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Chapter 4 - Chapter 9 Outline Questions

Chapter 4

  • Dr. Manette doesn't tell Lucie that ~1,100 people were killed in La Force, he tells Mr. Lorry
  • Dr. Manette is reassured that Darney wouldn't be executed
  • Dr. Manette helps another prisoner, but is then stabbed
  • Dr. Manette becomes the inspecting physicians for 3 prisons, including La Force, and uses this to visit Darney every week
  • The King and Queen of France are beheaded and chaos ensues
  • Death becomes very common within the chaos (the Guillotine is used)
  • La Guillotine is a well known executioner

Chapter 5

  • Lucie is told by her father that if she stands from 3-4pm, Darney may see her
  • A wood cutter notices Lucie and little Lucie, and scares the two
  • Lucie gives him money to make him more chill
  • Lucie discovers that the wood cutter is singing Carmagnole along with the Vengeance
  • Dr. Manette tells Lucie that Darney would appear in court in a day and would be able to home

Chapter 6

  • Darney's trial begins (after 15 other people are sentenced to death)
  • The Defarge's are present during the trial
  • Darney defends himself by saying that he left England voluntarily, that he married Mrs Manette, a French woman, the daughter of Dr. Manette, and finally that he came to France to save Gabelle
  • Dr Manette explains Danrey's previous trial, after which the jury decides to acquit Darney

Chapter 7

  • Lucie is scared about Darnay's safety, but Dr. Manette is relatively at ease
  • Dr. Manette calls her fear "woman's weakness"
  • Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher shop for groceries that were necessary
  • Miss Pross asks Dr. Manette when they will get out of France, but Dr. Manette says that it's too dangerous for Charles to leave
  • Four men in red caps come to their house and demand Darney
  • Dr. Manette still wasn't concerned even when they heard the knocking
  • Darney is captured by the soldiers
  • Dr Manette is informed that Dr. Manette and an unknown person denounced them

Chapter 8

  • Miss Pross and Jerry Cruncher go to get groceries and they see that Solomon, Miss Pross' brother, is there
  • Solomon tells Miss Pross not to call him Solomon inside, otherwise he could be killed
  • Solomon and Miss Pross talk outside, and Solomon is pretty much being rude to Miss Pross
  • Jerry then comes in and says that Solomon was the spy-witness at Old Bailey
  • Sydney Carton recognizes him as Barsad (he followed him out of the Conciergerie)
  • Carton basically proposes a plan, and blackmails Barsad because he was/is an english spy
  • Barsad accepts the terms and the two go aside and have a talk

Chapter 9

  • Lorry discovers Jerry Cruncher's job as a grave robber
  • Cruncher responds by saying that his son can take over his job, and that he can basically become a gravedigger
  • Carton reveals that he will have one chance to see Darney if things don't go well, and Mr Lorry breaks down
  • Carton goes to the chemist's shop, and the chemist tells them to keep the packets apart
  • Carton goes to watch Darney's trial, and it is revealed that 3 people have denounced Darney, including Dr. Manette
  • They discover a letter written by Dr. Manette when he was imprisoned

Questions:

  1. I think that Monsieur Defarge doesn't really care as much about his feelings towards Darney when compared to Madame Defarge. Madame Defarge goes to great lengths to spill blood, such as knitting their names to analyzing Dr. Manette's handwriting.
  2. I think that the narrator is trying to say that Death and the guillotine are extremely popular and common to find, but values such as liberty, equality, fraternity are almost non-existent/rare
  3. The fact that Dickens mentions the Vengeance makes everything more frightening. He also uses words with a general negative/frightening connotation, such as extermination, rattle, and destruction.
  4. Well if the chemist warns Carton not to mix the two chemicals together, if mixed together it probably would be like a deadly/fatal reaction. I think this would also have something to do with Darney, as he wouldn't just randomly go buy chemicals.
  5. It's most likely rigged. The juryman is the Jacques Three, so that immediately should set off red flags. I would also say the president is also somewhat biased, as he doesn't want to hear Dr Manette's perspective on the letter