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Loadstone In A Tale Of Two Cities

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14.Stone “My petition is, that a morsel of stone of wood, with my husband’s name, may be placed over him to show where he lies(Dickens 109)” The stone is symbolizing the lack of recognition of the mass deaths. This is because Monseigneur didn’t even want to put a stone as a marker of a person’s death at their burial ground. This can also be perceived as death becoming more usual, and something that people would expect in their everyday life. This is because no one was phased by the fact that there was a bunch of dug up grass spots, other than the woman that knew her dead husband was buried there. 15.Loadstone “The loadstone Rock was drawing him, and he must sail on, until he struck(Dickens 233)” The loadstone is symbolizing Darnay’s doom. …show more content…

Pross was because of Charles Darnay, who was an Evremonde. Madame wanted him dead because of the wrongs that the Evremonde family has committed towards the Madame Defarge’s family. Madame wanted Charles’s family dead just as Charles’s family had killed her own family. This is symbolizing the French Revolution. This is because Madame was French, and Miss. Pross was english, which were the two countries that had been fighting. In the end, Miss. Pross ended up winning by killing Madame Defarge, which symbolises the victory of The English. 17.Cardgame “That’s a very good card… That’s an excellent card(Dickens 287)” The symbolism of the card game in A Tale of Two Cities is to show the information that a person may have towards a person of the other country. In my quote, John Barsad, a part of the republican French government, has a card that he can play against the English government. He got this information because he was a part of the English, working as a spy. They refer to Barsad’s information at an “ace”. They call this information an ace because it is the biggest accusation made against the English, and it has the power to denounce them. 18.Fishing “I’m going-as your mother knows-a fishing. That’s where I’m going to. Going fishing(Dickens

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