Characters & Plot Analysis
Which character most consistently represents emotional stability in the early novel?
Lucie Manette
Which major theme is developed through Dr. Manette’s release and recovery?
Resurrection
What does Lucie Manette’s “Golden Thread” symbolize?
Love/ emotional connection
Which rhetorical device structures the novel’s opening paragraph?
Repetition/ anaphora
Which historical event forms the background of the novel?
French Revolution
What trait best describes Sydney Carton’s view of himself?
Self-hatred/ low self-worth
What theme is most closely associated with Lucie Manette?
Love and loyalty
What does the spilled wine in Saint Antoine foreshadow?
Bloodshed/ violence
What effect is created by Dickens’s use of paired opposites like “best” and “worst”?
Instability/ contradiction
What major social condition does Dickens emphasize in pre-revolutionary France?
Inequality
What does Charles Darnay’s rejection of his aristocratic name primarily show?
Moral responsibility/ rejection of inherited guilt
In the early revolutionary context, justice begins to shift toward what concept?
Vengeance/ revenge
What do footsteps most often symbolize in the novel?
Approaching change/ fate
What literary technique is used when the narrator hints at future events?
Foreshadowing
What does Dickens suggest poverty often leads to?
Unrest/ revolution
What does Dr. Manette’s return to shoemaking symbolize?
Psychological/ mental trauma
According to the novel, what most strongly shapes historical outcomes?
Individual (personal) moral choices
What does Tellson’s Bank symbolically represent?
Rigidity institutions
What is the primary effect of repetition in early revolutionary scenes?
Emotional intensity
What flaw does Dickens highlight in institutions like the aristocracy and courts?
Corruption
What idea is developed by the physical resemblance between Carton and Darnay?
Choice shapes one's identity, not one's appearance
(choice matters)
What danger does Dickens warn societies face when injustice is ignored?
Social collapse/ violence
What does hunger symbolize in the early novel?
Extreme poverty
What is the main purpose of Dickens’s vivid imagery of poverty?
Emotional impact (pathos)
What risk does Dickens associate with mass revolutionary movements?
Chaos/ instability