A Tale of Two Cities Discussion notes p.1-100

• Antithesis- p.3 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

•  Setting- Late 1700's, Paris and London. Dickens uses the two cities to convey his themes, the cities both have their own problems. Paris- French Revolution, London- Religion (the whole one king is Catholic, the next is Protestant deal that went on in England during that time period) and crime.

• Diction- Dickens uses a British dialect form the late 1700's-1800's, p.9 has quite a bit of examples

• Syntax- He structures his sentences differently than we are use to.

• Symbolism- death and fate are used a lot.

• Theme- Rebirth, "Recalled to Life." first appears at the end of book 1 chapter 2.

• Anaphora- Dickens repeats "It was" in the beginning.

• Tone- p.4, gloomy, Both London and Paris are having hard times.

• Apostrophe- Chapter 3, Mr. Lorry talks with a ghost.

• Genre- Historical Fiction

• Metaphor- p.27, the broken wine case and all the people rushing to drink every last drop they can get.

• Foreshadowing- p.57, the rusty fingers. p.97, the story of the prisoners.