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Tale Of Two Cities Quote Analysis

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Well I have and let me explain how the quote from my first paragraph can support this. Well in the book “A Tale of Two Cities” there are a lot of examples of evil signs or “Good vs.Evil”, for example "Keep where you are because, if I should make a mistake, it could never be set right in your lifetime." Book I, Chapter 2, The Mail. This quote from the book basically shows what I mean by the word “evil’” because someone is warning somebody else in a harassing why, if they do or don’t this then the rest of there lives would be horrible or hard. Another example would be "I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me." Book II, Chapter 4, Congratulatory. In this quote from the story basically explains the selfish a human being can get, leading them to kinda be

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