Term
Book 1
"Recalled to Life"
The Period
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Definition
A. The Setting
1. England and France
2. 1775
B. England
1. Worries over religious prophecies, popular paranormal phenomena in the form of “the Cock-lane ghost,” andv the messages that a colony of British subjects in America has sent to King George III.
2. Crime and capital punishment abound.
C. France
1. It witnesses excessive spending and extreme violence, a trend that anticipates the erection of the guillotine.
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Definition
1. Road is too steep for traveler’s mail coach so they walk alongside it.
2. Very Dark and Extremely Muddy
3. Jerry Cruncher tells Jarvis Lorry of Tellson’s Bank a message: “Wait at Dover for Mam’selle.”
a) Cruncher is the odd-job man at Tellson’s Bank.
4. Jarvis tells him to send this message to the sender: “Recalled to Life.” |
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Definition
1. Lorry thinks of digging someone out of grave.
a) Imagines talking to a ghost
(1) Ghost wants to see the woman a bit later
(2) Ghost wants to see the woman immediately
"...Almost 18 years"
"I hope you care to live"
"I can't say" |
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Definition
1. Lorry goes to the Royal George Hotel in Dover.
2. Lucie Manette
a) Arrives from London
b) Lorry tells her that her father has been found. She can recall him to “life, love, duty, rest, comfort.”
"man of business"
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Definition
A. Setting
1. San Antoine
a) A poor suburb in Paris.
B. Plot
1. Monsieur Defarge
a) Owner of wine shop
b) Leads Lorry and Lucie up a dangerous staircase.
c) Opens door to a white-haired man busily making shoes.
The wine is spilled throughout Paris' streets (blood) |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Manette
a) Thinks Lucie is his wife for her golden curly hair, but in reality she is his daughter.
b) Takes hair strands because they will ease his sentence of imprisonment.
2. Lucie
a) Tells her father they are going to England immediately, to which Defarge agrees. |
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Term
Book 2
"The Golden Thread"
Five Years Later |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. 1980
2. Tellson’s Bank
a) “Very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious.”
b) Located near the Temple Bar, the spot where the government displays the heads of executed criminals.
B. Plot
1. Jerry Cruncher
a) Tellson’s runner and messenger
b) Wakes up with wife “praying against” him
(1) Throws boot at her
c) Tellson’s calls for a porter and leaves house to do job
d) Son wonders why his father’s finger has rust on them |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Old Bailey Courthouse
B. Plot
1. Charles Darnay
a) Put to trial for treason
(1) Giving out secret information to Louis XVI
(a) England plans to fight against the American colonies.
2. Cruncher
a) Awaits orders from Mr. Lorry
b) He, Lucie, and her father are witnesses against the prisoner.
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Attorney-General’s Case
a) Claims that Darnay is guilty of passing English secrets into French hands.
2. John Barsad
a) Found of supporting Attorney- General’s case
b) His cross-examination reveals that he has served time in debtor’s prison and has been involved in brawls over gambling.
3. Roger Cly
a) Exposed as a dubious, untrustworthy witness.
(1) Mr. Stryver, the defense attorney does this.
4. Mr. Lorry
a) Contends that his fellow passengers sat so bundled up that their identities remained hidden.
5. Lucie
a) Darnay helped her sick father on the ship to England
b) Then turns court against Darnay by reporting his statement that George Washington’s fame might one day match that of George III.
6. Sydney Carton
a) Gives Stryver note
(1) He argues the note, showing Carton’s resemblance to him
(a) Foils the court’s ability to identify Darnay as a spy beyond reasonable doubt. The jury withdraws to reflect and eventually returns with a release for Darnay. |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Darnay
a) Thanks Stryver and kisses Lucie on the hand
2. Carton
a) Drunk and feels depressed about the way he is.
(1) “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.”
(2) Curses himself in the mirror.
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton
a) Goes to Stryver’s house to drink
b) Nicknamed the Jackal
c) Carton feels he must live his life “in rust and repose.”
