1. The theme of resurrection in a tale of two cities
After the revolution begins in Paris, there is an evil aristocrat who fakes his own death, by the name of Old Foulon, and is then later found alive (He could be referred to as "resurrected."). ... In the idea of the people rising up in revolution is a resurrection in itself. The people are miserable and living in filth, which they revolt to end and live in the happiness and freedom promised in resurrection and eternal life. ... The most famous, of course, is at the end when Sydney Carton is executed for Charles Darnay. ... Dickens uses the power of love to oppose war that is surroundin...
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