A Tale Of Two Cities
(Charles Dickens)
CHARLES DICKENS DISPLAYS REMARKABLE DEXTERITY IN COMBINING HISTORY WITH SENTIMENTS, IN HIS FAMOUS NOVEL "THE TALE OF TWO CITIES".THE BACK GROUND OF THE WORK IS FRENCH REVOLUTION WHICH THOUGH LAUDED BY MANY A HISTORIAN, HAS AN INHUMAN AND UGLY FACE WHICH DICKENS TRIES TO PORTRAY, WITHOUT THE READERS' CONSCIOUS BIAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE NOVEL'S READABILITY.THE AUTHOR PAINTS A PICTURE OF BLACK AND WHITE, OF VICE AND VIRTUE, SO THAT THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE VIRTUE(WHITE) IS CONTRASTED SKILLFULLY WITH THAT OF THE VICE(BLACK).THE DEPICTION OF THE DRUNKARD LAWYER SYDNEY CARTON AROUSES THE ANGER AS WELL AS THE SYMPATHIES OF THE READER AT FIRST.BUT WHEN WE REALISE THAT THIS APPARENTLY WORTHLESS BEING HAS A GREAT HEART CAPABLE OF UNSELFISH LOVE AND SACRIFICE, HE BECOMES THE HERO.
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