... for food and for political freedoms (Jackson, Jessica E.3). Another major symbol in A Tale of Two Cities is the knitting of Madame Defarge. According to Jackson, even on a literal level knitting represents a system of symbols. Madame Defarge stitches a registry, or list of names, into the fabric she uses, of all of the people that are condemned to die in the name of the "new republic."" On a metaphoric level, however, the knitting itself is a ... irony happens when something is known by the reader or audience but not known by the characters. Dickens' combines both types of irony to enh...

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