“Burial and resurrection”, are two very different words that are woven so well into the plot and characters of A Tale of Two Cities. While these two words are very different in meaning, they both refer to death and what happens after. A Tale of Two Cities is a story of death, but also of new life, so it is fitting that burial and resurrection are such crucial themes. This theme of burial and resurrection underlies almost every aspect of the story and serves as a base for the plot of the story.
Now before digging deeper into the themes of burial and resurrection, it is important to understand and define the words burial and resurrection. While burial is often associated with death it is not the only meaning for the word. Burial can also refer to something that is forgotten, or something that has been pushed away and ignored. An example of this is can be seen in the French revolution were the rights of the poor, and even the people themselves were, to the aristocracy, ignored, almost as if the people had been buried. Resurrection on the other hand, refers to rising from the dead, or gaining new life. A good example of this is Christ’s death and resurrection; He rose from the dead so that we might also share in His new life or resurrection. But, again, this is not the only meaning, as resurrection can…show more content… The people of Paris are, in essence, being buried by the oppressive rule of the French aristocracy. Digging deeper into the plot of the story, one finds that even Charles Darnay has tried to bury his old life in France under the an easy life in England. Doctor Manette also experiences a symbolic death by being “buried alive for eighteen years” (Dickens, 13) during his imprisonment in the Bastille. In addition to this there are also the revolutionaries waiting to resurrect from their grave, when they revolt against the Franch
