Throughout A Tale of Two Cities, resurrection was a main theme in the plot. When one thinks of the word 'resurrection', one may think of blood-sucking zombies or creatures back from the dead. Dictionaries define it as such: "the act of rising from the dead." Dickens used it as that, but he added a small twist to it. The first example of this is when Lucie and Mr. Lorry learn of Dr. Manette's imprisonment. After Defarge shows the doctor to them, both Lucie and Lorry worry if they can ever repair the state which he is in. All Dr. Manette can say at first is, "One Hundred and five, North Tower" (his cell number). Lucie and Lorry wonder if they can ever 'resurrect' the civilized doctor to what he once was. The character of Madame Defarge is another new look on resurrection. Dickens made Madame Defarge seem to see resurrection as revenge. Revenge wa....

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