Light VS. Darkness

     Dickens used light and darkness to set the tone for lucid and dr. Manette's relationship in many ways. The first way dickens sets this tone is when he writes "darkness had fallen on him in its place (dickens 32);" this means that dr. Manette has been locked away for 18 years and has lost focus and a little Memory, what dickens is saying is that anyone locked away that long should have those symptoms. The second example is when he writes " you can bear are a little more light (dickens 36);" he writes this because he is telling Dr. Monette that he needs to remember the past and he needs to lighten up. The final example is when dickens writes " laying the palest shadow of a stress on the second word (dickens 30);" in this quote Dickens is explaining how Dr. Manette puts a sad emphasis on the word he is speaking. This is how Dicken sets the tone for their conversation using light and darkness.