In a similar fashion, the French peasants appear to be simple, humble figures, but they will eventually rise up against their oppressors and massacre them (E.3).
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Another key feature of Dickens' writing is his foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is presenting materials that hint at events to occur later in a plot. Dickens' uses foreshadowing to give the reader an idea of what is to come in the novel. This was important because of the way it was written. Since it was published in weekly installments, this helped Dickens' keep reader's attentions. In A Tale of Two Cities, foreshadowing adds mystery and suspense to the story. The broken wine cask also foreshadows coming events in A Tale of Two Cities. The peasant's actions around the wine show what can happen to a mob of people when they are united in a single mission, such as drinking the wine in a street. Dickens' compares the spilled wine with the spilled blood that comes later. A town's person writes "BLOOD- on a wall with wine as a joke.
Another example of foreshadowing being used in A Tale of Two Cities is the echoing footsteps outside of the Manette home. The manner that the echoes of the footsteps are heard show the imminence of the coming revolution, and the temperament of the people of Europe.
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In addition to symbolism and foreshadowing, another cause for A Tale of Two Cities being categorized as a classic is its wonderful imagery. An image is a word or phrase that names something that can be seen, touched, felt, heard or smelled. All the images in a literary source together are called the imagery (Sheperd 433). Dickens' uses imagery to help us relate to situations so we may understand them better. .
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The stone faces on the property of the Marquis Evrémonde play an interesting role in the book, especially after the death of the Marquis. The house is burned down by four revolutionaries, and as it burns the stone faces appear to resemble the dead marquis as he contends with the fire.
