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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two Cities

In A Tale of Two Cities, the mender of roads is a peasant who becomes involved with the revolutionaries. He tells a story about seeing a man, later revealed to be Gaspard, clinging to the underside...

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A Tale of Two Cities

Madame Defarge's remarks on dolls and birds in A Tale of Two Cities symbolize her view of the aristocracy as delicate and powerless. She regards them as mere playthings, easily manipulated and...

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A Tale of Two Cities

In A Tale of Two Cities, the Defarges manipulate the mender of roads by exploiting his naivety and his desire for social acceptance. They use him to gather information and incite revolutionary...

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Miss Pross fiercely protects Lucie and her child by confronting Madame Defarge, who intends to arrest Lucie in Paris. In a physical struggle, Miss Pross kills Madame Defarge, preventing her from...

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After hearing about Gaspard's execution, Defarge and his compatriots decide that the Marquis's family and estate should be "registered" for destruction, meaning they are marked for execution once the...

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The road mender is taken to Versailles to witness the opulence of the aristocracy, which the Defarges fear might mesmerize him and weaken his revolutionary resolve. By exposing him to the lavishness...

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