Book 2 : Chapter 12 : The Fellow of Delicacy

1. Book 2 : Chapter 12 : The Fellow of Delicacy By: Anna Gill

2. Significance of Title • The chapter title Fellow of Delicacy is very ironic because the main character in this chapter is Mr. Stryver who is far from delicate. He's a big man who throws himself around, is not concerned about anyone else, and is not respectful. So, I think that the title is just being ironic and stating how indelicate Mr. Stryver really is.

3. Plot • Mr. Stryver makes up his mind that he wants to marry Lucie Manette. • On his way to Soho to declare his intentions, he passes Tellsons bank where Mr. Lorry works ,who is a close friend of the Manettes. • Mr. Stryver tells Mr. Lorry that he plans on making an offer to marry Lucie. • Mr. Lorry expresses confusion about the matter. • Mr. Stryver wants to know what is wrong with him because he is eligible, prosperous, and advancing. • Mr. Lorry suggests that if he were Mr. Stryver ,he wouldn't go. • Mr. Stryver does not understand why he wouldn’t go and Mr. Lorry explains that he wouldn’t go unless he was positive that he would succeed. • Now Mr. Stryver is angry and even calls Lucie a mincing fool, which makes Mr. Lorry angry enough to not care about the fact that he is at Tellsons bank and must act properly. • Mr. Lorry suggests that he go ask the Manettes what they think about Mr. Stryvers offer and then get back to him tonight on what they say. • That night, around 10 o'clock Mr. Lorry tells Mr. Stryver that he was correct in his thought and that Lucie did not wish to marry him. • Mr. Stryver acts like he never wanted to marry her and that she isn't fit to marry anymore. • Mr. Lorry is confused and just simply leaves.

4. Literary Elements • Irony – “The Fellow of Delicacy” • This is ironic because the main character in this chapter, Mr. Stryver was in no way delicate • Personification -The House itself, magnificently reading the paper quite in the far-off perspective, lowered displeased, as if the Stryver head had been butted into its responsible waistcoat. • Giving a human quality of reading a paper to a house. • Parallelism - "When I speak of success, I speak of success with the young lady; and when I speak of causes and reasons to make success probable, I speak of causes and reasons that will tell as such with the young lady.” • Repetition of the words I speak of

5. Essential Quote  "Well! I -- Were you going there now?" asked Mr. Lorry.    "Straight!" said Stryver, with a plump of his fist on the desk.    "Then I think I wouldn't, if I was you."    "Why?" said Stryver. "Now, I'll put you in a corner," forensically shaking a forefinger at him. "You are a man of business and bound to have a reason. State your reason. Why wouldn't you go?"    "Because," said Mr. Lorry, "I wouldn't go on such an object without having some cause to believe that I should succeed."