Symbols (and meaning)
Represents the Aristocracy.
What do the Gorgons represent?
"Recalled to life."
What is resurrection?
Confident man who ends up proposing to Lucie.
Who is Charles Darnay?
The gathering place for the Jacques.
What is Defarge's wine shop.
Really starts off the whole book, ya'know.
What is the freeing of Dr. Manette?
Madame Defarge's way of keeping track of victims.
What is her knitting?
The motive behind the French revolution and the overall social unrest of the book.
What is class?
A man who tends to be pessimistic, thinks little of himself, no one likes him, and almost proposed to Lucie.
Who is Sydney Carton?
Mr. Lorry's workplace.
What is Tellson's bank?
Features Gaspard and Madame Defarge having a conflict with Marquis.
What is the trampling of Gaspard's child?
Oh, those flies of the blue.
What symbol represents death?
A theme that involves events like Charles Darnay's trial and Dr. Manette's imprisonment.
What is Justice?
The daughter of the shoemaker and the love object of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton.
Who is Lucie Manette?
The place where Mr. Lorry often visits on Sundays, both fine and dreary.
What is Dr. Manette's house?
The part of the book that really emphasizes the theme of justice.
What is the trial scene?
Represents the bloodshed of the aristocracy, the death of the Marquis de Evermonde, and the trampling of the child.
What is the red sunlight reflecting off of the town fountain?
Represented by Miss Pross and Madame Defarge.
What is secrecy?
The person who keeps the record of the Jacques's targets and has a personal desire to harm as many people as possible.
Who is Madame Defarge?
The meeting place of Mr. Stryver and Mr. Carton to discuss business.
What is Tellson's bar?
'Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.'
What note was left on the knife that killed the Marquis?
Represents the hunger of the peasants for both real food and political power.
What is the broken wine cask in front of Defarge's wine shop?
"Life finds a way."
What is hope?
The man who's son was killed by the Marquis, and who then killed the Marquis in revenge.
Who is Gaspard?
Dr. Manette's cell.
What is one hundred and five, North tower?
Event that reveals how Mr. Darnay really feels about Mr. Carton.
What is that one scene where Mr. Darnay bad mouths Mr. Carton right after they agreed to be friends?