Core Value: Communication
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Tribunal of 5 judges
At La Force, 23 names were called
for their trial, but only 20 responded
when their names were called
because 2 had already been sent to
the guillotine and one died waiting.
Before Darnay’s trial, “15 prisoners
were put the bar…All the fifteen
were condemned, and the trials of
the whole occupied an hour and a
half… that is plenty of time for justice
to be served- wait how many minutes
is that per trial?
Darnay examines the courtroom as his name is called. But
“Looking at the jury and the turbulent audience, he might have
thought that the usual order of things was reversed, and that
the felons were trying the honest men.”
What does Darnay mean by this?
Men and women were armed.
Some ate and drank
as well as knitted.
In particular, there
was one woman knitting
and a man neared her…
Defarge.
Doctor Manette sat near the president. Mr. Lorry
was also there as Charles’s charges were
explained:
President questions him and the debate whether Charles is
an emigrant (a person who leaves their own country to settle
permanently in another.)
Darnay explains that he is not an emigrant “in the
sense of spirit of the law… Because he had
voluntarily relinquished a title that was distasteful to
him, and had left his country– he submitted before
the word emigrant in the present acceptation by the
tribunal was in use– to live by his own industry in
England, rather than on the industry of the overladen
people of France.”
Why isn’t Darnay an ‘emigrant’?
Explains that he has two witnesses: Gabelle and Dr.
Manette, the mention of Dr. Manette’s name gets the
crowd whispering and some crying. The crowd is easily
swayed.
The president wants to know why he had returned
to France now instead of before:
Darnay explains that he had employment in
England as a French tutor, which he could not
find in France.
However, when he received Gabelle’s letter he
knew that he needed to return since Gabelle’s
life was in danger because of absence.
Dr. Manette has made sure Gabelle’s letter was
there.
Dr. Manette takes the stand…
He testifies that Charles Darnay was always
faithful to him and had no favor with
aristocratic government in England. In fact
he was tried for treason for supporting the
French government as a friend to the
United States (enemy to England).
After this, the jury called for a vote and
verbally voted in Charles’s favor and
President declared him free.
“No sooner was the acquittal
pronounced than tears were shed
as freely as blood at another time,
and such fraternal embraces were
bestowed upon the prisoner by as
many of both sexes as could rush
at him, that after his long and
unwholesome confinement, he was
in danger of fainting from
exhausting…
However, trials kept going and 5 more were
sentenced to death before Darnay left…
He searched the crowd for two
people that had been at his trial
but they weren’t there. Who
were those two people? Why
would Darnay be search for
them?
Crowd carried Darnay home in a chair (car of
triumph), but it felt surreal to Darnay and at times
he thought he was in a cart going to the guillotine.
Dr. Manette had gone ahead to warn Lucie.
Lucie and Darnay reunite and the crowd dances,
breaking into Carmagnole
They carry off a young girl as the Goddess of Liberty.
What is the significance of this?
Darnay carries Lucie
upstairs, and they
reunite, but he tells
her to thank her
father for his life.
Lucie goes and rests her head on
her father chest, grateful to him.
This scene mirrors another one in
the novel, but this time the father
is of use to the daughter. When
else did we see a scene like this?
CHAPTER 7: A KNOCK AT
THE DOOR
He is saved…
“I have saved him.” It was
not another of the
dreams in which he had
often come back; he
was really here. And yet
his wife trembled, and a
vague but heavy fear
was upon her.
“All the air was so thick and
dark, the people were so
passionately revengeful and
fitful, the innocent were so
constantly put to death on
vague suspicion and black
malice…”
Lucie still worries that she will lose
Charles. Why is she still
worried? Her husband is safe
and living at home.
Dr. Manette restored!
“No garret, no shoemaking,
no One Hundred and
Five, North Tower, now!
He had accomplished the
task he had set himself, his
promise was redeemed
he had saved Charles. Let
all lean upon him.”
Every door had to have the
names of the inhabitants
listed on it. So Charles
Evremonde was added, but
also Jerry Cruncher, who
spent more time with them
that Mr. Lorry.
Why would they have to have
their names on the door?
Alexander Manette
Charles Evremonde
Lucie Evremonde
Lucie Evremonde
Miss Pross
Jerry Cruncher
Every night Miss Pross and
Cruncher would go out to get
supplies for the home, but they
would buy as little as they could.
Why?
Miss Pross requests to ask Dr. Manette one question, but
before she does she goes on about how she’s had enough
that liberty: “the short and the long of it is, that I am a
subject of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the
Third.” Miss Pross curtsied at the name. “And as such, my
maxim is, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish
(deceitful) tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save the
King!”
Miss Pross has a question…
Miss Pross refers to the revolutionaries as being
“Midnight, Murder, and Mischief”
What literary device is that?
She then asks Dr. Manette her question, “Is there
any prospect,
yet, of our getting
out of this place.”