2. Stryver
a) Nicknamed the Lion
b) Scolds Carton for not living in a unified direction.
c) Talks about Lucie’s beauty, to which Carton says she is a golden haired doll. |
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Term
Book 2
Hundreds of People |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Four Months Later
B. Plot
1. Mr. Lorry
a) Trusted friend of Manette family
b) Talks to Miss Pross
(1) Doctor is not sad about imprisonment anymore
(2) Who is Lucie’s suitor?
2. Darnay
a) Finds a man writing the word “DIG” on a cell at the Tower of London.
(1) Finds ashes of a note that had might have had a message on it.
(a) Story startles Dr. Manette, but eventually recovers.
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Term
Book 2
Monseignour in Town |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Monseigneur
a) A great lord in the royal court
b) Likes to ride his carriage through the streets
(1) Runs over a child
(a) Pays Gaspard, the father, a few coins. |
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Book 2
Monseignur in the Country |
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Definition
A. Goes to a small village, where he is the lord there as well.
1. Man stares at the carriage.
a) Monseigneur asks why.
b) He replies that someone is holding onto the bottom of his carriage.
2. Woman cries for money to Monseigneur or else he will be forgotten in the graveyard.
a) Monseigneur is stolid and moves on.
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Term
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Definition
1. Charles Darnay
a) Nephew of Marquis (The Monseigneur)
b) Wants to take over the throne
c) Believes that family name is related to fear and slavery
d) Marquis is being cruel because he injures every human being that is different from his class.
2. Monseigneur dies
a) Knife through his heart
b) Attached to the knife is a note that reads: “Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.”
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Term
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Definition
A. Setting
1. One year later
B. Plot
1. Darnay
a) French teacher
(1) Moderate living
b) Goes to Dr. Manette to tell him he is in love with Lucie
(1) Two Promises
(a) Darnay asks Manette to promise to vouch for what he has said, for the true nature of his love, should Lucie ever ask.
(b) Dr. Manette makes him promise to reveal his name only if he proves successful in his courtship. He will hear Darnay’s secret on his wedding day.
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Term
Book 2
A Companion Picture |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton and Stryver
a) Work in Stryver’s chambers
b) Stryver
(1) Mentions to Carton he wants to marry Lucie |
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Term
Book 2
The Fellow of Delicacy |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Stryver
a) Goes to Mr. Lorry to tell him he wants to marry Lucie
b) Lorry tells him to make sure Lucie will say yes before telling her.
(1) Stryver gets angry
2. Lorry
a) Soon he tells him that the Manettes do not want him to marry Lucie.
(1) Stryver then begs Lorry to forget all about this |
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Term
Book 2
The Fellow of No Delicacy |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton
a) Talks to Lucie in her house
(1) Tells her that she has made him want to start his life again.
(2) He would do anything for her, even give his own life.
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Term
Book 2
The Honest Tradesman |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Cruncher
a) Sees a funeral pass by
(1) Finds out that it is Robert Cly
(a) After the burial, he goes to take the body to sell it to scientists.
(i) His son follows him and tells him later he wants to be just like him when he grows up.
(a) Resurrection Man |
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Definition
1. Defarge
a) Brings a man into his wine shop called Jacques, while three men exit his shop.
(1) Jacques
(a) A mender of roads
(b) Also three men who exited Defarge’s shop.
2. The mender of roads
a) He saw a man a year ago underneath Marquis’ carriage
(1) He killed Marquis
(2) He saw the man led by a few soldiers
(a) The man was soon hanged
b) Defarge tells him to come with him to see the King and Queen.
(1) He becomes excited in their presence and yells out “Long live the King!”
(a) He actually is excited to kill them
(i) Defarge believes that if the royalties keep on thinking the peasants are “loyal” to them it will be very easy to kill them. |
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Term
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Defarge arrives at St. Antoine sometime later.
a) He comes across a policeman who tells him John Barsad is in town.
(1) Defarge’s wife puts his name in the registry.
(a) Barsad tells them that Lucie is going to marry Darnay.
(i) With this in mind, Defarge’s wife adds Darnay to the registry. |
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Term
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Night before Lucie and Darnay’s wedding
B. Plot
1. Dr. Manette starts to put his imprisonment behind him, and talks about his days in Bastille.
2. He tells everyone that when he was in prison, he dreamed of what Lucie would be like. He is content that she has been brought up so well.
a) Lucie finds out at night that he is sound asleep, rather than working on his shoemaking.
