A Tale of Two Cities Revision Ahmed
A Tale of Two Cities Revision Ahmed
A Tale of Two Cities Revision Ahmed
Dickens started the novel with so many contradictions to give us a view of the
extreme differences between the classes at that time. The nobles were living
in comfort and luxury and the common people were living in poverty and
misery . The king of England was too busy with his wars to worry about his
own people’s poverty. The king of France and the nobles were concerned with
their own pleasure and wealth. Both kings were too busy to worry about the
poor hungry lower classes that began to make plans to get rid of their rulers
.Speak about the terrible conditions in France in the setting scene
People were living in terrible poverty and misery. And the nobles were ·
.spending money carelessly and enjoying their lives
Crime spread everywhere. People received cruel punishment even for small ·
to have his hands cut off, his يحكم عليهcrimes. *A youth could be sentenced
.and his body burned alive كماشهtongue torn out with pincers
.As a result, there were secret plans and steps taken for a revolution ·
To revenge, trees were growing in the woods of France to be cut down to ·
المقصلةmake boards used in making, silently, a terrible machine (the guillotine
.(
عرباتThe poor suffering people of France prepared the rough carts (tumbrels ·
.that would carry those who would be punished at the guillotine later on (الموتى
.Speak about the state of disorder found in England in the setting scene
.In England there was no order or protection ·
took place in houses مسلحيينby armed men عمليات سطو جريئةDaring robberies ·
. الطرق السريعةand on highways
.Highwaymen used to disguise and attack mails, robbing and killing ·
.There was boiling anger. Prisoners quarreled with their jailers ·
Thieves stole – boldly – diamond jewels from round the necks of people at ·
.court
Commentry parts
” .Wait at Dover for Mam'selle“.1
This is the message that Jerry brought to Mr. Lorry from Tellson's bank. The
message was asking him to wait for Lucie Manette at Dover. The message was
.written in a code in order not to be discovered by others
”.Recalled to life“ .2
Mr. Lorry said these words to Jerry to give to people at Tellson's bank in reply
to their request to wait at Dover for Lucie Manette. The message was also told
in a code in order not to be recognized. The message refer to Dr. Manette
. …………………………who
”.I was happy. I will be more than happy to carry out the request“.3
Mr. Lorry said these words to Lucie when they met her at Dover. Mr. Lorry was
asked to wait for her. He, here, is expressing his happiness for her trusting
this business: take her to her father who was بـ يقومhim. He hopes to carry out
thought to be dead. Her father was found alive. And they would go to Paris to
.identify him and recall him back to life
I am a man of business. I have business to do When you hear what I have to“.4
”.say, only think of me as a speaking machine. In truth I am not much else
Mr. Lorry said these words to Lucie when she stopped him, asking if they didn’t
meet before. Mr. Lorry in a business-like manner asked her not to stop him
once more. In fact Mr. Lorry used to repeat the word “business”. He loved his
bank too much. He felt that he was responsible for it. So he had to tell her the
.story and take her to see her father
But he has been-been found. He is alive. Greatly changed, it is too“.5
.”probable; almost a wreck
Mr. Lorry tried to encourage Lucie with these words. Lucie felt too sad after
hearing that her father who was thought to be dead, was in Prison for eighteen
his loss of memory تسببت فىyears. Of course his long imprisonment caused
...……………………………………and left him a man without life
We are going there: I, to identify him if I can, and you, to restore him to life,“.6
”.love, duty, rest and comfort
Mr. Lorry said these words to Lucie when he was telling her the surprising
. ..…………news about her father. He father was
”.I'm going to see his ghost! It will be his ghost, not him“.7
Lucie said these words to Mr. Lorry when he told her the surprisingews about
her father. Her father was…………………………………………………..………… .
.Lucie was afraid to see that man who must have been a wreck
What an idea! If it was ever intended that I should go across salt water, do“ .8
”.you think God would have put me on an island
Miss Pross said these words to Mr. Lorry when he asked if she accepted to
accompany Lucie to France. Miss Pross loves Lucie so much that she was
.ready to go anywhere for her sake
Chapter 3 The wine shop
Speak about Saint Antoine as a part of Paris and about the people who lived .1
.of the people بؤسthere, giving an example of the misery
?How do you know that the people of St. Antoine were poor =
St. Antoine was a poor street in Paris. Its people were hungry and miserable.
When the barrel of wine was broken, they left their work and fought like beasts
to drink the muddy wine that ran along the street. They had never وحوش
tasted wine before because of their poverty. They knew nothing but black
.bread and death
How did Defarge make use of the Doctor’s presence after he had been set .1
?free
Defarge, Dr Manette’s old servant-kept him in a locked room. He used to allow
the Jacques (a revolutionary group) to watch Dr. Manette- an ex-Bastille
prisoner. He wanted to fill them with great hatred for the nobles and to urge
them to revolt against their injust ruler. This shows the seeds of revolution يحث
.in Defarge’s heart
?On what occasion did Defarge accuse Gaspard of rashness .2
Defarge accused Gaspard of being rash when Gaspard wrote the word BLOOD
on the wall with the muddy wine in the street. He meant that a revolution
would break out and make blood flow as the red wine did in the street.
