What are some literacy devices used in A Tale of Two Cities?

Well, there is the parallel structure of this chapter and "Monseigneur in the Country"... there is a good use of symbolism... the idea that when the Monseigneur runs over the child in the street, then throws change at his father is important because it symbolizes the lack of care, respect, interest the French aristocracy has for the peasantry. In addition, Madame Defarge stands by knitting her "shroud"... essentially she is knitting the Monseigneur's name (Evermonde) into her list of those who will be killed when the revolution begins. This is foreshadowing... the knitting is symbolic...

I too am reading "Tale" for the first time and am just now getting to this chapter. Because I haven't read it, I can't say much but some very important forms of figurative language used so far are foreshadowing, irony, and symbolism. What did Mr. Lorry's dream and "Recalled to Life" foreshadow? (Dr. Manette's discovery and seemingly dead state). Do you really think Jerry Cruncher is "an honest tradesman" after reading in the first chapter "highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light". Why does the author keep mentioning Lucie Manette's golden hair? Note the title of Book two: The Golden Thread.

I even have examine the two. If I had to compliment one or the different, i'd elect Wuthering Heights. the shape of the chacters and their relationships with one yet another exchange into dramatic and made the full e book exciting to me. tale of two cities is likewise reliable, yet there are extra exciting human beings in Wuthering Heights. the two are written in language that would take some getting used to.

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A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens.

(1812-1870)

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