From Dreariness to Chaos: The Significant Role of Imagery in "A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens 10th Grade

Imagination is a key requirement when reading in order to interpret or “experience” significant settings and scenes that reflect specific moods throughout the story. An author’s use of adjectives through various senses helps the reader to do so. As demonstrated in the second book of “A Tale of Two Cities”, the author, Charles Dickens, describes specific scenes by stimulating multiple senses at which help the reader understand the setting and atmosphere. First, book the second begins with a very detailed description of Tellson’s Bank in order to help the reader experience the gloominess of the setting. Second, the twenty-first chapter provides a detailed description of the Storm of Bastille in order to help the reader feel the chaotic intensity of the event. To illustrate, imagery is provided during the explanation of Tellson’s Bank and the Storm of Bastille to assist the reader’s pre conceived visuals of these specific areas of the book. Therefore, Charles Dickens utilizes imagery in order to help the reader create a sensory image, in which helps the reader understand and “experience” a specific setting and atmosphere in the second book of “A Tale of Two Cities”.

Generally speaking, chapter one is introduced with a detailed...