#WASTED BOOK CHAPTER SUMMARY TRIAL#

Additionally, the resurrection theme that has recurred throughout the novel becomes unmistakable here as Carton roams the streets hearing 'I am the resurrection and the life'repeatedly in his mind and in the echoes of his footsteps. Carton seems to have made some decision regarding himself and Darnay, but Dickens keeps the decision hidden, reminiscent of his earlier discussion of people's secret selves. The paper was written by Doctor Manette and contains his denouncement.Īs the story reaches its climax, the main themes of the novel reassert themselves forcefully. Defarge then explains that he retrieved a written paper from the Doctor's old cell in the Bastille. The Doctor protests this statement, but is reprimanded.

#WASTED BOOK CHAPTER SUMMARY TRIAL#

The public prosecutor opens the trial by stating that Darnay's three accusers are the Defarges and Doctor Alexandre Manette. The bloodthirsty jury includes the malevolent Jacques Three. The next day, Carton attends Darnay's new trial. At one point, he drops in at a chemist's shop to make a purchase. Lorry leaves Tellson's to comfort Lucie and her father, Carton walks the streets all night with the biblical passage, 'I am the resurrection and the life,'echoing in his mind. Carton adds that a long life wasted would be a miserable one. Lorry's tears, Carton tells him in a sincere tone that he regards him as a father-figure who has led a good and useful life, and that people will mourn Mr. Lorry begins to weep as the implications of Darnay's second arrest sink in. Lorry that the best he can do is to secure access to Darnay in his cell. Lorry to let his son take his place at Tellson's and tells him that he will become a regular gravedigger to make up for the bodies he dug up.Ĭarton and Barsad emerge from the other room, and Barsad and Jerry leave. Never quite admitting his wrongdoing, Jerry asks Mr. Lorry expresses his outrage at Jerry's grave robbing activities and tells Jerry that he will be fired from Tellson's. With Carton and Barsad in the other room, Mr.

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