From: David Parker (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Date: Mon Feb 01 1999 - 06:43:12 PST
My dear Mr Tersigni, It is with misgivings that I send my answer. I cannot but help feeling you are asking me to supply information you should be searching for yourself. So I respond verry briefly. I suggest Dr Manette remains mentally imprisoned long after he is free of the Bastille. That is why his bench and tools have to be burned. Is not Sydney Carton imprisoned by his cynicism and dissipation at the beginning of the novel? It takes his love for Lucie to free him from that punitive frame of mind. Finally, is not Madame Defarge enslaved by hatred and the desire for revenge? It is an imprisonment from which only death releases her. She is doubly bound to Dr Manette, until she learns the identity of his son-in-law. Her husband had been the doctor's servant before his imprisonment, his protector after it. And her family had been victims of the St Evremondes just as Dr Manette had. Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ -----Original Message----- From: DOMENIC TERSIGNI <tersigni@aei-online.net> To: cdickens@rmplc.co.uk <cdickens@rmplc.co.uk> Date: 31 January 1999 19:56 Subject: Re: A Tale of Two Cities >Dear Mr. Dickens, > > I have recieved your response to my previous inquiry of A Tale of >Two Cities, and I appreciate it deeply. Yet, my understanding of the novel >has not yet improved so I write you again with some questions. Primarily, >which characters have shown most symptoms of either physical, social, or >mental imprisonment? Would you please offer some specific examples. Also, >how exactly is Mrs. Defarge related to the Evremond family? I thank you >again, and hope to receive a response. > > Gratefully Yours, > Romina > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Parker <cdickens@rmplc.co.uk> >To: tersigni@aei-online.net <tersigni@aei-online.net> >Cc: Boz List <boz@maelstrom.stjohns.edu> >Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 12:13 AM >Subject: Re: A Tale of Two Cities > > >>My dear Miss Romina, >> >> Allow me just to list some examples for you. Dr Manette is brought back >>from the threshold of madness by the power of his daughter's love. He is >>persuaded to accept as his son-in-law Charles Darnay, a member of the >family >>that had ruined his life, through the power of the love both bear for >Lucie. >>Miss Pross risks her life and sacrifices her hearing because of the power >of >>her love for Lucie. Sydney Carton is redeemed, and sacrifices himself, >>because of his love for Lucie. >> Nor will you protest, I hope, if I point out to you that the closing >pages >>of my book remind us of the love that redeems us all, the love of our >>Saviour. >> >>Faithfully yours, >> >> >>Charles Dickens >>_______________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: tersigni@aei-online.net <tersigni@aei-online.net> >>To: cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK <cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK> >>Date: 11 January 1999 02:46 >>Subject: A Tale of Two Cities >> >> >>>Dear Mr. Dickens, >>> >>> I am a grade eleven, enhanced student, and at this time we are >>studying A Tale of Two Cities. Although reading comes easily to me, I find >>it quite hard to fully understand the plot of this particular novel. My >>question is, concerning the theme of 'the power of love', what examples >can >>you offer that can help me prove this theme. In other words I'm stuck on >an >>essay :). I would greatly appreciate your time and effort. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Romina, >>> Ontario, Canada >>> >> >