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How Does Charles Dickens Use Cliffhangers In A Tale Of Two Cities

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With the use of foreshadowing and cliffhanger endings, Charles Dickens successfully maintains interest for the weekly reader in his novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens uses cliffhangers to keep the reader involved in his work, the first example of cliffhangers is at the end of installment two when Mr. Lorry commits to take Lucy to Paris to see her father, Dr. Minnette who has been in jail for the last eighteen years. This is seen as a cliffhanger to the reader because the reader does not know what will happen next, Dickens does this to prolong the reader’s interest. Another example of Dickens maintaining the interest of the reader is his use of foreshadowing. Dickens uses the red wine being spilled in the wine shop as foreshadowing to the
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