Book 2: Chapters 14-16 Chapter 14 1. A Spy’s funeral is what passes by Tellson’s Bank. The spy’s was Roger Cly. 2. The important event that Mr. Lorry, Darnay, and the Mannette’s were involved in was the trial of Darnay.  3. Dickens thinks the mob at the funeral was terrible and savage and wild. The clues he gives us are “the people tore to piece and scattered far and wide with great enjoyment, while tradesmen hurriedly shut up their shops; for a crowd in those times stopped at nothing, and was a monster much dreaded.” Also they poisoned water supply. This mirrors what will happen in France. 4. Dickens pokes fun at Cruncher’s “gallantry” in escorting ladies from one side of Fleet Street to the other because he is living a lie. Also because it is a public act, which is much different than a private act, when essentially he’s a grave robber. Chapters 15 & 16 1. How did Charles Darnay get his last name? It was his mother’s maiden name 2. The Defarges are both bitter revolutionaries, but they differ in many ways. a. How do the two Defarges differ in their attitude toward the coming revolution and their patience in waiting to see it come? Mr. Darnay is more active and more passionate than Madam Defarge. He is impatient for the revolution. She is quieter, more secret, and is patient for it. She is also more patient for it than him. b. How do the two Defarges differ when they hear the news about the coming marriage of Charles Darnay to Lucie? Madam Defarge is surprised it took so long for her to get married. Mr. Defarge is worried about where Mr. Darnay will take her. He is scared that she might get hurt if she comes back to France. c. How does Madame Defarge show an aspect of her character in the fear she inspires in the road mender? She is a scary person because of what she is knitting. It is a hit list for the revolution. d. How did Defarge show courage on Gaspard’s behalf? They are sorry for him and threw the coin in. They also tried to hide him. e. What traits do the two Defarges seem to have in common? They both want the revolution to happen. They are courageous. 3. Now, long after the trial of Charles Darnay, John Barsad appears again on the scene. a. How does his present occupation resemble his occupation as revealed at the trial? He is trying to get information from Defarge. b. How does Barsad try to trick the Defarges into an admission of sympathy for Gaspard and the oppressed? He is saying he is sorry for Gaspard. Also he uses the code word to call Gaspard. c. What one penetration does Barsad make in the armor of caution of the Defarges? He gives the information of Lucie and Darnay being married. Which makes them connected. 4. What does Dickens intend to suggest by this description? “Soon the large-faces King and the fair-faced Queen came in their golden coach, attended by the shining Bull’s Eye of their Court, a glittering multitude of laughing ladies and fine lords, and in jewels and silks and powder and splendour and elegantly spurning figures, and handsomely disdainful faces of both sexes, the mender of roads bathed himself.” (Page 157, lines 18-22) He is basking in their glory. They are beautiful and wonderful. They are going to be the target. They look down on normal people and do not care about them. 5. Why do the peasants shout, “Long like the King,” if they are so oppressed? They want the monarchs to think that the peasants are on their side. The mob gets caught in the emotion. 6. Dickens again uses foreshadowing to suggest events that are coming to the story. a. How does Madame Defarge foreshadow revolution in her description of the earthquake and the lightning? She is comparing it to the natural force, it cannot be stopped. Lightning is fast and accurate but takes a long time to prepare. Earthquake is fast and swallows everything. b. How does Madame Defarge ominously foreshadow the use of the knitting in her answer to Barsad’s questions? (Page 163, lines 34-36) She puts his name on the hit list c. Reread the last paragraph on page 168. How does this paragraph suggest the revolution to come? It says they will be watching death. The revolution will lead to darkness