Dear Decathletes
In one of my earlier entries I mentioned the "Doubles" motif that is used extensively in A Tale of Two Cities. Let's take this time to review the "Doubles" we have seen so far.
First, of course, are the two cities--Paris and London.
Second, are the two characters, Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay--they look very similar, like twins.
Third, are the two brothers, the Marquis de Evermonde, the uncle of Charles Darnay, and Darnay's own father, first mentioned when Charles speaks to his uncle at the country estate. Beginning on page 324, they operate together in an important scene. Dickens writes from Dr. Mannette's point of view about the two characters...
In one of my earlier entries I mentioned the "Doubles" motif that is used extensively in A Tale of Two Cities. Let's take this time to review the "Doubles" we have seen so far.
First, of course, are the two cities--Paris and London.
Second, are the two characters, Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay--they look very similar, like twins.
Third, are the two brothers, the Marquis de Evermonde, the uncle of Charles Darnay, and Darnay's own father, first mentioned when Charles speaks to his uncle at the country estate. Beginning on page 324, they operate together in an important scene. Dickens writes from Dr. Mannette's point of view about the two characters...
"I observed they that they were both wrapped in cloaks, and appeared to conceal themselves. As they stood side by side near the carraige door, I also observed that they both looked of about my age, or rather younger, and that they were great alike, in stature, manner, voice, and (as far as I could see) in face too"
Of course, the similarity between Darnay and Carton will play an extremely crucial role at the end of the novel!!!! Dickens spends all the rest of the novel getting us ready for that scene!!!
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