Comic Relief in the Tale of Two Cities

Comic relief is an important theatrical convention that makes the report card more interesting and appealing to readers. In Charles the Tempters A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens uses one of his minor besides fascinating characters, Jerry Cruncher, to depict this. The two or three chapters dealing with Jerry Cruncher and his family smell are humorous and he also decks the terrible poverty during the 18th century. And despite the novels tragic scenes and symbolic images, Dickens usesJerry to lighten things upa bit.Jerry Cruncher is a multidimensional tradesman, salutary to some, but truly not, as well as a conscientious father and self-conscious individual. Jerry Cruncher can be described as gruff andragged. An odd-job man, who sits outside Tell boys Bank during the day and is a body-snatcher by night. He is also uneducated which lead him to do unnecessary actions. Evenwhen describing Jerry, Dickens uses jokes. Mr.Cruncher himselfalways spoke of the yr of ourLord as Anna Dominoes a pparently under the impression that the Christian eradated from the dodge of a popular game,by a lady who had bestowed her name upon it. (Dickens 66) Dickens also uses the character of Jerry to illustrate the terrible poverty of life in England during the 1700s when Dickens goes more in depth close toJerry in chapter 14 called The Honest Tradesman. This was a chapterdedicated solely to Jerry Cruncher. In this chapter, the most interesting and nonsensical scene is presented.Jerry hassuch a hard time supporting his family thathe resorts to digging up late(prenominal) bodies insecret to help make ends meet. He tries to hide this by telling his wife and son that he is going fishing, but instead he was actually fishing up for bodies to sell to a surgeon. Another humorous scene in the story is how he becomes paranoid and begins to hate that his wife prays astir(predicate) him. He believes that she is praying against him. What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying against me? (Dickens 67) He sometimes snubs and beats her for doing so.He constantly calls himself an honest tradesman, even to his son. All these peculiarities of Jerry Cruncher are humorous. In conclusion, Dickens uses comic relief to appeal to his readers and castrate the mood. Jerry Cruncher is a perfect example of this. His life is a prototype of the poverty during 18th century. Through his characteristics, misfortunes in life, and bizarre actions, Jerry Cruncher was able to provide the reader humorous scenes rather than the chaotic and violent drama of the French Revolution.