Novel
Chapter 10
1- The road mender has an important role in this chapter. Discuss
He came with Defarge to tell the Jacques his story of what had happened to Gaspard since he
killed the Marquis and he represented the poor common people who didn’t know much about
life and were not interested in politics. The Jacques wanted those poor common people to
know their enemies as the king and the aristocrats and that those rich people were responsible
for the misery of those poor people to make the poor ready to kill them.
Chapter 11
1- Barsad was trying to trap the Defarges. Discuss
Barsad is a spy who was sent by the government to investigate about people in Saint Antoine.
He wanted to collect information about the Defarges and know how people in Saint Antoine
think of the government. Defarge had known that he was coming from one of the Jacques in
the police and Madam Defarge pinned a red rose to her hair to warn people against the spy in
order not to say anything in front of him.
2- How was John Barsad twice disappointed and once successful when speaking when
speaking to madam Defarge and her husband?
At first, The spy failed to get any information from Madam Defarge. When he told her that
people suffered hunger and poverty, she told him that she and her husband had the wine
shop and didn’t suffer poverty. The spy wanted to get her talk when he told her that
people were angry for Gaspard’s execution, she told him that Gaspard held a knife and
killed so he had to bear the [Link] Madame Defarge told Barsad that her husband
had come, he quickly called him Jacques, so naturally Defarge denied the name telling
Barsad that he was mistaken. Defarge told Barsad that his name is Ernest Defarge.
However When Barsad was talking to Madame Defarge and her husband, he swam over
some topics to cover his discomfort. He told about Manette and his daughter who is going
to be married to the new marquis in London who was called Charles Darnay. Defarge hands
trembled while he was lighting his pipe so the spy gained a point against him.
3- ‘if people use knives for such purposes, they have to pay for it. “ comment
Madam Defarge said these words to John Barsad. The spy wanted to get her talk when he
told her that people were angry for Gaspard’s execution, she told him that Gaspard held a
knife and killed so he had to bear the result.
4- ‘ the unfortunate people. So badly treated, as you say” comment
John Barsad said these words to Madame Defarge when he wanted to get her talk by
claiming that she said that people are badly treated. She was strict and firm when she
reminded him that he was the one who said these words not her.
Chapter 12
1- Lucie’s marriage had a great effect on her father. Discuss
Lucie's marriage had a negative effect upon her father. First after the Doctor's conversation
with Charles Darnay, [Link] observed that the doctor was very pale and silent as the private
conversation that Darnay had with him has brought back all the old terrors and fears of his
days of imprisonment to the Doctor. His mind was torn between the desire for his daughter's
happiness and the fear and hatred he feels towards his old enemies. Upon their departure,
[Link] observed a great change to have come over the doctor, and when he climbed the old
stairs alone to the Doctor's room he was stopped by a low sound of knocking. He went into
the Doctor's room, he saw the bench turned towards the light, and his head was bent down,
and he was busy. [Link] went back to his shoe making. He couldn't remember Miss Pross
or Mr. Lorry. His mind was far from the present. For nine days Dr. Manette had been a
shoemaker. Both Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross had done their best to help [Link] and bring
his mind back to him. On the tenth day, the doctor was completely recovered.
2- "All is lost. What shall I say to my darling Lucie?" Comment
Miss Pross said these words to Mr. Lorry when Dr. Manette had lost his mind after his
daughter's wedding. The doctor remembered nothing about his present. Miss Pross was
troubled and did not know what to do or what to say to Lucie, so they decided to keep what
happened to the doctor as a secret from Lucie.