What is Dr. Manette’s
response? Why?
Miss Pross responds in typical English
fashion, “We must hold up our
heads and fight low,” adding “as
my brother Solomon used to say.”
She does adore her brother
Solomon. Where has he been all
of these years though…
Miss Pross and Cruncher leave the family
sitting around the fire with little Lucie by her
grandfather. He is telling her a story…
Once upon a time… “There was a
great and powerful fairy who
had opened a prison-wall and
let out a captive who had once
done the fairy a service.”
Hm… a prison wall- captive set
free. This story sounds familiar?
What does it remind us of?
Lucie was also listening to the
story and was at ease more
than she had been in a long
time…
“What is that?” Lucie cried suddenly.
Her father calms her and tells her she’s
being jumpy, but Lucie is pale and
remarks that she had “heard strange
feet upon the stairs.”
“My love, the staircase is as still as
death.”
Knowing what happens in the rest of the
chapter, what literary device is this an
example of?
Lucie begs her father not to answer
the door. She tells him that they
have come for Charles and they
must hide him, but Dr. Manette
assures her, “I have saved him.
What weakness is this, my dear! Let
me go to the door.”
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Four men in red caps enter and
tell Charles, “I saw you before the
Tribunal to-day. You are again
the prisoner of the Republic.”
Darnay wants to know why, but
the soldier responds that he will
be summoned tomorrow and know.
Dr. Manette steps in and asks to
know why, using his reputation in
hope to get some answer.
Questions to Consider:
So the Republic goes before everything…
Is this ironic considering why the Republic
was originally formed. What does the
Republic stand for?
Dr. Manette asks to know who denounced
Charles.
A soldier from St. Antoine responds, “Well!
Truly it is against rule. But he is
denounced—and gravely– by the Citizen
and Citizeness Defarge. And by one other.”
“What other?”
“Do you ask, Citizen Doctor?”
“Yes.”
“Then,” said he of St. Antoine, with a strange
look, “you will be answered tomorrow.
Now, I am dumb.”
Questions to Consider:
Why is “you” italicized?
Why does the St. Antoine soldier say, “Now, I am dumb” when Dr. Manette does
not know who the third person to denounce Charles was?
Why would Madame Defarge let Charles go free only to arrest him again?
In-Class Quiz Chapter 8
As you listen to the audio, answer the
questions on your quiz.
After the quiz, fill out Carton’s Deck of
Cards
Quiz Chapters 9-11
See Handout
Chapter 8:
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Summary: Chapter 8: A Hand at Cards
Meanwhile, Jerry Cruncher and Miss Pross discover Miss Pross’s long-lost brother, Solomon, in a
wine shop. Solomon scolds his sister for making a scene over their reunion. He cannot afford to
be identified because he is working as a spy for the Republic. Meanwhile, Cruncher recognizes
Solomon as the witness who accused Darnay of treason during his trial in England thirteen
years earlier. He struggles to remember the man’s name until Sydney Carton, who suddenly
appears behind them, provides it: Barsad. Carton states that he has been in Paris for a day
and has been lying low until he could be useful. He threatens to reveal Barsad’s true identity
to the revolutionaries unless the spy accompanies him to Tellson’s. Upon arriving at Tellson’s,
Carton informs Mr. Lorry and Jerry Cruncher that Darnay has been arrested again; he
overheard Barsad discussing the news in a bar. Carton has a plan to help Darnay, should he
be convicted, and he threatens to expose Barsad as an English spy should Barsad fail to
cooperate. Carton reveals that he has seen Barsad conversing with Roger Cly, a known English
spy. When Barsad counters that Cly is dead and presents the certificate of burial, Cruncher
disproves the story by asserting that Cly’s coffin contained only stones and dirt. Though
Cruncher is unwilling to explain how he knows these details, Carton takes him at his word and
again threatens to expose Barsad as an enemy of the Republic. Barsad finally gives in and
agrees to help Carton with his secret plan.
Summary: Chapter 9: The Game Made Lorry scolds Cruncher for leading a secret
life (grave-robbing) outside his job at Tellson’s. Cruncher hints that there may be
many doctors involved in grave-robbing who bank at Tellson’s. Cruncher then
makes amends, saying that if Lorry will let young Jerry Cruncher inherit his own
duties at the bank, he himself will become a gravedigger to make up for all the
graves that he has “un-dug.” After Barsad leaves, Carton tells Lorry and
Cruncher that he has arranged a time to visit Darnay before his imminent
execution. Carton reflects that a human being who has not secured the love of
another has wasted his life, and Lorry agrees. That night, as he wanders the
streets of Paris, Carton thinks of Lucie. He enters a chemist’s shop and buys a
mysterious substance. The words spoken by the priest at his father’s funeral echo
through his mind: “I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and
believeth in me, shall never die.” Carton helps a small girl across the muddy
street, and she gives him a kiss. The priest’s words echo again in his mind. He
wanders until sunrise, then makes his way to the courthouse for Darnay’s trial. The
judge names Darnay’s accusers: the Defarges and Doctor Manette. Manette
reacts with shock and denies having ever denounced Darnay. Defarge then takes
the stand and speaks of a letter that he found, hidden in 105 North Tower of the
Bastille.
