Characters
Themes
Symbols and Meanings
Major Events
Places
100

A broken, mentally unstable, complex and all rounded character.

Who is Dr. Manette?

100

This theme is shown through Dr. Manette’s recovery and Carton’s transformation.

What is resurrection?

100

The blood moon rising represents starts of blood and revolution.

What does the blood moon symbolize?

100

Lucie meets her father for the first time in this location.

What is the attic above Defarge’s wine shop?

100

This bank is where Mr. Lorry works.

What is Tellson’s Bank?

200

A compassionate, devoted, and virtuous character.

Who is Dr. Manette?

200

This theme is shown through the message handed to Jarvis Lorry "Recalled to Life"

What is Secrecy?

200

This object, used by Dr. Manette during his imprisonment, symbolizes trauma.

What is a shoemaking bench?

200

Charles Darnay is acquitted of treason in this city.

What is London?

200

This Paris neighborhood is home to the Defarges and many poor citizens.

What is Saint Antoine?

300

Angelic beauty, kindness, compassion, and self-sacrificing love character.

Who is Lucie Manette?

300

This theme is shown by how dickens describes the peasants lives in grim detail.

What is Social Class?

300

Lucie is often associated with this symbol of hope and light.

What is a golden thread?

300

This aristocrat runs over a child with his carriage and shows no remorse.

Who is the Marquis St. Evrémonde?

300

This prison held Dr. Manette for 18 years.

What is the Bastille?

400

Ruthless, vengeful, and relentless character.

Who is Madame Defarge?

400

This theme is shown from the wine shop being more than busy.

What is Revenge?

400

The footsteps Lucie hears outside her home symbolize this.

What is the approach of fate or revolution?

400

Dr. Manette relapses into shoemaking after learning this about Darnay.

What is his true identity as an Evrémonde?

400

This courtroom is where Darnay is tried for treason.

What is the Old Bailey?

500

Moral, kind, loyal, and supportive character.

Who is Jarvis Lorry?

500

This theme was shown between the first sentence in the book "It was the best of times, it was the worst of time..."

What is duality?

500

This future execution device becomes a symbol of revolutionary justice.

What is the guillotine?

500

This event marks the beginning of the revolution in Saint Antoine.

What is the storming of the Bastille?

500

This country is portrayed as more stable compared to revolutionary France.

What is England?

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