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    “Carry out a random act of kindness‚ with no expectation of reward‚ safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” (Princess Diana) Princess Diana who was the princess of England in the 1990s states that we should do good for others without expecting anything out of it. Random acts of kindness are the best ways to show others that we care. In doing something kind someone might recognize what has been done and could return the favor. In The Chosen by Chaim Potok one of the

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    Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens asserts his belief in the possibility of resurrection and transformations both on a personal level and a society level.”( Xiaohua and Liu Dingyuan‚ Vol. 3‚ p.1).The most significant character that represents resurrection is Sydney Carton‚ he appears at the first as a lazy‚ alcoholic lawyer who cannot even care about the smallest amount of interest in his own life. Carton was the lawyer of Charles Darnay‚lucie`s husband. Carton was angry of Darnay because when he

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    A tale of two cities is a book about the French Revolution and the characters who get caught up in it. It takes place over about 17 years. From 1775-1772 with flashbacks that go back further than that. It shows all the injustices leading up to the ultimate revolution. It is also in various ways a Christian allegory about sacrifice and redemption. The book begins in 1775 where a man named Jarvis lorry is on his way to Dover England. He works for a bank and is leaving for France. A man named Jerry

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    The leadership of Charles I was an important factor in the defeat of the royalist cause. Charles was indecisive by nature‚ and the decisions he did make were often poor. For example‚ his poor choice of leaders‚ for example Rupert‚ lead to many military failures‚ seen in battles such as Edgehill and Marston Moor. After Edgehill‚ Charles made the crucial error of retreating back to Oxford rather than pushing forward to London. He also divided royalist councils by choosing leaders who quarrelled‚ such

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    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a novel set during the time of the French Revolution in England and France. The French Revolution was a time of great danger and constant change. Dickens’ novel expresses the theme of fate through metaphors in many different ways. These metaphors connect the fates of Dickens’ characters that intertwine in some way‚ whether they are aware of how they connect to each other or not. The novel illustrates that fate is predetermined as shown through the metaphor

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    my claim. My three claims are: 1. I think Madame Dafarge is more evil and cruel than most of the rich and powerful people at that time in France and England‚ 2. I believe that Charles Darnay does not make a good husband to Lucie‚ 3. I strongly believe that Carton should have not sacrificed and killed himself to save Darnay. My first claim is that I think Madame Dafarge is more evil and cruel than most of the rich and powerful people at that time in France and England. She says “It was nothing

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    In Charles Dickens’s‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ the structure of three different books is used to clearly depict the moral and to better understand the magnitude and complexities of the story being told. With the first book the reader is put into a politically tense time‚ a period of turmoil and inequality in France‚ when the people are on the brim of revolution‚ in order to set the context of the story and develop the conflict. War then breaks out in France and Dickens portrays how it can affect life

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    Madame Defarge's Secrets

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    A Tale of Two Cities‚ a novel by Charles Dickens‚ is written about an era where danger surrounded every conversation and the only way to remain safe was to keep secrets. The characters throughout this novel often hold secrets within them‚ but when they are discovered‚ they greatly affect the novel as a whole. When Madame Defarge‚ Sydney Carton‚ and Dr Manette each share their profound secret‚ the information that they share changes the lives of those who learn the secrets. Madame Defarge has a big

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    them inside so Lucie can talk to her father who just made shoes the entire time when he was there. He remembers her even after spending many years in prison. Five years go by and it is 1780. Charles Darnay is in trial for a treason and is discharged when attorney Sydney Carton helps him and Stryver out of it. Darnay goes to France to visit his uncle‚ Marquis Evremonde‚ and criticises

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    most others together in her crazy quest for justice. In Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities‚ Madame Defarge responds to an injustice in a negative way after the harming of her family and goes about the wrong way of trying to get revenge‚ which in turn contributes to the overall plot of the story as a whole. Madame Defarge’s search for justice for her family is gone about in the wrong way. She believes that in order to get back at Darnay‚ she must inflict the same pain she felt upon him.“Madame

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