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In Chapter 10, a letter that Dr. Manette wrote years ago in the Bastille reveals
some startling events. Take 5 minutes and outline the events of Dr. Manette’s letter.
When does he write the letter?
On what date does he begin telling the story within the letter?
Why did he go with the two men? Why didn’t he fight back?
They took him to their house. What did he find?
What does the peasant girl keep repeating?
“There was a timid and suppressed woman in attendance (wife of the man
downstairs).” Who is she?
Who did the two brothers want? What did they do to her husband?
What did the boy do with his young sister?
The boy says that who should answer for all of the things the Marquis has done?
How long did the girl last?
Would Dr. Manette’s accept pay?
Dr. Manette wrote a letter before his imprisonment, but he was interrupted by a
lady. Who was she? What did she want? Who was with her?
Who does Dr. Manette denounce at the end of his letter
The courtroom crowd
pours into the streets to
celebrate Darnay’s
condemnation.
John Barsad, charged with
ushering Darnay back to
his cell, lets Lucie embrace
her husband one last time.
Darnay insists that Doctor
Manette not blame himself
for the trial’s outcome.
Darnay is escorted back to his
cell to await his execution the
following morning.
Lucie finally faints and Carton
carries her to the carriage,
taking her back home.
Meet back at 9 o’clock
Carton tells Manette to try his
influence one last time with
the prosecutors and then meet
him at Tellson’s, though Lorry
feels certain that there is no
hope for Darnay, and Carton
echoes the sentiment.
So why would they tell him to
go, if they knew it was
helpless.
Chapter 12: Darkness
Answer the following questions:
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What is Sydney Carton’s object in going to the wine shop?
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Why does Carton pretend that he does not understand French very well
when he goes to the wine shop?
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Explain why Defarge and his wife have different opinions on what should
happen to Darnay’s family.
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What effect does his unsuccessful attempt to help Charles have on Doctor
Manette?
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What traveling arrangements have been made?
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What directions did Sydney Carton give to Mr. Lorry?
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Why do you think Carton “breathed a blessing… and a Farewell” as he
looked up at Lucie’s window?
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What do you think Sydney Carton plans to do?
Chapter 13: Fifty-Two
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Quiz Chapters 12-14
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What times was Dr. Manette supposed to be back at Tellson’s to meet with
Carton and Mr. Lorry?
Dr. Manette returns to the house late and has been unsuccessful in helping
Charles. What effect has it had on him?
What does Carton give Mr. Lorry?
Charles is writing letters at the beginning of the chapter 13. Who does he
write to (more than one person)?
What does Carton do to Darnay while he is writing?
Who does Carton meet on his way to the guillotine?
What does the chapter title “Fifty-two” mean?
Madame Defarge is unsure whether to add Dr. Manette to her knitting or
death list, but Jacques 3 sways her saying it would be what?
What are the two promises that Jerry makes to Miss Pross?
What happens to Miss Pross?
Chapter 6: What is going on here?
Chapter 8: What’s going here?
Mr. Lorry
Carton
Chapter 9: What is going on?
Chapter 9: What is going on here?
Lucie
Chapter 10: Who is this? What is
going on?
What is going
on here?
"Twice he put his hand to the wound in his breast, and with his
forefinger drew a cross in the air" (p. 152)
In the story-within-a story, Dr. Manette's epistolary (letter)
denunciation of the St. Evrémonde brothers, his patient
(Terese Defarge's brother, in fact), dying, damns the twin
aristocrats for crimes against him and his family in the year
1757.
Chapter 11: What is going on here?
Some people believe that entire groups or societies bear the
responsibility for the actions of individual members of that society.
Madame Defarge, in deciding to target all the members of the
Evrémonde family—even those who took no part in the cruelties of
the past—shows she believes in collective guilt. What do you think?
In your group, discuss the question of collective guilt. Examine
Madame Defarge’s reasoning for assigning guilt to Darnay, Lucie,
and even little Lucie, supporting your argument with examples from
the text. Then, discuss the question as it applies to societies in real
life. Examples you might consider are Germans during the Nazi era,
Americans during and after slavery and the displacement of Native
Americans, and Bosnians during the “ethnic cleansing” campaigns of
the 1990s.
Date
Assignment Due
Monday
Read Chapter 15
Book 2 Test Due Tomorrow
Review Books 1-3
Tuesday
Introduce Wiki Assignment
Wednesday
Final Project Work Day
Thursday
Final Test
Friday
Mob Psychology Essay Due
Friday 5/20
Bastille Day