Defarge [as a leader of a revolutionary group working in secret (Jacques)]
.didn’t like anyone to feel their anger against the aristocrats
?What foreshadows the revolution in this chapter .1
Dickens, here, prepares us for the revolution and its happenings. Explain=
.The word blood Which Gaspard wrote on the wall ·
.The wine shop – the meeting place of the revolutionists ·
.The knitting work of Madam Defarge ·
."The revolutionary group called "Jacques ·
Are you a subject for the mad hospital? Why are you writing in the public“ .1
”?streets
Defarge said these words to Gaspard, the man who wrote the word blood on
the wall. He blamed him for doing so in front of people. Defarge was the leader
of the "Jacques" a group working for the coming revolution. The word blood
here refers to the blood path of the nobles after the breaking out of the
.revolution
It is not often that these miserable beasts know the taste of wine or“ .2
”.anything but black bread and death
So Much the worse! A bitter taste it is that such poor cattle always have in“=
” .their mouths, and hard lives they live
One of the Jacques said these words to Defarge and the other two men
drinking at the bar. They were all speaking about the poor people who ran to
drink the muddy wine. The people in Saint Antoine led a terrible life. They were
their rights. That’s why they began to plan يحرم منneglected and deprived of
.to get rid of the nobles
.”I show him to a chosen few, to whom the sight is likely to do good“ .3
Defarge said these words to Mr. Lorry when he asked him about the three
people who were looking at Dr. Manette. Defarge used to show them Dr.
Manette to increase their hatred for the aristocrats. The men, he was going to
show them the doctor, were members in groups working for the revolution. To
encourage them to get rid of the nobles he used to show them the victim of
.the Bastille
Chapter 4 five years later
? إدانةdenunciation/ تهمةWhat was Charles Darney's accusation .1
?against Darney دليل ضد/ الشهادةWhat was the evidence=
in London? Who were the witnesses brought تم محاكمتهWhy was Darnay tried=
?him? And how was he saved يشهد ضدto testify against
Darnay was put to trial in London because *he was accused of being a spy and
.of helping the French king in his wars against the king of England
He was accused of travelling between England and France and informing the*
French of what armies the king of England was preparing to send to Canada
.and North America
Six witnesses were brought to testify against him; John Barsad, Robbert Cly,*
.Lucie Manette, Dr. Manette, Mr. Lorry and another one
Stryver showed Barsad as a spy and traitor and Cly as a thief. So their*
witness was valueless. *Sydney Carton (Stryver’s assistant) helped Darnay a
great deal by drawing the attention of Stryver to the great physical similarity
the witness of the man أبطلbetween Carton and Darnay. This disproved تشابه
who said that he saw Darnay waiting for someone in a hotel in a town where
.he was spying on the English army
Stryver said that Darnay was an innocent victim whose secret family affairs
.caused him to travel between the two countries
The corner echoed and re-echoed with the tread of feet, some as it seemed in
".the room, some coming, some going and not one within sight
?”What did Charles Dickens mean by “echoing footsteps*
Early in the novel, the “echoing footsteps” is introduced at the corner of Soho
to link the quiet, happy life there with the mad dangerous footsteps in Paris.
This is Dickens’s habit of preparing the reader for what is to follow. These
footsteps will not surround only the Manettes but also all the persons present
at the tea time (Darnay – Carton – Miss Pross – Mr. Lorry). All these persons will
be dropping to Paris one by one for different aims starting with Mr. Lorry and
.ending with Carton
.Speak about Write short notes about Miss Pross(2
She was an English woman who had been caring for Lucie since she was a
child. She treated Lucie like a daughter, and was willing to give her life for
Lucie. She was an unselfish woman who was ready to make herself a slave
to her. She was from those women who were happy to be servants for عبده
beauty which they had never had, and to bright hopes that they had never
shone upon their dark lives Mr. Lorry respected her much more than any other
.rich woman
Quotations with model answers on chapter 5
I don't want dozens of people who are not at all worthy of ladybird to come"(1
".here looking for her
Miss Pross said these words to Mr. Lorry when she was telling him about her
worries about Lucie. Miss Pross was complaining about
. ……………………………………………
.”To the best of my understanding he is afraid of the whole subject"(2
These words were said by Miss Pross to Mr. Lorry when the latter asked her if
she had ever heard the doctor mention anything about his prison days to Luice
Manette. She answered him saying that the doctor was afraid to talk about the
.whole subject or he would lose his mind once again
I have imagined them to be the footsteps of the people who are to come"(3
"into my life, and my father's
Lucie said these words to Darney when he asked her about the echoing
footsteps. These footsteps refer to the footsteps of the angry people after the
breaking out of the revolution. These footsteps would interfere in the
.………Manettes' lives
”.Be a brave man. It is better for the poor little thing to die so, than to live“ (1
Defarge said these words to Gaspard who was crying hard because the
Marquis's carriage ran over him. Defarge was trying to comfort him and
prevent him from attacking the Marquis. Gaspard got mad on seeing his child
run over under the wheels of the Marquis’s carriage. Because he was one of
the suffering people, Defarge saw it was better for the child to die than to live
.and lead a miserable life like them
”.We have done wrong, and we are reaping the fruits of our wrongs“(2
Darnay said these words to his uncle when he was telling him about his
who ضد الرستقراطintention to live in England. Charles was an anti-aristocrat
and his لقب اجتماعىsocial title , ميراثhis Evermonde heritage رفضrejected
country. For him, his family’s wealth was based on the misery of the poor
people. That’s why they were hated by all. He wanted to repay the poor people
.for the wrongs his family did to them