A TALE OF TWO CITIES

By the end of this unit, students will be able to: describe parallelism in Dickens’ style and identify examples of it in the novel; discuss the extent to which this novel meets the four criteria for an historical novel; explain the use of foreshadowing to heighten suspense and create interest; recognize the difference between third-person and first-person narration and indicate when the point of view changes; explain the effect of point of view and the impact of changing point of view in different parts of the narrative; trace the development of the major theme in this story—rebirth through sacrifice—as it applies to Dr. Manette, Sydney Carton, and Charles Darnay; examine the impact of serialization on the plot structure of the novel; discuss the novel as a commentary on late-eighteenth-century France and also as a commentary on mid-nineteenth-century England; discuss the author’s use of exaggeration and caricature as a form of character development; and support or refute the following thesis by citing examples from the story: "The reader sees that, as a force of nature, love is more powerful than hate." 111 pages. ©2005.