TOTC Quotes and Themes

"For the first time in many years, he had no strong drink. Since last night he had taken nothing but a little light thin wine, and last night he had dropped the brandy slowly on Mr. Lorry's hearth like a man who had done with it."

• Duty v. Desire

• Resurrection v. Renewal

• Corruption of the Ruling Class

• Justice v. Revenge

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What literary device is this? "I would do all I can to make what poor amends I can. He will never prosper in his inheritance otherwise."

• Duality

• Foreshadowing

• Parallelism

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"The Vengeance assisted in the conversation, like a regular member of the establishment."

• Justice v. Revenge

• Resurrection & Renewal

• Honor v. Dishonor

• Duty v. Desire

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"It is true what madame says," observed Jacques Three. "Why stop? There is great force in that. Why stop?"

• Duty v. Desire

• Justice v. Revenge

• Corruption of the Ruling Class

• Honor v. Dishonor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

"'Defarge, I was brought up among the fishermen of the seashore, and that peasant family so injured by the two Evremonde brother, as that Bastille paper describes, is my family."

• Corruption of the Ruling Class

• Resurrection v. Renewal

• Honor v. Dishonor

• Justice v. Revenge

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Mr. Lorry waited until ten; but, Doctor Manette not returning, and he being unwilling to leave Lucie any longer, it was arranged that he should go back to her, and come to the banking-house again at midnight."

• Resurrection v. Renewal

• Duty v. Desire

• Corruption of the Ruling Class

• Honor v. Dishonor

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What literary device is this? "Before he went away, he breathed a blessing towards it, and a farewell."

• Parallelism

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the meaning behind the title Fifty-Two?

• 52 days until Darnay is freed

• 52 bottles of alcohol consumed by Carton

• 52 people killed at La Force the day of Darnay's death

• 52 shoes made by Dr. Manette

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How is it that up until this point Darnay and Sydney Carton act as foils of each other? (2 sentence response)

Which theme seems most prevalent at this point in the book? (2 sentence response)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2