Tale of Two Cities 5

Madame Defarge "[stopped her] work for the first time, and [pointed] her knitting-needle at little lucie as if it were the finger of Fate...The shadow attendant on Madame Defarge...seemed to fall so threatening and dark on the child..." This foreshadows darkness falling on the child and danger coming after her life. But then "...her mother instincrively kneeled on the ground beside her, and held her to her breast. The shadow...seemed then to fall, threatening and dark, on both the mother and the child." Once again Lucie comes to the rescue to someone she loves greatly and, once again, is put into the darkness because of it. This foreshadows both mother and daughter being put into danger and it never once describes the golden ligh tof Lucie's hair so it makes me wonder if she'll be strong enough to save both their lives. But I'm still waiting to see where Sydney Carton comes in to die for the sake of their lives and change their fate.

In chapter 4 of book three, La Guillotine is described as "one hideous figure [that] grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world...It superseded the Cross. Models...were worn on breasts from which the Cross was discarded, and it was bowed down to and believed in where teh Coss was denied.It sheared off heads so many...like a toy puzzle for a yound devil." This shows that the poor citizens that are rebelling are so inspired by the evil of La Guillotine that they are forgetting their religion, sanity, respect for themselves, and are worshiping this insane and gruesome woman that loves anything with spilling blood. I see a brighter future for Mr. Cruncher though because "he had worn all his rust off long ago, but nothing would file his spiky head down...[and] in an access of loyalty, growlingly repeated the words after Miss Pross, like somebody from church." In the talk of all the demons and evil I think this foreshadows his safety. Also because of the beatings he would give his wife just for thinking she would pray against him, he repeated what Miss Pross said "like somebody from church". Maybe that foreshadows him being saved or more leanient to the idea of Christianity.