The Dover Mail: Answer The Following Questions

Chapter 1
The Dover Mail
Answer the following questions:

1- '' It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the season of light, it was the season
of darkness. It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of sadness.'' Discuss
In this chapter, we are given horrible details about the situation in England and France. He
starts with a contradiction to give us a view of the differences of people at that time. The
aristocrats who lived in comfort and luxury, and the peasants and common people who lived in
poverty and misery. The people in France were poor, hungry, and unhappy. They had nothing to
eat. The king made paper money and spent it. In London kings and nobles weren’t concerned
with poor people. That’s why there was much poverty and crime in London.
2- Mr. Lorry had some news to tell to Lucie. Elaborate referring to Lucie’s reaction to this news.
Mr. Lorry told Lucie Manette that her father wasn’t dead. He was in prison for 18 years. Mr.
Lorry told her also that he brought her from France to England many years ago, and Tellson’s
bank took care of her since then. Lucie was shocked and surprised at these news. Her face was
white and her hands trembled. She didn’t believe what she heard.
3-" Come back to life." Comment.

came back to life” was the answer of Mr. Lorry to the message he had received from Tellson’s
bank. This message is about life, death, and rebirth. It wanted to reveal that Dr. Manette who
was believed to be dead a long time ago, was found alive.
4- " I have a strange story to tell you, about one of the customers of Tellson's Bank. That's where
I work" comment.
Mr. Lorry had a strange story to tell her about her father when he met her in a hotel in Dover.
Lucie thought that her father was dead, but Mr. Lorry told her that he was alive and imprisoned
for 18 years. He told her that her father became completely different, his name has been
forgotten. He has been taken to the house of an old servant in Paris.
5- He is alive, but he has changed very much. Even his name had been forgotten " Comment.
Mr. Lorry said these words to Lucie when he told her that her father was still alive and
that he was in prison for 18 years. He told her that her father has changed a lot. He forgot
everything, even his name has been forgotten.
Chapter 2
A Wine- Shop in Paris

1- '' One Hundred and Five North Tower'' Comment
Mr. Defarge, Mr. Lorry, and Lucie went to visit Dr. Manette in his room above the wine shop.
He was busy making shoes and the only words on his tongue were “ One Hundred and Five
North Tower”. It was the name they called him in the prison. His 18 years imprisonment
affected him badly and he forgot everything about his life, only remembered his imprisonment.
2- Dr. Manette's long imprisonment affected him both physically and mentally. Discuss
Dr. Manette’s imprisonment affected him physically and mentally. It affected him physically as
he became a thin white-haired man. He became very weak. It also affected him mentally as he
forgot everything about his life, he only remembers his name in the prison.
Chapter 3
A trial in London - 1780

1- Talk about Darnay's accusation and the false witnesses' testimony in the trial.
Charles Darnay was accused of spying (treason). He travelled from England to France
and tells the French king secret information about the English army.
Dr.Manette, Lucie Manette, and John Barsad were being called to testify against the prisoner, so
was Mr.Lorry who had accompanied them on that day.
The first witness to be called was Mr. John Barsad, a former friend of Charles Darnay. He said
that he had discovered that Darnay was a traitor and being a patriot.
The next witness was Lucie Manette ; when Miss Manette was called to testify, she looked with
great pity at Charles Darnay. She said that she had met the prisoner on the boat which had
carried her and her father from France to England.
2- Although Sydney Carton proved to be a great assistant, he will never be like his employer.
Discuss
Sydney Carton, Mr. Stryver's assistant, wrote some words on a piece of paper and gave it to Mr.
Stryver, the lawyer who was speaking for Charles Darnay. Mr. Stryver showed the court that
Carton was very like Darnay in appearance; therefore Charles Darnay was set free.
Sydney Carton knew that he was a clever lawyer and that he was a good and honest man, but he
had never been successful for himself. He drank too much, and his life was unhappy and
friendless. His cleverness and his hard work in the law only made others, like Mr. Stryver,
successful and rich. Mr. Stryver was good at speaking at a trial, but he was not good at
discovering important facts and details, thus Carton studied the many papers that lawyers have to
read, and wrote down the questions which Stryver should ask at the next day's trial, so people
thought how clever he was.
3- The similarity between Darnay and Carton saved him. Discuss

