Imagery is used in many different ways. In A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens uses imagery to foreshadow, to characterize, and to create atmosphere.
Dickens uses imagery to foreshadow what is going to happen later on in the book. For example, when the large cask in front of the wine shop breaks it stains the streets red. It foreshadows the uprising of the French Revolution, and where the planning is going to take place. It also foreshadows what is going to happen during the revolution, but instead of wine it will be blood that is staining the roads. Another example of foreshadowing is when Dickens describes the Farmer and the Woodsman as being workers of Death, working silently and unceasingly. This foreshadows how the French Revolution is going to start. Silently, without any suspicion from the aristocrats. It is going to start wit
Imagery is used to foreshadow, to characterize and to create atmosphere in all books.
h a "bang" that no one knew was coming. Lastly, the use of the "echoing footsteps" is a way of foreshadowing. It shows that whatever happened before is going to repeat itself later on. It also shows that some footsteps taken by the characters will disappear and they will gain a new goal or identity in life. Imagery is used to foreshadow what is to take place later on in the book.
Atmosphere is also created by imagery. For instance, Dickens writes that the steam climbed up the hill "like and evil spirit". This creates the atmosphere of darkness and of evil. Where anything bad can happen at any time. Another example is when the people at the Old Bailey for Charles Darnay's trial are described blue-flies. They are attracted to Death and want to see
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