| Who is Jarvis Lorry? | Works at Tellsons bank |
| Who is Jerry Cruncher? | The messenger- pretends to be fishing when he is digging up bodies to sell for science- beats his wife sets a bad example for his wife; symbolism- rusty fingers |
| who is the guard? | he was in the carriage at the beginning of the book, his name is JOE |
| who is the driver? | drives the coach that was transporting Lorry to the hotel, his name TOM |
| who is miss manette? | Lucie manette daughter of dr. manette; french by birth lives in england he father is “dead” |
| who is defarge | owns a wine shop lives in saint antoine in paris |
| who is madame defarge | defarges wife; revolutionary woman |
| who were the jaques | military fighters Jacobins “blue hats” |
| What is the date of the story? | 1775 |
| What went down at dover-saint antoine | thats where the defarges live |
| what is tellsons? | the bank in which lorry is involved with |
| Which hotel did the meeting take place in? | grand george hotel <– or something like that; its in dover where met mamselle |
| what is the importance of “recalled to life”? | it was referring to the rescue of doctor manette from the debtors prison |
| what is the significance of “18 years”? | it was how long manette was kept in debtors prison |
| what the resurrection? | a symbol of doctor manette being “unburied” or rescued from prison |
| what did the messenger have for lorry? | “wait at the dover mail” |
| where was the hiding place for Dr. Manette | the defarges wine shop |
| what was the symbolism of wine? | blood >:O |
| what is the significance of the repetition of words throughout the story? | the words repeated often have a deeper more significant meaning and stand for something more than what is written; for example- “knitting” is really used to show the growing rage in the revolutionaries and the suppressed and under privileged in france |
| who was the shoemaker? | manette you idiot |
| who is charles darnay? | monseigneur’s nephew, lucie’s husband, is very disapproving of the french social system and doesnt wish to accept his uncles inheritance |
| who is john barsard | a british “spy” who is overly patriotic and pretends to be very virtuous but is really shady |
| who is roger cly? | another british spy; who develops elaborate schemes |
| who is stryver | ambitious lawyer who aspires to be a member of the upper-class but proves to be proud and foolish |
| who is sydney carton | a lazy alcoholic lawyer- bitter but wants lucie |
| who is mrs pross? | lucies mother figure care taker argues a lot calls lucie “lady bird” |
| who is solomon? | Mrs. Pross’s brother |
| who is monseigneur? | french aristocrat symbol of the french aristocracy, symbol of the broken social system “Great Lord” |
| Marquis of evremonde | darnays uncle |
| Gaspard | son killed by marquis, writes in blood |
| road mender | porter- jaques |
| young jerry | jerry crunchers son |
| lucies children | “little lucie” son died shortly after birth |
| floulon | “let them eat grass” |
| “the vengence” | the angry grociers wife, big burley woman |
| gabelle | keeps the evremonde estate after the death of the marquis |
| what does “rust on the fingers” mean? | jerrys fingers; rust from the shovel when he has been digging up bodies |
| treason | punishable by death- what darnay was charged with to betray ones country |
| what was darnays specific charge? | he was charged with giving information to the french about the english colony in north america |
| where did lucie meet darnay? | the ship coming from france to england |
| what does “not guilty” mean? | it was the final decision in darnays court case |
| who are the look alikes? | sydney and darnay |
| blue flies? | the people in the court room- nosey bored bitches |
| who are the lion and the jackal? | stryver and carton |
| D I G- | letters found in the prison |
| footsteps | leading to the revolution |
| life lead vs the life imagined | romanticism |
| natural destinity | we have no control over fate |
| who are lucies suitors? | charles carton and stryver |
| what is the registry ? | the knitting name |
| which character is added to the registry? | gabelle |
| what changed in manette? | he stopped making shoes and then he relapsed when lucie left for her honey moon |
| 105 north tower | defarges search |
| who goes to paris | darnay and lorry and cruncher |
| who is the missing marquis | gabelle |
| golden thread? | lucies hair |
A Tale of Two Cities-test prep
June 14, 2020