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"The great crowd of peole with its rush and roar; bearing down upon them" (99)

mob of people threatening; pathetic fallacy -- the people, like the storm, are wild and angry

"The raindrops are still falling, large, heavy, and few" (97)

storm is scattered, building; they know the storm is coming because -- like a mob -- it's building

represents the inevitability of revolution

"They spoke low... as people watching and waiting for Lightening, always do" (97).

lightening is fast and leaves a mark; dangerous -- represents the mob of revolutionaries

"[Miss Pross's] brother was a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of everything she had possessed" (92)

Ironic! Miss P believes that Solomon is the only man worthy of Lucie

represents Louis 16 (French King)

Tall Man who writes BLOOD on the wall next to wine shop; represents the revolutionaries

CD tells a story about a prisoner's letters left in his prison cell

Foreshadowing: Dr. M's shook

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"Fast, fierce, and furious" (98)

footsteps represent the revolutionaries

The revolutionaries, like the footsteps, are gaining momentum and becoming more rapid, more angry

"The footsteps were incessant, and the hurry of them became more and more rapid" (98)

represents aristocracy

The "mob" that Miss P thinks are in love with Lucie