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Tale of Two Cities Recaps. Book the Second: “ The Golden Thread ”. Chapter One: “ Five Years Later ”. It is now 1780, and we see Tellson ’ s Bank in London, located by Temple Bar, the spot where the government displayed the heads of executed criminals. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Tale of Two Cities Recaps

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Book the Second: “The Golden Thread”

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Chapter One: “Five Years Later”0 It is now 1780, and we see Tellson’s Bank in London, located

by Temple Bar, the spot where the government displayed the heads of executed criminals.

0 Jerry Cruncher wakes up in his small apartment, located in an unsavory London neighborhood.

0He begins the day by yelling at his wife for “praying against” him; then, he throws his muddy boot at her.

0Around nine o’clock, Cruncher and his young son await the bankers’ instructions.

0When an indoor messenger calls for a porter, Cruncher takes off to do the job, leaving a young Jerry sitting alone, and wondering why his father’s fingers always have rust on them.

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Chapter Two: “A Sight” 0The bank clerk instructs Cruncher to go to the Old Bailey

Courthouse and await orders from Jarvis Lorry.

0Cruncher arrives at the court, where Charles Darnay, a handsome, well-bred young man, stands trial for treason.

0Cruncher understands little of the legal jargon, but he gleans that Darnay has been charged with divulging secret information about the English plans for the American colonies.

0As Darnay looks to a young lady and her distinguished father, a whisper rushes through the courtroom, speculating on the identity of the two.

0 Eventually, Cruncher discovers that they will serve as witnesses against the prisoner.

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Chapter Three: A Disappointment

0The Attorney-General prosecutes the case, demanding that the jury find Darnay guilty of passing English secrets.

0The Solicitor-General examines John Barsad, whose testimony supports the Attorney-General’s case.

0The cross-examination, however, tarnishes Barsad’s pure and righteous character.

0It reveals that he has served time in debtor’s prison and has been involved in brawls over gambling.

0The prosecution calls its next witness, Roger Cly, whom the defense attorney, Mr. Stryver, also exposes as a dubious, untrustworthy witness.

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Chapter Three, continued0 Mr. Lorry then takes the stand, and the prosecution asks him if, five years

ago, he shared a Dover mail coach with the accused.

0 Lorry contends that his fellow passengers sat so bundled up that their identities remained hidden.

0 The prosecutors then ask similar questions of Lucie, the young woman Darnay had noticed earlier.

0 She admits to meeting the prisoner on the ship back to England.

0 When she recounts how he helped her to care for her sick father, however, she seems to help his case—yet she then inadvertently turns the court against Darnay by reporting his statement that George Washington’s fame might one day match that of George III.

0 Doctor Manette is also called to the stand, but he claims that he remembers nothing of the trip due to his illness.

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Chapter Three, continued0Mr. Stryver is in the middle of cross-examining

another witness “with no result” when his insolent young colleague, Sydney Carton, passes him a note.

0Stryver begins arguing the contents of the note, which draws the court’s attention to Carton’s own uncanny resemblance to the prisoner.

0The undeniable likeness foils the court’s ability to identify Darnay as a spy beyond reasonable doubt.

0 The jury retires to deliberate and eventually returns with an acquittal for Darnay.

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Chapter Four: Congratulatory0Doctor Manette, Lucie, Mr. Lorry, Mr. Stryver, and Darnay exit

the courtroom. 0Dr. Manette has established himself as an upright and

distinguished citizen, though the gloom of his terrible past descends on him from time to time.

0These clouds descend only rarely, however, and Lucie feels confident in her power as “the golden thread” that unites him to a past and present “beyond his misery.”

0Darnay kisses Lucie’s hand and then turns to Stryver to thank him for his work.

0Lucie, Manette, and Stryver depart, and a drunk Sydney Carton emerges from the shadows to join the men.

0Lorry chastises him for not being a serious man of business.

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Chapter Four, continued0Darnay and Carton make their way to a tavern, where

Carton smugly asks, “Is it worth being tried for one’s life, to be the object of [Lucie’s] sympathy and compassion . . . ?”

0When Darnay comments that Carton has been drinking, Carton gives his reason for indulging himself so: 0 “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth,

and no man on earth cares for me.”

0After Darnay leaves, Carton curses his own image in the mirror, as well as his look-alike, who reminds him of what he has “fallen away from.”

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Chapter Five: “The Jackal”•Sydney Carton, the “idlest and most unpromising of men,” makes his way from the tavern to Mr. Stryver’s apartment. •The men drink together and discuss the day’s court proceedings. •Stryver, nicknamed “the lion,” compliments his friend, “the jackal,” for the “rare point” that he made regarding Darnay’s identification. •However, he laments Carton’s moodiness. •Ever since their days in school together, Stryver observes, Carton has fluctuated between highs and lows, “now in spirits and now in despondency!”

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Chapter Five, continued0Carton shrugs off Stryver’s accusation that his life lacks a

unified direction. 0Unable to match Stryver’s vaulting ambition, Carton claims

that he has no other choice but to live his life “in rust and repose.”

0Attempting to change the subject, Stryver turns the conversation to Lucie, praising her beauty.

0Carton dismisses her as a “golden-haired doll,” but Stryver wonders about Carton’s true feelings for her.

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The Lion and the Jackal

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A Tale of Two Cities

Chapter Six“Hundreds of People”

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Chapter Six – Main Characters

0Lucie Manette0Dr. Manette0Sydney Carton0Mr. Stryver0Charles Darnay0Mr. Lorry0Miss Pross

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Chapter Six - Setting

0London

0Mr. Lorry is on his way to Soho

0The Manettes live in Soho.

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Chapter Six - Plot

0Mr. Lorry walked toward Soho to visit with his good friends , the Manettes.

0He knocks three times and receives no answers, but the door is unlocked.

0Mr. Lorry goes upstairs and notices many rooms, but Dr. Manette and Lucie are out.

0He finds Miss Pross sitting at a desk in one room – a room filled with birds, flowers, and art materials.

0The room also has Dr. Manette’s shoemaking kit.

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Plot continues0Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross argue about the shoemaking kit.0Mr. Lorry thinks that the kit should be destroyed and asks her to let

him take it with him.0Miss Pross feels the doctor needs the kit to “return him to himself”.0Mr. Lorry also comments about all the suitors who are visiting

Lucie.0Miss Pross will not let them in since no one is good enough for “her

ladybird”.0 In Miss Pross’ opinion, the only man worthy of Lucie is her own

brother, Solomon Pross, who made a certain mistake.0 Lorry knows, however, that Solomon is a scoundrel who robbed

Miss Pross of her possessions and left her in poverty.0The Manettes return; then, Charles Darnay arrives.0After dinner, Lucie, Dr. Manette, and Charles Darnay have a drink

outside by the plane tree.

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Plot continues0

. Darnay relates that a workman, making alterations to a cell in the Tower of London, came upon a carving in the wall: “D I G.”

0At first, the man mistook these for some prisoner’s initials, but he soon enough realized that they spelled the word “dig.”

0Upon digging, the man discovered the ashes of a scrap of paper on which the prisoner must have written a message.

0The story startles Manette, but he soon recovers.0Carton arrives and sits with the others near a window in

the drawing room. 0The footsteps on the street below make a terrific echo.0Lucie imagines that the footsteps belong to people that

will eventually enter into their lives. 0Carton comments that if Lucie’s speculation is true, then a

great crowd must be on its way.