By means of exercising refined style and accomplished structure, Dickens takes the reader through rapidly changing scenes, to the final climax.

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Journal Entry 3

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

Outline for Journal Entry 3

Main focus: Style and structure

Introduction

  • Thesis:        By means of exercising refined style and accomplished structure, Dickens takes the reader through rapidly changing scenes, to the final climax.
  • Contrast with Great Expectations’ framework and plot

Paragraph One: Style- metaphors, similes and realism

  • Metaphors are used aptly to describe in an exceptional and atypical way, so that the reader can envision each colorful scene
  • Similes are used in abundance, mostly to describe characters, giving the reader a chance to relate to the character, and get to know them better.
  • Realism is employed to enhance the setting and atmosphere, making it seem as though the reader is really at the scene in the book

Paragraph Two

  • Life is like a theatre performance: so much is ignored.
  • Details are not observe, not considered important, as how details were the foundation of Dickens’ secret to story-writing

Paragraph Three: Structure

  • The structure Dickens uses to incorporate mystery
  • The reader doesn’t know what the story is all about until the end, when Dr. Manette’s paper is read


Conclusion

  • A Tale of Two Cities is a story of secrets
  • Life has many secrets: we would never know why certain things happen

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

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“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

Journal Entry Three:

Dickens’ Magic

        A Tale of Two Cities is said to be Dickens’ best constructed novel, as his first few were criticized to be strings of sketches. Great Expectations, for example, had a looser framework, as the plot did not include much structure and style, compassing merely of a first-person account of events.  In A Tale of Two Cities, there are fewer characters, but more incidents and conflict against backgrounds of seething masses. By means of exercising refined style and accomplished structure, Dickens takes the reader through stirringly, rapidly changing scenes, to the ...

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