Dickens

I believe that Dickens wrote "A Tale of Two Cities" to portray how the people and times that were leading up and going to be in Paris and London during the French Revolution. At the start of this novel he starts depicting France before the revolution; He paints a scene in France implying that there were many punishments for its citizens. Literary devices that led me to this conclusion i guess would be a combination of setting and tone. His somber tone was perfect for the setting of the French Revolution. During this time people were very poor and the rich were very rich, it was a very corrupt time. Dickens focused on the struggles that people had. For example Dickens gets worked up about just how bad the court system is when Charles Darney gets charged with treason.