Light Vs. Dark

               In the book A Tale Of Two Cities, there are many ways that are shown how light and dark express how hopeful or hopeless the characters are. Like on page 30 When Dickens says,"He had put up a hand between the light.", which is saying that Doctor Manette has been imprisoned for so long that he has not seen the light for ages. He has been in the darkness most of his life. On page 32 Dickens states,"Darkness had fallen on him and in its place.". He was trying to remember Miss Manette or Mr. Lorry and he had at first, but then he realized that it was not coming back to him. He had thought it was hopeless what they were trying to do. On page 35 Miss Manette is holding her father keeping all of the surroundings around him blocked and just her hair around him, the quote,"Her hair drooping over him curtained him  from the light," In the quote on page 36 Dickens infers,"The darkness deepened and deepened, as they both lay quiet,until a light gleamed through the chinks of the walls." Dickens is trying to say that the darkness of the place they were in was being lightened by the outside because they were about to escape and he would need to go out into the light to do so. That is a sign of hope for both the Manettes and Mr. Lorry because they are about to get him out. Hope and Hopelessness is a common tone in describing light and dark in this book of A Tale Of Two Cities.