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Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities: Summary Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities: Summary - THEME Analysis SUMMARY: In the novel A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, the author uses many minor characters. Although labeled “minor”, these characters contribute fully, and are essential to the depth and excitement of the novel. Three such characters are: Miss Pross, Gaspard, and Jerry Cruncher. These three characters take on a couple different roles, depending on what point in the novel one is at. From the beginning, and throughout the novel, Miss Pross plays a simple role. She takes care of Lucie Manette. A simple role it may seem to be, but she adds humor to the story from the offset. Once Lucie and Dr. Manette have returned to England, after Dr. Manette’s imprisonment, Miss Pross continues to take an influential role in the story. She is constantly looking after Lucie and this includes Miss Pross attempting to discourage any suitors. Miss Pross is quite successful at appearing and acting in a commanding and intimidating manner. An example of this is when Mr. Lorry came to visit at the Manette’s home; “…Miss Pross, the wild red woman, strong of hand…`I don’t want dozens of people who are not all worthy of Ladybird, to come looking after her….to take Ladybird’s affections away from me.'” Miss Pross being part of the novel deepens the plot by providing some humor and giving the reader another side to consider when thinking of Lucie and her several relationships. Gaspard’s purpose in the novel is dissimilar to that of Miss Pross. Gaspard is used to help the reader understand how the majority of the French population was feeling prior to the revolution. Gaspard and the other peasants were treated, by the aristocracy, as if they were disgusting rodents. When Gaspard’s son is run over by the Marquis, all the Marquis is worried about, is if his horses or his coach were hurt or damaged. Gaspard’s anger and realization of how he is being treated causes him to rebel and kill the Marquis. The one murder symbolizes the animosity of all the peasants and is a taste of what is to come with the revolution. Gaspard was therefore used to foreshadow what is to happen in the future, this is auvioce especially after Gaspard is captured and hung. He is left hanging with a knife in him so that he poisons the water. Later that afternoon the Jacquerie are talking in Defarge’s wine shop of how “the chateau and all the race…” are doomed for “…Extermination.” Jerry Cruncher is a minor character who serves two purposes. What seems to be his primary purpose at the beginning of the novel is very different from his purpose towards the end. At the beginning he is usually mentioned to provide humor in a realistic fashion. This is done when Dickens shows Jerry’s level of intelligence by describing how he confuses and twists things that people say. Jerry Cruncher’s second purpose is not illustrated until very late in the novel. This second purpose is to display how viewing the vile revolution made him change his ways so that he was no longer a “resurrection man.” This helps support the graphic detail Dickens is already using in describing the horrors of the revolution. After all, if a man who made a living by robbing graves is sickened by the ghastliness of the revolution then it must have really been awful. Miss Pross, Gaspard, and Jerry Cruncher all are minor characters that contribute to the depth of the plot, and the humor and excitement of the novel. Themes Analysis: The Tale of Two Cities has many assorted themes. The themes are interconnected with each other. Theme plays a big part in the plot a book. The opinions formed by the audience, of the characters, are also affected by the themes in a book. Three themes in this book are sacrifice, love and hate, and death; these themes show up many times in this book. The themes in this book are shown through the characters and their actions. Sacrifice shows up in the book many times. Sacrifice is giving up something that is a part of your life that you do not really want to give up. The greatest sacrifice in the book is Carton’s death. He sacrifices his life for his love for Lucie Manette. Sydney Carton met his death with great dignity. In fulfilling his old promise to Lucie, Carton attains peace; those watching see “The peacefullest man’s face ever beheld”(366) at the guillotine. Charles Darnay gives up his estate in France, for the idea of working in England. His decision to become a teacher put him in a conflict with his uncle, the Marquis St. Evremonde. Miss Pross lost her hearing when she tried to stop Madame Defarge from killing Lucie and her family. Miss Pross was the loyal servant for Lucie. She showed her loving devotion to Lucie by fighting off Madame Defarge. Many characters are skilled with the force of love in this book. Miss Pross, fought off Madame Defarge for the reason that she loved Lucie, and did not want anything to happen to her. The true love was the feelings of Sydney for Lucie. This love was so great he sacrificed his own life for her. He showed more love for her than for himself. Hate is also plays a big part in the book. Madame Defarge had so much hate she went to the extent of trying to kill Lucie. This backfired and instead of Lucie dying, she is shot by her own gun in a struggle versus Miss Pross. Even Monsigneur the Marquis shows hate when he accidentally runs over a peasant’s son and kill him. Monsigneur the Marquis showed no remorse for what he had done, and instead was very hateful toward the father of the child. The boy’s father shows his hate toward Monsigneur the Marquis by getting revenge for his son’s death. The boy’s father was powered by hate when he took Monsigneur the Marquis’ life into his own hands and killed Monsigneur the Marquis. Death plays a tremendous part of this book. Death in this book shows up in many different ways by accidents, murders, and even the death penalty. The death of the peasant boy was a total accident. The boy was hit by Monsigneur the Marquis’ horse carriage when the boy was trying to cross the road. This incident caused the murder of Monsigneur the Marquis. Monsigneur the Marquis was killed by the peasant boy’s father later on. The boy’s father killed Monsigneur the Marquis because he did not try to help the boy out at all. He just went on as nothing had happened. The death of Madame Defarge was an accident for the reason she was shot by her own gun in a struggle with Miss Pross. Madame Defarge was trying to kill Lucie and her family when she was found out, and then she shot herself by accident. The death of Sydney Carton was caused by his love for Lucie. Charles Darnay was tried for treason and was sentenced to die by the guillotine. Charles was married to Lucie. Sydney pronouncing his love for Lucie died in the place of Charles. Sydney did this so Lucie would be happy with Charles for the rest of her life. All these themes are interconnected in one way or another. They all end up to be talking about the same people and the actions they took to make something happen the way they want it too. The themes above are a couple of the major themes in this book by Charles Dickens. The theme of sacrifice in this book shows the audience it is sometimes all right to give up something means something to them. The theme of love and hate gives the audience a real look at life and how love and hate effects the life of a person. The theme of death is a theme of many books, because it happens to everybody no matter how hard they try to stop it from happening. Dr. Alexandre Manette Analysis Dr. Alexandre Manette the great survivor of the Bastille and father to Lucie Manette. Dr.Manette is the most important character in the book. Throughout the book he is the stories backbone. Few subplots ignore Manette. Dr. Manette loves his daughter. She is the world to him, without her he would still be a crazed old man. Dr. Manette’s love for his daughter is clear throughout the story he expresses his thought verbally. When his daughter Lucie is married he tells her “Consider how natural and how plain it is, my dear, that it should be so. You, devoted and young, cannot fully appreciate the anxiety I have felt that your life should not be wasted.”1 Dr.Manette is a very caring man. Caring, that is the one adjective I would use to describe Dr.Manette. As I said before Dr.Manette loves his daughter. Lucie Manette is his driving force. Dr.Manette wants little except for his daughter to live a full and happy life and himself to be a part of it. His desire to be a part of Lucie life makes it hard for him to give her up to Charles Darnay. After the wedding Dr.Manette says “Take her, Charles. She is yours.”2 He does so with a quite sadness. A huge portion of the story revolves about Dr.Manette’s past suffering in the Bastille.
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