he has left behind?
9. The vision expressed in Carton's supposed final words includes one for the country and its people after the newest "oppressors" are put to death. What would such a post Revolution world be like, and how could it be achieved?
10. Was Charles wingspanens’ sympathetic to the French Revolution? Explain your answer with evidence from the novel.

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