Categories: All - storm - revolution - foreshadowing

by Colleen Hall 5 years ago

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ATTC Period 3

The text explores the intricate dynamics of social upheaval and personal relationships during a period of revolutionary change. Various symbols and characters represent different facets of society, such as the aristocracy and the revolutionaries.

ATTC Period 3

Mobs

Hundreds of people

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

Doubles/Mirrors

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Evremonde

represents aristocracy

Echoing Footsteps

"The footsteps were incessant, and the hurry of them became more and more rapid" (98)
"Fast, fierce, and furious" (98)
footsteps represent the revolutionaries

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

Subtopic

DIG

CD tells a story about a prisoner's letters left in his prison cell
Foreshadowing: Dr. M's shook

Gaspard

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

The Chocolate Guy

represents Louis 16 (French King)

Solomon Pross

"[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

Storm

"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
"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

"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