PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Word #1: Tumbril
A tumbril is a large cart, used during the French Revolution to transport people to the guillotine. Sydney Carton rode in a tumbril to the guillotine, where he was executed.
Example: "Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine."
Word #2: Forlorn
Forlorn means sad, abandoned, lonely, or hopeless. In the book, the word is used multiple items to describe situations and people that are desperate.
Example: "It is a forlorn hope at the best…"
Word #3: Gaoler
A gaoler is someone who is in charge of a jail or it's prisoners.
Example: "Two gaolers, who had been standing there, went out, and the prisoner was brought in, and put to the bar."
Word #4: Guillotine
A guillotine is a machine that executed people by decapitating them. The guillotine is an important symbol of the French Revolution because it was used to execute many aristocrats.
Example: "…The Guillotine would strike off her husband’s head next day."
Word #5: Packet
A packet is a ship that travels between two ports.
Example: "There will be a packet to Calais, tomorrow, drawer?"
