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THE NEW AMERICAN, INC. Published in the year 1960 354 PAGES Guillermo Chiu
Social Studies Period / G Summary of Novel A Tale of Two Cities is written by
Charles Dickens and it takes place in France and England during the troubled
times of the French Revolution. The characters travels to both country but most
of the story happens in Paris, France. The hot spot of the French
revolutionists, mostly takes place in a wineshop in Paris, because the wineshop
owner is Ernest Defarge and his wife, Madame Defarge are the key leaders and
officials of the revolution. The action in the book takes place in many parts of
Paris, such as the Bastille, Tellsonīs Bank, the home of the Manettes and
largely in the streets of Paris. This places help introduce many characters into
the story. One of the main characters, Madame Theresa Defrage, is a major
antagonist who seeks revenge. She is a very tense and unforgiving woman who
seeks revenge on the Evermonde family.
Through out the story, she weave shrouds
for the intended victims of the revolution. Charles Darnay, one of whom Mrs.
Defarge is seeking revenge, is constantly being put on the stand and wants no
part of his own lineage. He is languid protagonist and has a tendency to get
arrested and must be bailed out several times during the story. Dr. Alexander
Manette, a veteran prisoner of the Bastille and moderate protagonist, cannot
escape the memory of being held and sometimes fall back to cobbling shoes, he
plays a very significant part in the story. His daughter , Lucie Manette, a
positive protagonist, is loved by many and marries Charles Darnay. She is a
quiet, emotional person and discriminating protagonist in the story. One who
never forgot the love of Lucie, was Sydney Carton, who starts off as a
frustrated, immature alcoholic, but in the end, he made the ultimate sacrifice
for a good friend. This are the characters that gives the interesting and
dramatic plot to the story. Carton was deeply in love with Lucie and is always
telling her that he loves her so much that he would do anything for her but
Lucie ends up marring Darnay, a few days after their marriage when they were on
their honeymoon, Dr. Manette has a fall back and cobbles shoes for nine straight
days. Franceīs citizens arm themselves for a revolutoin led by the Defarges and
starts the revolution by riding to Bastille. Shortly before they start the
revolution, the Marquis runs over a child in the street of Paris. The childīs
father, Gaspard who is part of the revolution murders Marquis.
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