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The French Revolution is the perfect setting to analyze the limits of justice and what happens when a ruling class continues to suppress the people. In doing so, Dickens explores important themes such as the destructive nature of revenge, revolution, the importance of sacrifice, and resurrection.
A Tale of Two Cities Characters | Have students keep track of the various characters in A Tale of Two Cities with a character map graphic organizer!
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CHARLES DARNAY
DR. ALEXANDRE MANETTE
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Handsome; 25 years old; dark hair and eyes; rosy cheeks
Humble and kind; rejected his family name because he is ashamed of their actions; honorable; desires to do right by everyone; compelled to return to France to help Gabelle
"To the eye it is fair enough, here; but seen in its integrity under the sky, and by the daylight, it is a crumbling tower of waste, mismanagement, extortion, debt, mortgage, oppression, hunger, nakedness, and suffering."