Chapter 21 is the beginning of the end of peace in Lucie's life. The change in the reference to echoes in the chapter represents this change. At the beginning of the chapter, "Lucie heard in the echoes of years none but friendly and soothing sounds,"(21,216)but by the end of the chapter, the narrator begs that "Heaven defeat the fancy of Lucie Darnay, and keep these feet far out of her life!"(21,227) This change in tone referencing footsteps suggests that Lucie's life, which has been mostly happy and carefree, will soon become difficult and possibly tragic.
Chapter 19, "An Opinion," is organized such that the chapter is used as one large foreshadowing device. Dickens opens the chapter with words such as "suspense," "anxious," and "startled" not only to foreshadow the chapter's upcoming events, but also as foreshadowing for the entire book. "So wicked do destruction and secrecy appear to be honest minds, that Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross… almost felt, and almost looked, like accomplices in a horrible crime,” (Dickens 19, 214) the narrator asserts of the “murderers” of Dr. Manette’s Bench. Although they have just killed a bench and feel as if they have committed a horrible crime, Dickens is foreshadowing other “tragedies” that will revolve around Dr. Manette and his special case further in the novel.
In chapter 21, Lucie's once pure and good-intentioned footsteps are corrupted. Darnay and Lorry both comment on the dark, loud footsteps outside. "You know how gloomy and threatening the sky is" (211). The terrifying part of this is, however, that the menacing footsteps have already entered their lives; their lives were invaded years ago by the Defarges who are bloodthirsty and obsessively consumed by death. "'We can kill as well as the men when the place is taken!'" (213).
In Chapter 14, An Honest Tradesman, the metaphor of fishing is used towards changing the readers overall thoughts about Jerry Cruncher. Leading up to the readers discovery of his real actions, fishing, a seemingly innocent action, is used to portray Jerry Cruncher in a meager light. By calling the gravediggers fishermen and Cruncher's equipment fishing tackle, Dickens covers the heavy actions with an innocent one. When Jerry Cruncher is pictured "wrenching [the grave] open" (168) the reader's thoughts are supposed to immediately deviate from the previous light Cruncher was displayed in to a sinful and corrupt light.
Chapter 21 is the beginning of the end of peace in Lucie's life. The change in the reference to echoes in the chapter represents this change. At the beginning of the chapter, "Lucie heard in the echoes of years none but friendly and soothing sounds,"(21,216)but by the end of the chapter, the narrator begs that "Heaven defeat the fancy of Lucie Darnay, and keep these feet far out of her life!"(21,227) This change in tone referencing footsteps suggests that Lucie's life, which has been mostly happy and carefree, will soon become difficult and possibly tragic.
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ReplyDeleteChapter 19, "An Opinion," is organized such that the chapter is used as one large foreshadowing device. Dickens opens the chapter with words such as "suspense," "anxious," and "startled" not only to foreshadow the chapter's upcoming events, but also as foreshadowing for the entire book. "So wicked do destruction and secrecy appear to be honest minds, that Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross… almost felt, and almost looked, like accomplices in a horrible crime,” (Dickens 19, 214) the narrator asserts of the “murderers” of Dr. Manette’s Bench. Although they have just killed a bench and feel as if they have committed a horrible crime, Dickens is foreshadowing other “tragedies” that will revolve around Dr. Manette and his special case further in the novel.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 21, Lucie's once pure and good-intentioned footsteps are corrupted. Darnay and Lorry both comment on the dark, loud footsteps outside. "You know how gloomy and threatening the sky is" (211). The terrifying part of this is, however, that the menacing footsteps have already entered their lives; their lives were invaded years ago by the Defarges who are bloodthirsty and obsessively consumed by death. "'We can kill as well as the men when the place is taken!'" (213).
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ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 14, An Honest Tradesman, the metaphor of fishing is used towards changing the readers overall thoughts about Jerry Cruncher. Leading up to the readers discovery of his real actions, fishing, a seemingly innocent action, is used to portray Jerry Cruncher in a meager light. By calling the gravediggers fishermen and Cruncher's equipment fishing tackle, Dickens covers the heavy actions with an innocent one. When Jerry Cruncher is pictured "wrenching [the grave] open" (168) the reader's thoughts are supposed to immediately deviate from the previous light Cruncher was displayed in to a sinful and corrupt light.
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