(1) If he is shoemaking then, he is haunted by his imprisonment days. |
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Term
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Definition
I. Nine days
A. Plot
1. Darnay and Dr. Manette talk to each other before going to Darnay’s and Lucie’s wedding.
a) Dr. Manette is shocked after this meeting.
(1) He is found shoemaking, and is talking unintelligibly.
(a) Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross keep an eye on him for nine days.
2. When Darnay and Lucie go to their honeymoon, he feels misplaced and does not know where to go. |
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Term
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Dr. Manette
a) Reads a book on the 10th morning
b) Lorry asks why this might have happened and he answers that a strong memory from his past might have caused it, but knows that it will not happen again.
(1) Lorry suggests that he destroy that shoemaking contraption.
(a) Dr. Manette first refuses, but after thinking of that it is better for the sake of Lucie, he accepts it.
(i) He then goes off to meet Lucie and Darnay on their honeymoon while they destroy the machine.
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Term
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Definition
I. A Plea
A. Plot
1. Lucie and Darnay return home from their honeymoon.
a) Carton comes to visit them to ask them to “be permitted to come and go as a privileged person [in the household].”
b) Darnay first refuses, but after Lucie persuades him, he allows him.
(1) Carton possesses a good, though wounded, heart.
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Many years later
B. Plot
1. Lucie Darnay
a) She has a two children
(1) Little Lucie
(2) A Son
(a) He dies at a young age
b) Mr. Lorry comes and tells the Darnays that much money and property is being given to England.
2. Defarge leads a mob to Bastille where he tells a guard to take him to 105 North Tower.
a) There he excavates it and leaves.
3. Meanwhile, Madame Defarge cuts off the man’s head who had defended the fortress. |
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Term
Book 2
The Sea Still Rises |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. A Week Later
B. Plot
1. Foulon
a) Declared that the peasants should eat grass if they were hungry.
b) Hid to escape from fury of peasants.
c) Found hiding
d) Killed on his third hanging
(1) Mouth stuffed with grass |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. The man
a) Directed to the chateau of the murdered Marquis.
b) Later that night, the man sets the castle on fire.
2. The Peasants
a) Put “candles in every dull little pane of glass.”
(1) This burning is occurring all over France.
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Term
Book 2
Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
(loadstone=magnent) |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Four Years Later
B. Plot
1. Mr. Lorry
a) Tellson’s Bank tells him to go to the Paris Branch to protect their valuable ledgers, papers, and records from destruction.
(1) Lorry is then told to give a letter to a missing Marquis.
(a) Darnay tells him that he will give it to the Marquis, because he is a friend of his.
(i) He is actually the Marquis and reads the letter which tells him to save Gabelle from the peasants’ wrath.
(a) Gabelle is another Marquis.
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Term
Book 3
"The Track of a Storm"
In Secret |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Darnay
a) Reaches Paris, but is put into La Force, a prison
b) The revolutionaries let him go with Defarge
c) Asks Defarge for help, but refuses
d) Soon he is sentenced to a cell in prison
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Term
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Lorry
a) Visited by Manette and Lucie at Tellson’s Bank
(1) Tell him that Darnay is in prison at La Force
b) Sees a mob sharpening their tools on grindstones to kill prisoners
2. Manette
a) Rushes out to tell the mob that his son-in-law is in there |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Lorry
a) Leads Lucie, her daughter, and Miss Pross to a nearby lodging.
(1) He leaves Jerry Cruncher to guard them.
b) Defarge comes to him telling him he has a message from Manette.
(1) Defarge suggests Madame Defarge should get to know the three women if help is needed.
(2) Lorry takes him to Lucie
(a) He gives her the note, which is from Darnay and tells her to be brave.
(i) Lucie asks Madame Defarge to help Darnay, but she refuses.
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Term
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Definition
A. Setting
1. Four Days Later
B. Plot
1. Manette
a) Returns to tell he has persuaded the Tribunal, a a self-appointed body that tries and sentences the revolution’s prisoners, to spare Darnay’s life.
b) Obtained a job of as the inspecting physician of three prisons, one of which is La Force.
c) These jobs will help ensure Darnay’s safety.
