Charles Dickens Foreshadowing

     In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses the tool of foreshadowing to predispose the events that will occur during the French Revolution in chapter 5, The Wine-Shop. First, Dickens writes" The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris, where it was spilled" (Dickens;21). Here you see Dickens putting emphasis on the wine being red and we can visualize the bloodiness of the French Revolution. It also says "it will stain.." Referring that this revolution will stain French's history and land forever. Next, Dickens states " It had stained many hands, too, and many faces, and many naked feet.." (Dickens;21). This quote expresses foreshadowing of the extreme bloodiness of the revolution. Hands, faces, and feet will be stained with blood because of fighting. You also see Dickens repeatedly saying "many" to really express and make an image in your head of what is to come. Finally, Dickens says " The time was to come, when the wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there" (Dickens;22). This quote really confirms our thought of whether or not Dickens is forehead owing the French Revolution. Not only that but it also relates back to the wine as well as saying that the red wine will stain many. He uses red wine as a symbolizer of blood. As we see, these quotes significantly show us readers an insight of what is to come and therefore hints that Charles Dickens is foreshadowing what is the next upcoming event to occur.