colonial New England; her father was politically prominent. Three of her siblings died in infancy‚ and another died at sixteen‚ leaving only four by the time Addams was age eight.[4]Her mother‚ Sarah Addams[3] (née Weber)‚ died in childbirth when Jane was two years old.[5] Addams spent her childhood playing outdoors‚ reading indoors‚ and attending Sunday school. When she was four‚ she contracted tuberculosis of the spine‚ Potts’s disease‚ which caused a curvature in her spine and lifelong health problems
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literature and city is always more complicated and intimate than we think. From Troy in the Homeric Hymns‚ to Paris depicted by in The Mysteries of Paris by Eugène Sue‚ to London in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities‚ all these cities used their own unique‚ vivid urban features and culture connotation to inspire the authors. Also‚ these cities are vitalized by these authors as they are memorized along with these immortal literature masterpieces. In modern and postmodern literature‚ city itself has
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These “cities” are symbols of the two spiritual powers‚ faith and unbelief. These two powers are inevitably intermingled on this earth and will remain so until the end of time‚ which according to Augustine is when the second coming of Christ transpires. Augustine was certain that all of humanity belongs to one of these contradictory cities. An individual lives according to man‚ or lives according to God‚ as Augustine wrote “one is predestined to reign eternally with God‚ and the other to suffer
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derived." Now‚ there are two City’s that Saint Augustine talks about‚ the City of God and earthly cities. The City of God has a guiding power that leads the city‚ God. A major quote that really showed me what the origin of the City of God is is "God has founded that City for eternity" (City of God‚ XI.1). This quote really showed me that the City of God was founded on the concept of eternity‚ or never ending‚ with God. The other city that Saint Augustine spoke about was earthly cities and a major quote
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Christ and Sydney Carton are two men motivated by love to lay down their lives for another and to die a underserved death. Their sacrifices were so great‚ people have been bestowed with their names. However‚ even with these similarities‚ they are different: Jesus lived a perfect life‚ Carton a drunken life. Jesus died for all humanity‚ Carton for his love of Lucie. Finally‚ Jesus is a real man‚ Sydney is a fictional character in the classic novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities. Love is the theme of both
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The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities: A Comparison The ninth commandment tells man not to give false witness.(Exodus 20:16) Nathaniel Hawthorn and Charles Dickens in their novels The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities‚ respectively‚ both use punishment for deception as a recurring theme. Although they do so to different degrees and in dissimilar manners‚ both authors agree that deception is a sin that requires punishment. In The Scarlet Letter‚ the heroine‚ Hester Prynne conceived
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Valjean‚ from “Les Miserables” and Sydney Carton‚ from “A Tale of Two Cities.” These two characters relate in many ways‚ such as‚ they are both strong characters who acquire qualities like devotion‚ love‚ sacrificial behaviors‚ kindness‚ are both revolutionists‚ both seek forgiveness and self discovery and are both overall good people trying to do themselves and others right. In “Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo‚ and “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens‚ Jean Valjean and Sydney Carton are characters
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A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material‚ with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is appropriately titled‚ as the novel is the story of England and Revolutionary France; as a result it can be categorized as historical fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is parallel to history in many different respects. The English setting‚ and atmosphere‚ is similarly
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A Tale of Two Cities - Cliff Notes Table of contents: 1) Chapter summaries (pp.2-32) 2) Characters (pp. 32-40) 3) Setting (pp. 40-41) 4) Dickens’ Style (use of detail‚ repetition‚ parallelism‚ theatrical elements‚ imagery‚ form and style) (pp. 41-43) CHAPTER SUMMARIES BOOK THE FIRST: A TALE OF TWO CITIES: CHAPTER 1 Here is Dickens’ voice‚ introducing the story he’s about to tell. No action or characters are presented
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Hannah Howard Ms. Freel English II 4/25/13 A Tale of Two Cities Throughout the book A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens portrays several themes using specific characters. An example of this is Sydney Carton and how he is used to represent redemption. Carton’s character demonstrates redemption through specific events that show how he is redeemed. Through the book Carton’s redemption is shown using Lucie’s child‚ Carton’s replacing Charles Darnay in jail‚ and finally dying in Darnay’s place
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