(1) However, Darnay stays in prison for a year and three months after this conversation as the French Revolution goes on. |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Manette
a) Tells Lucie of a spot on the street through where Darnay can see her through prison.
(1) A wood-sawyer talks to her while she stands there every day for about two hours.
b) Tells Lucie that Darnay will stand trial the following day, and do well in it.
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Audience
a) Happy when Darnay is told to be Manette’s son-in-law.
b) Happy when it is told that Darnay withdrew from his position upon seeing the treatment of the peasants.
(1) This persuaded the jury to be cleared of all charges and carried him home on a chair.
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Term
Book 3
A Knock at the Door |
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Definition
A. Setting
1. The Next Afternoon
B. Plot
1. Four soldiers come back to re-arrest Darnay.
a) Orders from Defarge, Madame Defarge, and another person
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Solomon Pross, Miss Pross’ brother, is found at a wine shop.
a) He is accused of being the witness who accused Darnay of treason during his trial in England thirteen years earlier.
2. Carton comes in with Barsad and threatens him to reveal to everyone that he is an English spy unless he cooperates with him in his secret plan.
a) Barsad gives in and cooperates after much discussion and threatening.
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Term
Book 3
The Game Made
"I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die."
-Carton (repeats at death) |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Cruncher
a) Lorry scolds at him for grave-robbing, so he promises to dig back the grave if Lorry gives his son a job.
2. Carton
a) Tells Lorry and Cruncher that he has arranged a time to visit Darnay before his imminent execution after Barsad leaves.
b) Wanders all through the night waiting for the trial
(1) Buys a potion
(2) Helps a small girl cross the road
3. Manette
a) Accused of accusing for Darnay’s execution to be done at the trial.
(1) Denies this and reads a secret letter he found hidden in 105 North Tower of the Bastille. |
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Term
Book 3
The Substance of the Shadow |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Defarge
a) Claims that Manette wrote a secret letter in his imprisonment.
b) He reads it.
(1) It says that Darnay’s father and uncle, caused trouble to 3 peasants. Doctor Manette was told to care for the woman.
(a) Darnay’s uncle raped a woman, she then was dying from a fever
(b) Killed her father
(c) Stabbed her brother
(2) The woman died, however, and Darnay’s mother offered to help the sister, but she was missing.
(3) Manette was then imprisoned under the order of Darnay’s father.
c) Hearing this, the jury exclaimed to execute Darnay at once to repent for his family’s crimes. |
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Term
Book 3
Dusk
"A life you love"
-Carton to Lil' Lucie |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Darnay is sent to his cell, where he will be executed the next day.
a) Barsad, who escorts him to his cell, gives Lucie one last chance to embrace him one last time.
2. Carton tells Manette to try to influence the jury one last time, although Lorry feels that Darnay is a lost case now. |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton
a) Catches Defarge and his wife of plotting against the Darnay family to exterminate them.
b) Tells Lucie, her daughter, and Manette to flee from the city the next day.
c) He gives their papers that will allow them to escape the city to Lorry and his as well.
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton
a) Switches clothes with Darnay and drugs him. He gets inside of the cell while he gives Darnay to Barsad to take him to Tellson’s Bank.
b) Soon, Carton stands in line in replace of Darnay for the execution.
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Meanwhile, Madame Defarge comes to accuse Lucie of mourning a prisoner.
2. When she goes there Miss Pross is the only one there.
3. They fight and Madame Defarge dies from a gunshot.
4. Miss Pross reaches the cathedral as planned and leaves with Jerry Cruncher to go to Paris.
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Term
Book 3
The Footsteps Die Out Forever |
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Definition
A. Plot
1. Carton meets his death at the execution along with the 51 other people that were supposed to die that day as well.
2. Carton is content that he has died because he has done something great in his life.
a) “He sees Paris recovering from these horrors and becoming beautiful.
b) “He sees Lucie and Darnay with a child named after himself.
c) “He sees Manette happy and healthy and sees Lorry living a long and peaceful life.
d) “He sees a future in which he holds a special place in their hearts and in the hearts of generations hence.
e) “He sees his own name ‘made illustrious,’ and the blots that he threw upon his life fade away.”
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