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Tale Of Two Cities Suspense Analysis

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The writer makes use of foreshadowing technique which enables him to build suspense throughout the novel . He provides a lot of details that help the readers foresee future envents. For instance , the breaking of the wine cask in the street as well as the echoing footsteps that we could hear in and corruption was rampant. England was also filled with atrocities and people were subjected to extreme punishments (Mori 130). They rose against that government, and they were eager to overthrow it. The disadvantaged people were blamed for everything and due to this, they were opposed to the government (Dickens 100). The author evokes strong emotions of anger while depicting the situation in the city and what people feel. “It was the greatest of …show more content…

Defarge is angry that he has lost most of his loved ones to the war that is taking place in England. “No more can I set the leaves of this valuable work that I loved, and hopelessly hope in time to read it all” (Dickens 130). He is angry that he cannot turn his life around and enjoy it, however, he still hopes that everything will go back to the way it was. He is angry that at the moment he cannot live to enjoy life thoroughly. . In France, the leaders oppressed the civilians for a long time that a huge number of them were starving. People were starving as a result of the injustices that took place in the countries. They are forced to take wine from the ground due to starvation. Many people during this time were oppressed unfairly with no evident accusation Manett also draws anger for the time he spent in jail. He was a prominent doctor and the France government unjustly imprisoned him for eighteen years (Dickens 137). After he had been released, he decided to bury his anger by repairing shoes. We can see him avoiding all the people around , and the only person he talked to was his daughter Lucie. Lucie Manett has traveled all the way from England to come and take her father back home. They found doctor Manett living with his former servant in a deplorable situation. The servant was fast in warning the visitors about the doctor’s anger to ensure that …show more content…

One one hand, doctor Manett never unfolds his anger towards Darnay. Although Darnay has expressed his love towards Lucie, Manett was not impressed by the news. He was reluctant especially after Darnay had told him about his background. Darnay changed his life while in England where he has started tutoring French. However, Manett is still reluctant of giving his daughter away for marriage. He seems to have a secret which involves Darnay and his family. Doctor Manett also got angry when Darnay started giving stories about prison life. He startled when he heard that the workmen of the prison cell found ashes on the wall of the prison cell. He did not show any anger towards Darnay, he, however, decided to stay calm because he has been good to the family. “He turned towards him in his chair but did not look at him, or raise his eyes” (Dickens 232). He avoids looking at Darnay as he is afraid that his face would betray him. Manett believes that although it is not a good idea to let Darnay marry his daughter, he cannot let his anger deny her a chance of being loved (Karnicky 130). However, he asked Darnay not to tell Lucie about his background as she might get angry. In this situation, anger is caused by the secret that Manett is holding, but he could control himself, and he did not let it ruin their friendship. One the other hand , the French people in general and Defarge in particular are angered at Darnay as he

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