Chapter 5 of the novel A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens may seem like your run of the mill chapter, but what it really does is foreshadow war. The book partially takes place in France right before the French Revolution breaks out. Dickens writes "The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street... (Dickens 21)" The red wine spills and splatters everywhere staining the street. This foreshadows the blood that will soon fill the area with red."It had stained many hands, too, and many faces, and many naked feet, and many wooden shoes (Dickens 21.)" The sight of people with red on their skin and clothing may look innocent, but in the future, the wine will be replaced by blood because of the brutal battles that will be fought in the area. He goes on to write "...and one tall joker so besmirched... scrawled upon a wall with his fingers dipped in muddy wine-lees - BLOOD (Dickens 22.) That quote explains itself well. The red wine on his fingers represents the blood soon to come. The Wine Shop spill foreshadows what's to come in the future, and it's not bright.
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