Class VIII                                      
BSU – Round-up Task

                                               

Name: Muhammad Ibadullah Qureshi

Section: J

Campus: P.E.C.H.S. Campus

Q 1. Although A Tale of Two Cities is a work of fiction, most of the information about the Reign of
Terror is true. Write in your own words, three salient features of the Reign of Terror by searching the
internet.   

Reign of Terror

1 The Reign of Terror,

otherwise known as The
Terror was an era of
massacres, violence and
bloodshed in France. The
country was already in
financial ruin and
considering the fact that all
the peasantry were
responsible for its economy
and the nobility partied
every night it was obvious
that there would be revolt.
However the feature here is
the fact that the King, Louis
the sixteenth and the Queen,
Maria Antoinette were very
much unaware of the
drowning economy and
harsh feuds and they
imposed hundreds of taxes
on the peasants, thus there
unawareness became the
main reason for the French
revolution.
2. Another feature is the fact
that the revolutionaries had
an unusual thirst for
violence and they usually
used brutal ways to torture
or kill people who were
mostly innocent. These
practices portrayed the
revolution as a cruel and
unjust and violent way of
bringing prosperity and the
“Reign of Terror” often put
fear into people’s minds.

3. This “Reign of Terror”

wasn’t only about violence
and bloodshed but was also
about the fact whether all of
this was worth it because no
matter how many aristocrats
were imprisoned, no matter
how many nobilities were
executed, no matter how
many forts/palaces were
stormed the people were
still living the same; no food
to be fed with, no water to
drink, no money to go on
with and no profit to be
made; it was still our jolly
old France only with a taste
of blood and war. The
feature here is that this
revolt didn’t give anything
more to the French people
but only more financial ruin,
economic crisis and a good
lesson; never to revolt
again.
Q 2. You have read to understand the different types of characters used in Literature. Choose any two
characters that are examples of the following polar opposite character types. Mention 5 reasons for
labelling them as dynamic/static by providing supporting evidence from the novel.                         
Character type  Dynamic Character  Static character 

What it means Dynamic characters Static characters don’t change. They remain the same
grow and change from the beginning until the end of the novel. 
during the course of
the novel. 
A character that, I think Sydney Carton I think Lucie Manette is an example of a static character
according to me, is an example of a in A Tale of Two Cities.
fits the description dynamic character in
A Tale of Two Cities. 
My reasons for Sydney Carton Lucie Manette, the daughter of Dr Alexander Manette
choosing and proves to be the is the “Golden Thread” in this novel as Lucie remains
labelling this most dynamic the loving character she is.
character as character in the
static/flat-  novel as first he is
Reason 1  alcoholic and an a
disappointed drudge
but then he who
believes cares for
no one starts to
admire Lucie.
Reason 2 He turns even better She is also a very caring as she helped her forgotten
when he loses the father recover from his time in prison and stayed by
love of his life her father and helped him from the habit of making
because then he shoe. She also cared for Sydney Carton even when he
believes his cause is believed no one cared for him.
to keep Lucie happy
forever no matter
what.

Reason 3 The man starts to Lucie has a lot of character traits that are taken
dress good and positively but the best of all is her kind attitude. She
starts building a tries to keep all her family members and others happy
kind and generous and disappoints nobody no matter if it’s her husband
attitude. He quits Charles Darnay or Sydney Carton who admired
drinking too. Lucie.
 Reason 4 He starts good Lucie has almost no idea about the outside world. She
habits like helping is too kind of a person. She doesn’t know about the
people and he is a bloodshed and violence and the stone-heart
completely changed revolutionaries like Madame Defarge.
man in the near end
of the novel.

Reason 5 At the end of the

novel he sacrifices Also one reason is that Lucie is too perfect. She
himself to save doesn’t seem to change by any people or thing in her
Charles Darnay’s so life. She isn’t really affected by anything.
he could keep Lucie
happy forever. Who
would have thought
a drug addict like
Sydney Carton
would end up
sacrificing himself
to save another and
keep a person
happy.

Q 3. Identify the literary devices used in the sentences below. No further explanation is required.        
1. The men at the windows had not yet swooped into the Hall, like birds of prey from their high

perches.   (Book the Second, Chapter XXII)                                 Simile

2. Every green leaf, every blade of grass and blade of grain, was as shriveled and poor as the

miserable people.   (Book the Second, Chapter XXIII)                 Simile