A Tale of Two Cities
In the novel A Tale of Two Cities there were three strands of people: the
Manettes, the Everemonds and the revolutionists. These three strands became
critically entangled at one point in the book. Everyone of the strands became
involved when Charles Darnay was found guilty at his trial and sentenced to death.
Charles was currently involved with the Manette family when the revolutionists
imprisoned him for being an Evremonde. Of course there were many events
leading up to Darnay's conviction.
The first event occurred when Dr. Manette was locked up in the Bastille by the
Evremonde family. He was called upon to care for Madame Defarge's sister and
brother, but when they died he was imprisoned so he could not tell anyone of their
murder. Madame Defarge became very angry with the loss of her family and
planned revenge against all the Evremondes. Dr. Manette stayed in the Bastille for
eighteen years. During his time in there he wrote a diary......
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