TASK NO 5

BOOK THE THIRD

A TALE OF TWO CITIES
CHAPTER 3, 4, 5

Chapter III: The Shadow (Pg. 375- 381)

1. How have the attitudes of Monsieur and Madame
Defarge changed toward Lucie Manette?
Ans) At the first encounter, Lucie met

Defarges to recover her father who was

under their sight. She was grateful to

Defarge for taking care of her father.

Defarge was the one who also took him

from the prison. This was a kind and

positive act from Defarge and so was the

response. In one of the previous chapters

of book 2, they get to know that Lucie is

marrying the nephew of Marquis, Charles

Evremonde. The Evremondes were since

long aristocrats who harmed anyone that

came in between them and their pleasure.

Since Madame Defarge was setting up

against the aristocrats, she got a wave of

anger when she heard about the wedding

plans. This added the Charles Darnay into

the registry of Madame Defarge. That

meant death and devastation of Charles

and his family. However, in the second

encounter, their relationship was not as

friendly. It had casted a shadow of fear

and an unknown Darkness upon Lucie, Little

 Lucie, and Mr. Lorry. Madame Defarge met

them in order to inspect their faces and

fates. Madame Defarge met the lifted

eyebrows and forehead with a cold

impassive stare. The shadow and sight of

Madame Defarge, Monsieur Defarge, and

Vengeance fell as threatening and dark as

a striking storm of a cold night. When she

said her plea for not harming her husband,

Madame Defarge replied that she had no

business with her husband.

2. Why does Lorry find the situation doubly distressing?
Ans) Lorry finds the situation around him

doubly stressing in Chapter three. This

could because of two main reasons. One

cause may be the imprisonment of Charles

Darnay and his return to France adding to

the problem of his freedom. The efforts

were going in vain while the revolution was

heavy. Whole Manette family was

suffering. He might be worried about how

to gain freedom for Charles and the family

out of their confinement and devastation.

In order to protect his job, life, profits,

and Tellson’s he had to find a shelter for

the family as well. The second major

reason could be the finely wild, dark,

unknown, and cold shadow of Madame

Defarge that had kept them in the shore

of uncomforted seas out of the dreadful

 woman. He might be stressing over that

the danger has doubled after the stare of

Defarges over the family and this may put

them into another problem.

3. Why does Madame Defarge say she visits Lucie, and

what is her true reason?
Ans) The told reason for Madame Defarge

visiting Lucie is that she might be able to

recognize the faces and it is for their

safety. Whereas, the true reason is that

she needs to see their faces and cast her

deadly dark shadow for revenge. She says

to Lucie that it is not her husband that is

her business, but it’s the daughter of her

father who is Madame’s business here.

Chapter IV: Calm in Storm (Pg. 382- 389)
1. Justify or attack Dickens' treatment of Dr. Manette's
character in this chapter.
Ans) Dr. Manette’s character, in this

chapter is to be justified. Dickens has

treated Dr. Manette better than before in

this chapter. He has switched the roles of

Lucie and Dr. Manette with vice versa

complications. Dr. Manette has been

calmer, stronger, and wiser this time, just

like Lucie was when she threaded the life

of Dr. Manette’s past miseries and

present miseries with her golden thread.

This time Charles Darnay has been

imprisoned and Lucy is suffering through a

 tough phase. This is where Doctor tries to

be smooth in his way to pave that way for

her daughter. He has become a well-known

physician who is in charged for three

prisons including La Force. He is respected

and favors his family by his status. He

brings messages from Charles to his family

and profits with a sight of safety of him.

This justifies that the track of storm is

much calmer, while Dr. Manette is the

cause of that calm and the justification

involves that Dr. Manette has finally

resurrected and recalled to life.

2. What is the slogan of this new republic?
 Ans) The ironical slogan for this new

republic is ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or

Death.’
3. Explain: "La Guillotine . . . was the sign of
regeneration of the human. It superseded the cross"
AND "The name of the functionary . . . very day".
Ans) Guillotines were the subject of faith,

while the cross was denied. The republic

has caught up so violent that life seems to

be dead. It’s the sharp female newly born,

La Guillotines that symbolize the

revolutionary republic. Humanity was razed

and mercy had no significance. It was the

sign of regeneration of human race, or say

a revolution to human race. It was the

national razor that showcased faith on the

 breasts s necklaces, as a replace of cross.

The chief functionary of was a strong man

of Old scripture who functioned the

Guillotines. He spilled blood in the terror

of sharp female newly born.

Chapter V: The Wood Sawyer (Pg. 390- 398)

1. What is ominous in the wood-sawyer's personifying
himself as "the Samson of the firewood guillotine"? /
What does the wood-sawyer personify? (Fate of
people being killed by the guillotine)
Ans) The wood Sawyer is basically a

bloodthirsty revolutionist who symbolizes

fate in the weary woods. He personifies

love for mass execution at the Guillotines

being the Samson of firewood the

 Guillotine. He represents the brutality and

cruelty of revolution as in himself. This is

way he also foreshadows Charles

Evremonde’s doom and the dark prison

where he will stay for a long period. The

Wood Sawyer also personifies the Guillotine

itself. He represents how the firewood

formwork, where he is also a wood Sawyer

will eliminate heads from Earth. He has

watched everyone including children

beheading from Guillotines. It is how he

represents himself and personifies himself

as an emotionless Samson of the firewood

Guillotine.
2. What is the Carmagnole and how does Lucie react to
it?
 Ans) Carmagnole is a revolution special

dance and song that terrifies Lucie being

something more violent than graceful.

There ferocious dance was like a gnashing

of teeth in unison. The scene was horrible

for Lucie were revolutionaries were dancing

like demons. It is described as ‘angering

the blood, bewildering the senses, and

steeling the heart.’ It was kind of a street

dance as well.
3. Who is in secret conference with Mr. Lorry?
Ans) Retuning after four days, Dr. Manette

is in secret conference with Mr. Lorry he

shared what horrible he had seen in those

four days of work. The prisoners had a mad

joy when they were saved that has

astounded him scarcely less than the mad

ferocity against those who were cut to

pieces. The butchery he had seen was

monstrously dreadful.