Analysis Of Dr. Manette-18

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Chapter 19
An Opinion

General Overview

At the end of chapter 18, we see that Dr. Manette goes back to making shoes for nine days. Chapter 19 starts off with the morning of the tenth day of Dr. Manette but instead of making shoes, he regained his senses and goes back to normal. Mr. Lorry decides not to confront Dr. Manette about him making shoes for the past nine days but instead tells him about “a curious case in which I am deeply interested.”. Dr. Manette has no recall of the past nine days and nights of him making shoes. Dr. Manette tells Mr. Lorry “the relapse was not unforeseen by its subject.” While they are talking Dr. Manette tells Mr. Lorry that the “subject” is very important but they cannot speak of the subject. Dr. Manette assures Mr. Lorry that the worst is over and everything will be fine, but Mr. Lorry convinces Dr. Manette that his shoe making bench should be destroyed. Dr. Manette tells Mr. Lorry that the shoe making bench should be destroyed in the name of his daughter, Lucie. Two weeks later when Dr. Manette goes out to meet Lucie and her husband (Charles Darnay), Mr Lorry and Miss Pross sneak into Dr. Manette’s room with a chopper, a saw, a chisel, and a hammer while Miss Pross carried the candle. They closed the doors and with a very guilty look on both of their faces, Mr Lorry hacked the shoe making bench to pieces with the ax, while Miss Pross held the candle as if she were assisting a murder. They used the wood of the show making bench ads fire wood and buried all of the shoe making tools, the shoes, and all of the leather in the garden. After doing this, both Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry felt like they had just committed a horrible crime.

Close Reading of the Chapter

1. The first thing I noticed in this...

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...d of memories at the prison or when someone brings it up, he goes and makes shoes to calm his nerves. Dr. Manette wants the shoe making bench to be destroyed “In her name”, referring to his daughter Lucie. Mr. Lorry has not changed as much as Dr. Manette because he confronted Dr. Manette about the issue with him being in a nine day relapse in a business manner to avoid all of the emotional ties of the problem.

Theme/Message

The theme of this chapter is reality vs. allusion because it is about how Dr. Manette was going insane for nine days and nights because he had found out what Charles’ real name was and how when he goes back to normal he describes it as a relapse and didn't know what he did for those nine days.

Discussion Questions

What will Lucie think of Mr. Lorry destroying the bench?

What will Dr. Manette do now when he gets reminded of the prison?

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