The similarity between Carton and Darnay was useful to him. At the trial, Sydney Carton wrote
some words on a piece of paper and gave it to Mr. Stryver, the lawyer who was speaking for
Charles Darnay. Mr. Stryver showed the court that Carton was very like Darnay in appearance;
therefore Charles Darnay was set free.
4- '' If I changed places with Darnay, would those blue eyes of Miss Manette look at me, in the
same way?.'' Comment.
Sydney Carton said these words to himself after he saw lucie’s love to Charles Darnay in the
trial. Sydney Carton loves Lucie and he knows that she didn’t love him and that she loved
Darnay.
5- ''Nobody is good enough for my darling Lucie, and I don't like all these hundreds of visitors.''
Comment.
Miss Pross said this to Mr. Lorry at Dr. Manette’s house. Miss pross was Lucie's servant, she had
taken care of Lucie since she was a child. She seemed to be a very alarming person, but she was
a warm- hearted and unselfish friend who would do anything to guard her darling Lucie from
trouble or danger.
Chapter 4
The Marquis of Evremonde

1- ''Be brave, Gaspard. Your child has died quickly, and without pain. It is better to die like that
than to go on living in these terrible times.'' Comment referring to the Marquis reaction to those
words.
Defarge said these words to Gaspard after the death of his child. Defarge told him it was
better for the child to die, as he died without pain, rather than to live to suffer poverty, misery
and pain. The Marquis's reaction was very cold as he was angry with people and blamed them
for being carless and couldn't take care of themselves or of their children. Moreover, he was only
worried about his horses. As a result, he threw two coins: one to the father and the second one to
Defarge as reward for being wise.
2-" I can't understand why you people cannot take care of yourselves and your children"
Comment.
The marquis said these words to the people who were in the street ahen he killed
Gaspard’s child. He was one of the aristocrats who treated the common people as if they were
animals. .His cruelty is seen when his carriage ran over Gaspard's child and killed him, and his
only concern is the safety of his horses. He was blaming people foe not taking care of their
children instead of blaming himself for what he did.
3- The Marquis was a typical example of the cruel aristocrats in France. Illustrate. Or of what
Darnay accuse his uncle?
The Marquis of Evermonde was the uncle of Charles Darnay. His cruelty is seen when
his carriage ran over Gaspard's child and killed him, and his only concern is the safety of his
horses. When Charles Darnay arrived at his uncle's castle, he told the Marquis that the name of
their family was hated everywhere in France. They were hard and cruel landoweners. The poor
people of the village owned nothing. They worked for them night and day, but they didn’t even
have enough food for themselves and their children. He also planned to give up all the property,
the land and money back to the poor villagers when everything became his, and he would leave
France and go to earn his own living in London
4- ''Drive him fast to his grave. This is from JACQUES.'' Comment.
The Marquise of Evermonde was found killed in his bed with a knife pushed into his
heart and on his chest lay a piece of paper with the words " Drive him fast to his grave. This is
from Jacques" that message was left by Gaspard who killed the marquise for passing over his
child earlier that day without caring for what he had done.
5- In this chapter, Dickens gives us a grim picture to emphasize the misery of the people in
France and cruelty of the nobles. Illustrate.
The Marquis was one of the aristocrats who treated the common people as if they were
animals. .His cruelty is seen when his carriage ran over Gaspard's child and killed him, and his
only concern is the safety of his horses. He was blaming people foe not taking care of their
children instead of blaming himself for what he did. He threw two coins: one to the father and
the second one to Defarge as reward for being wise.
Chapter 5
Two men speak of love
1- “Please remember always, that there is a man who would give his life to keep someone you
love alive and close to you.” Comment.
Sydney Carton said these words to Lucie when he met her at her house and told her that he loved
her so much and would do anything to make her happy. Then he asked her never to tell their
conversation to anyone. He said that he would always remember that he told her all his feelings
2- Carton believed that he isn’t worthy to be loved by Lucie. Elaborate.

Lucie told Carton that it was a pity, he wouldn't do anything to change his life and he said that it
was too late to change. He also said that he was glad she had never loved him because he didn't
worth her love and that he would make her very unhappy. His life was dull as he was friendless
and unhappy. He drank so much. It was the last dream to his heart to see her and her father
together.
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3-" Dr. Manette , my dear friend . Look at me. Don’t you remember me? '' Comment
Mr. Lorry said these words to Dr. Manette at his house. After the marriage Dr. Manette was
shocked. He temporarily lost his memory. He remembered nothing except his old days when he
used to work as a shoemaker. He didn't remember anything about his prison and couldn't
recognize his old friend Mr. Lorry or Miss Pross.

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Chapter 1

The Dover Mail

Answer the following questions:

3-" Come back to life." Comment.

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Answer the following questions:

3- The similarity between Darnay and Carton saved him. Discuss

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Answer the following questions:

2- Carton believed that he isn’t worthy to be loved by Lucie. Elaborate.

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