Plot
This is the number of years that has passed since the book first opened in the year our lord one thousand seven hundred seventy five.
14
Storming of Bastille = July 1789; Reign of Terror - 1793-1794
Title of Book 2: The Golden Thread
Lucie is holding everyone together/bringing everyone together
This is Dr. Manette’s full name
Alexandre Manette
This is one example of cruelty the former Marquis displayed against the peasants of France.
Running over boy; not giving woman a rock
A document was found after following directions in ___ to D I G. (place name)
105 North Tower
Book 2, ch 14: “The Honest Tradesman”
Jerry Cruncher’s second occupation - it's ironic because his job is not honest; however, it's honest in that he's trying to make an "honest living" to provide for his family -- shows utter poverty of the time
This is Charles Darnay’s title in France.
Marquis Evremonde
Sydney Carton made this promise to Lucie.
To be there for her whenever she needs
Foulon’s decree that the poor people should eat grass reflects what supposed historical event with a queen?
Marie Antoinette - cake
(Though Foulon was actually a real person who actually said the grass thing)
Book 2, ch 21: “Echoing Footsteps”
Footsteps of the revolution echoing in Lucie's life - The deliberate footsteps leading to Dr. Manette’s hideout with Defarge. The footsteps of a raucous revelry passing by Lucie's house. Now these new footsteps - echoes will reflect in Lucie's life.
This person is described as “A great woman, a strong woman, a grand woman, a frightfully grand woman!”
Madame Defarge
These are the names of the spies who testified against Charles Darnay, and this is when we’ve seen each of them last
Roger Cly - dead/buried
John Barsad - in France; name knit
These are the last names we have seen registered in the knitting shroud.
John Barsad and Charles Darnay
Book 2, ch 3: “A disappointment”
Shows the bloodthirsty nature of the time- people tried with no evidence;deaths were a spectacle. No death = a disappointment
This person is the “short, rather plump wife of a starved grocer, and the mother of two children withal”
The Vengeance
These are the names of Lucie’s two children.
Lucie and Sydney
This is how the French Revolution has been like an earthquake instead of lightning
Slowly knitting names from 1775 - even at the first France scene of wine being spilled; BLOOD; etc. The names were knit all the way until the Storming of the Bastille, after which the women joined the murder party and the knitting was no longer necessary.
Book 2, ch 9: “The Gorgon’s Head”
Gorgon = "fierce, dazzling"; mortals cannot survive an encounter with the gorgon– gives the FR a mythical feel of inescapable doom - all hearts are turning to stone against the nobles
This character is described as “... about forty, height about five feet nine, black hair, generally rather handsome visage, complexion dark, eyes dark, thin, long and sallow face, aquiline nose but not straight, having a peculiar inclination towards the left cheek which imparts a sinister expression!”
John Barsad
Charles Darnay’s last name is a form of his mother’s last name. What is his mother’s actual French last name?
D'Aulnais