Tale Of Two Citites Resurection

John Stempien 02/15/07

English 113 Block 4

Outline: Resurrection as a theme

To be resurected or to be brought back to life, through out time has been an idea thrown into many fantasy novels and kids shows. Ussually concerned on a central charcter scacrificing something of importance to re awaken someone from their thought permanetant slumber. Resurrection is a powerful theme found throughout the plot of A Tale of Two Cities by Charlse Dickens. The theme of resurrection involves certain aspects of all of listed above themes and brings the story together, though not as resurections in this Masterpeice of words were as black and white as only risng from physical deaths. Resurection unceasingly held a power hold on this novel.

Before The French Revolution ocurred, over ninty-seven percent of the population of France was struck by horrible poverty. The middle class was poor, and the lower class was nothing. They were paid anough to purchase bread, and bread was the major and essential portion of their diet. It was all most could afford. Because of these reasons, many of men were willing to do almost anything for money, and several ways of getting money, that we would refer to as crude, were a way of making a living for some, and those who did them gave such jobs not a second thought. A few dollars was greater than morals. This was channeled through the character Jerry Cruncher, was also known as "The Resurection Man". One way of getting earning some desperatly needed salary was by becoming a "Resurection Man". During this time, science had taken off, and bodies for study. As a "Resurection Man", was to find those bodies , mainly threw unburing them or "resurecting" them, bring them to the scientist and receiving pay for said body. Dickens used Jerry Cruncher as a way to introduce and instate an idea of Resurection in book one\ before he brought it in a a more complicated them in book two. He gave us our first feel or taste for the concept.

During The early stages of the French Revolution there stood a great prison. A prison that could hold thousands of prisoners, and a prison that helf few. It was a the holding place of those sentnced by the higher government or the king himself. It was for those accused of treason or crimes against the country.