A Tale Of Two Cities (theme Of
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are closely tied into resurrection.
The phrase "recalled to life" sounds the first note in the theme of
resurrection with Dr. Manette's release from the Bastille after 18
years of solitary confinement, and sets Dickens' plot in motion. The
secret papers left in Manette's cell lead direct ....
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when Dr. Manette grows confidence in himself and becomes the leader of
the group. Dr. Manette triumphs over his past life and has a sort of
rebirth.
The best example of resurrection in the entire book, is also partly
ironic in that Sydney Carton must die for this resurrection to take
place, when he is executed on the guillotine in Paris. However, his
death is not in the book as Dicken's idea of poetic justice, as in the
case of the villains, but rather as a divine reward. Th ....
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