A character sketch of Tellson's Bank in A Tale of Two Cities
Title: A character sketch of Tellson's Bank in A Tale of Two Cities
Category: Literature / European Literature | Words: 271 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
A character sketch of Tellson's Bank in A Tale of Two Cities
Alice Tapsikova
A Character sketch of Tellson's Bank
In A Tale of Two Cities Dickens describes Tellson's Bank using the
humor and satire. The Tellson's Bank, a type, which actually existed
in 1780, is described by Dickens as "an old fashioned, boastful, small, dark
and ugly place with musty odour"(p.51). His derogation with this bank is
obvious through the whole description even when he relates staff as "the
oldest men carried on bussines gravely" and …
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showed last 75 words of 271 total…or Snook Brother's might; but Tellson's, thank
Heaven." (p.51) or when he says " Thus it had come to pass, that Tellson's
was the triumphant perfection of inconvenience." (p.51) to support his
critical ideas against the ignorance of a progress.
Using satire Dicken's relieved otherwise hard and very serious
story by propagation of new 'revolutionary' thinking. He actually calls
people to the acceptation of progress by humor and sarcastic criticism of
convective principles of synchronic society.
20/02/04
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