A Tale Of Two Cities

Hana Weinstein 12/18/2002
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a gruesome tale of the French Revolution. There are multiple layers and topics to this intricate story. There is vengeance, resurrection, sacrifice, death, passion, and the value of life. One of the ways
that ial to explaining the themes, understanding the complex thoughts and characters is through the symbolism. Symbolism is when an author uses an act or an object to represent something larger then that entity. Dickens takes very simple objects, and gives them a meaning that makes the themes come to life.
One of the most reoccurring symbols is the wine. It resembles blood, and when a book is about war, it tends to be a crucial part of the story. The first place that it is seen is on page 24. It states “A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street. The accident had happened in getting it out of a cart: the cask had tumb...