Though the main theme of the story is love that is highly passionate and emotional, jealousy and vengeance dominate love and passion and eventually desolation rules. ... The author employs literary devices such as using the tone to enhance the meaning of the events that happen and she uses literary devices such as irony, simile and personification to give a depth to the events and dialogues of the characters that make up the story. ... Emily Bronte employs a number of literary techniques in her novel to heighten the attitude of the characters or to intensify the meaning of the events happenin...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

" the success of the story depends less on the mere mechanics of the plot than on the way its themes and incidents are fused and concentrated by the choice of graphic symbols- (Fielding 198). ... All the images in a literary source together are called the imagery (Sheperd 433). ... Important critics in the literary world have alleged that A Tale of Two Cities lacks a key characteristic of Dickens' other books, humor. ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School