Rhetorical Devices in Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities

The author of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, uses a plethora of figurative language and rhetorical devices throughout the novel. Dickens’ reasoning for the use of these types of devices is to make the story not only more enjoyable for the reader, but to also add a more complex understanding to the novel. Using these types of devices will make the person who is reading the novel think about what point Dickens is trying to make, while trying to keep the reader entertained. The figurative language that is being operated throughout the novel gives the plot a more complex understanding that can be hard for many to understand and for people to comprehend the reasoning that Dickens has for writing this novel.

There are many rhetorical devices that Dickens uses in the novel. In this novel, he uses metaphors, symbolism, similes, personification, hyperboles, repetition, and many other devices to enhance the complexities of the novel. Using these makes the novel more complicated to read and the devices will make you think about what you read. Rhetorical devices help Dickens get the point across through the story. Literary devices are used in text because using these types of devices will make the author’s writing more unique and enjoyable to read.

Using metaphors and similes in the novel gives the story a more humorous tone to the book, but using metaphors and similes can also help. He compares two objects to one another to influence the reader’s interpretation of the story. For example, in the very beginning chapters of the novel Dickens compares hunger to the people of France, especially the lower class. By doing this Dickens creates a negative interpretation of France.

This novel that Dickens wrote also expresses symbolism as one ...

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...tred that Dickens has with the French Revolution. He was sick and tired of all the blood and violence that has occurred because of this revolution. In the book anything bad or negative that could happen to the French happened. As my conclusion of this novel, Dickens used his creative writing through figurative language, rhetorical devices, and using certain themes throughout the novel to show the disgust and unnecessary actions that happened during the French Revolution.

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