Charles Darnay

    Charles Darnay from A Tale of Two Cities is intelligent, honest, and careful. These characteristics can be represented by his brain, eyes, and mouth. His personality can also be shown by the shoes on his feet and the book in his hand. He shows he is intelligent throughout the reading so far. "... And Mr. Charles Darnay was established in England as a higher teacher of the French language who was conversant with French literature" (Dickens 99). This quote is pointing to Darnay's head because his brain is why he is smart. Being a teacher requires lots of skill and intelligence so it is easy to assume Charles Darnay is very smart. Charles Darnay carrying the book also displays his intelligence. The quote mentions how he is familiar with literature. Being able to read shows a lot of intelligence in itself. Charles Darnay was also a very honest man. I displayed a quote from his mouth because honesty usually comes from talking. "I wish to tell you what that is, and why I am in England" (Dickens 104). Darnay just wants to be honest with the man that could be his father in law someday. He shows his honesty by trying to tell Dr. Manette his true name even though Dr. Manette doesn't want to hear it. I drew shoes on Darnay to represent his past of trying to escape his family name. They are an important object in his past. They symbolize him running away from his family because, shoes are needed to run. Darnay's last trait is his carefulness. In general he is careful but specifically he is very observant. Charles Darnay seems to always be noticing things. "He was quiet and attentive; watched the opening proceeding with a grave interest; and stood with his hands resting on the slab of wood before him, so composedly" (Dickens 47). This quote about Darnay shows how he is careful to notice details in the court room. He also seems to be very careful with his wording while he is talking. He shows this especially while he was talking to Dr. Manette in the previous quote. The character of Charles Darnay is careful, honest, and intelligent throughout A Tale of Two Cities.

Light Vs. Darkness

     A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens displays a change in tone by using light and darkness. The tone of chapter 6 starts off pessimistic and as it goes on there are more signs of hope. Dr. Manette is most pessimistic at the beginning of chapter 6. He is in the dark and has no light from anyone or anything. "I want to let a little more light in here" (Dickens 30). Defarge says this to Doctor Manette right before he let Lucie in. Lucie symbolizes the light that was shining into Dr. Manette's dark room. Lucie was the first step to changing the tone of chapter 6. Lucie started to inflict her light onto her father little by little. Dr. Manette had figured out Lucie was his daughter by her golden hair. "His cold white head mingled with her radiant hair, which warmed and lightened it as though it were the light of Freedom shining on him" (Dickens 34). The quote shows how it's almost as if Lucie is transitioning her light to her father. An important part of the quote is the end when Dickens writes that she is the light of Freedom. If Lucie hadn't freed her father he would still be sitting in his dark cell. Even though Lucie helped her father a lot he is still not completely heeled. "The darkness deepened and deepened, as they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall" (Dickens 36). The quote tells how Dr. Manette is still in darkness but everything is slowly getting brighter. Chapter 6 of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens starts pessimistic and ends hopeful because of light overcoming darkness.

Wine Shop

     Chapter five of A Tale of Two Cities seems to foreshadow something that may happen later in the book. Dickens describes a scene in Paris including lots of wine and some peasants. I think it is foreshadowing that the peasants will rebel against the government.  The incident started with one cask of wine. "A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street" (Dickens 20). The wine cask represents the government trying to restrain the peasants. The peasants were being mistreated by the government and no one was trying to get them out of poverty. The cask is the government breaking and the wine that flows out is the peasants trying to rebel. "The rough,  irregular stones of the street, pointing every way, and designed, one might have thought, expressly to lame all living creatures that approached them, had dammed it into little pools: these were surrounded, each by its own jostling group or crowd, according to its size" (Dickens 20-21). In this quote the sidewalk is the government and the wine is the peasants. The government is trying to keep the peasants under control similar to the twists and turns in the sidewalk. The wine just keeps going around the twists and can't be controlled like the peasants. "The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris, where it was spilled" (Dickens 21). The quote represents how even if the government gets control over the peasants they will always remember  the event like how the street will always be stained. The chapter definitely foreshadows something big to come in the future.