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Book 2 Chapter 19 ~ An Opinion~. Vineetha Mathew. Characters. Dr . Manette Mr. Lorry Miss Pross Lucie Manette ( mentioned). Plot Summary. Review of last chapter’s ending… Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross observed Dr. Manette’s relapse for the past nine days
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Book 2 Chapter 19~An Opinion~ Vineetha Mathew
Characters • Dr. Manette • Mr. Lorry • Miss Pross • Lucie Manette (mentioned)
Plot Summary Review of last chapter’s ending… • Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross observed Dr. Manette’s relapse for the past nine days • They begin to lose hope in Manette’s recovery Into chapter 19… • Mr. Lorry wakes from sleep • He feels like he’s still in a dream because he sees Dr. Manette back to his stable self, as if nothing happened • Lorry doesn’t want to stress the doctor, so he confronts him gently and indirectly (third person) • Asks his opinion on the situation of a friend who has relapsed • Dr. Manette understands that they are talking about him • Manette does not remember anything about relapse so Mr. Lorry fills him in
Plot Summary (cont.) • Manette admits he had been expecting relapse • When asked, he tells Lorry that he thinks the relapse was caused by a shock to the system which was due to some remembrance of the past. He does not explain what. • Manette is confident the relapse will not happen again • Lorry inquires into whether or not the doctor is overworking himself but Manette denies it, saying being busy helps keep his mind off the past. • Mr. Lorry repeatedly suggest the doctor to get rid of his shoemaking tools in order to avoid another relapse • Manette protests at first saying it comforts him • Finally he reluctantly agrees to part with his tools for Lucie’s sake, as long as it done when he’s away. This ends the conversation. • After fourteen days the doctor, still well, goes to meet Lucie and Darnay, who still have no idea about any of the events that happened • Lorry and Pross seize the opportunity to burn and bury the shoemaking bench and tools although they feel like guilty criminals for doing so
Title Significance • An Opinion was stated explicitly in the chapter on page 207. • The whole chapter revolved around the conversation between Lorry and Manette about Dr. Manette’s relapse as well as possible future relapses. Mr. Lorry talks to Dr. Manette about this by explaining it as if the whole thing was happening to another person. He asks for Manette’sopinion on the matter of a “close friend” a.k.a. Dr. Manette
Literary Devices • Personification “‘I believe,’ returned Doctor Manette, ‘that there had been a strong and extraordinary revival of the train of thought and remembrance that was the first cause of the malady... It is probable that there had been a dread lurking in his mind…’” (209). • Symbolism – “‘…If the thing were gone, my dear Manette, might not the fear go with it? In short, is it not a concession to the misgiving, to keep the forge?’” (212) • Simile – “So wicked do destruction and secrecy appear to honest minds, that Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross…almost felt, and almost looked, like accomplices in a horrible crime” (214).
Essential Quote “‘My dear Lorry, I doubt if that could easily be. There has been a violent stress in one direction, and it needs a counterweight’” (210). • Manette describing why he needs to be occupied, which could also explain why he reverted back for that period of time • Emphasizes how deeply affected Dr. Manette was mentally by his experience • Foreshadows another relapse?
