Light, Truth and Love in A Tale Of Two Cities
"For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light" (Psalms 36.9). Light itself is invisible and everything without light is invisible. But when light touches objects, people for instance, the truth is shown and we understand that person better. Without light in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, we would not be able to see the true form of the main characters and would not know what makes them who they are. Each theme has a different meaning to each character and what they do in this book. Throughout this novel we also see close connections between certain couples, what represents the life of the people, and the symbolism between the sacrifices in new and old religion played out. From the beginning to the end, this book uses doubles as a way to explain more about another character through what we called were pairs and poles. The pair and pole that could be considered the most important couple in this novel is Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. In this case these to people are both pairs and poles. Whenever Carton looked into a mirror, he saw Darnay and what he wanted to be. They also sh
For many people in this time period, the cross had one meaning, while to others completely altered and changed its' meaning. For people like Sydney Carton, the cross and his religion had a tremendous affect in this work and made a very important theme come out. It was said that guillotine turned into these people's new "religion". "It superseded the Cross. Models of it were worn on breasts from which the Cross was discarded, and it was bowed down to and believed in where the Cross was denied" (pg. 271). When Carton went to the guillotine, it was similar to when Jesus was crucified and how he sacrificed his life for us. With Carton, he sacrificed his life so that Darnay could live and Lucie's family would not be a disaster like his. In our project we put Carton on a cross to represent this. We also made the cross yellow to show how at one time it was the life of the people like how the sun gives light and life to the people. Carton had the light, or the goodness, too late and he was "crucified". A major symbol that represents the people of this book is the public fountain. This fountain is what connects everyone in the city
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Approximate Word count = 763
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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