TALE OF TWO CITIES

BOOK ONE VOCAB WORDS

• Cadaverous
• Inscription
• Admonitory

CADAVEROUS

• Is used to describe corpse being pale, thin, and bony.
• "...cadaverous colour, emiciated hands and figures,"(13).
• This word helps describe the dark and scarry mood of the human that is approaching.

INSCRIPTION

• Words are engraved in a monument or a book.
• Hunger was the inscription on the baker's shelfs..."(29).
• The word in this sentance helps to explain the probldm of hunger for the poor.

ADMONITORY

• Conveying a warning or reprimand.
• "With an admonitory gesture to keep them back..."(36).
• This word tells the reader that the speaker is warning the people to stay back.

BOOK TWO VOCAB WORDS

• Misspent
• Incumbent
• Inanimate

MISSPENT

• Spend ones time or money foolishly or wastefully.
• "Where you meditated on a misspent life..."(51).
• The word helps describe how Sydney Carton lived a wasteful life.

INCUMBENT

• A duty or responsibility for someone.
• "It clearly being incumbent on someone to say"(78).
• This word helps show the that it is someone's duty to say something.

INANIMATE

• Is not alive, relating to a human or animal.
• "On inanimate nature,"(109).
• Inanimate helps describe the the gloomy and lifeless town that that the poor live in.

BOOK THREE VOCAB WORDS

• Wretchedly
• Requisition
• Lamenting

WRETCHEDLY

• Refers to an extreme affiliation or distress.
• "The escort were so wretchedly clothed..."(241).
• This helps describe how the men were in extreme distress becuase of the way they were dressed.

REQUISITION

• An order to use property or materials.
• He and his books were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated..."(172).
• This shows how the materials that he uses regularly were being taken away.

LAMENTING

• Describing the cause of death.
• "Some were lamenting, and in restless motion..."(343).
• This helps describe the horiffic deaths that 52 people had to go through.

CHARACTERS THAT PROPEL THE ACTION

• Madame Defarge
• Marquis Evrémonde

Madame Defarge
Madame Defarge is fueled by the aristocracy and the ways by which they rule. She shows her true sense for blood when she begins to knit everyone that she wants dead. She was
also shows her savage when she cuts off the guards head at the storming of the Bastille.

Marquis Evrémonde
Marquis Evrémonde is a rich aristocrat that is very snobby. One day is going through a poor town in his carriage and runs over a boy. To make up for the death of the boy he throws a penny. This characters attitude and arrogance make the pheasants want to revolt against the government even more.

CHARACTERS THAT CHANGE THROUGH OUT THE BOOK

• Sydney Carton
• Doctor Manette
• Charles Darney

Sydney Carton
Sydney Carton is a drunk, lazy man and cares for know one. Soon he finds love for Lucie Manette and everything changes. He soon becomes a prosperous man who is willing to do anything to keep Lucie happy. One example is when Charles Darney is on the brink of being executed, Sydney takes the place of Charles to ensure that Lucie is happy. This act shows the new man that Sydney has became.

Doctor Manette
Doctor Manette is a crazy old man that cobbles shoes all through the day. He was arrested and kept in the Bastille for 18 years. He soon overcomes his past about being in the prison and dedicates his love and time to Lucie's happiness.

Charles Darney
Charles Darney is a dark and unwanted past. He was the nephew of Marquis Evrémonde, the rich aristocrat that the poor didn't like. He has never been open about telling anyone until he meets Lucie's father. He tells Doctor Manette that he is the Marquis Evrémonde's nephew. This shows that he is finally open about his past and that he is a honest man.

Theme
Sacrifice is necessary in order to achieve happiness and success. One character from the book that shows this is Madame Defarge. She has to sacrifice a number of people's life's to get what she wants, a New France. Another character that relates to this theme is Sydney Carton. Sydney tells Lucie Manette that he will do anything for her happiness. Charles Darney, Lucie's husband, is going to be executed, but Sydney takes his place. This is a sacrifice that needed to be made to make Lucie happy.

THE END!!