A Tale of Two Cities Loyalty Quotes Page 2
Citations follow this format: (Volume.Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #4 […] the short and the long of it is, that I am a subject of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third;" Miss Pross curtseyed at the name; "and as such, my maxim is, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save the King! (3.7.18) |
Miss Pross’ sudden jump into a mantra upholding the English monarchy demonstrates a kind of unthinking loyalty which Dickens might just be mocking.
| Quote #5 "Are you dying for him?" she whispered. |
Sydney’s love for Lucie becomes a form of loyalty which eventually leads to his own murder. As he makes clear, however, his execution becomes a testimony to the love he has for her family.
| Quote #6 Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. The agony of our impatience is then |
The narrator of Dickens’s novel is so committed to Lucie, Charles, and Doctor Manette that their escape is narrated as if he himself were a part of it. Note the "we" that the narrator begins using at this moment.
