In the book, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses a lot of foreshadowing. He uses this device so he can relate a message that later becomes a major point throughout the story. This use of foreshadowing keeps the reader involved in what's going on and when events take place and where they accrue. The key examples when Dickens uses foreshadowing is in the wine spill scene, "recalled to life", and echoing footsteps.
             In a street in the Parisian suburb of Saint Antoine, there is a broken case of wine that had spilled into the streets in front of Defarge's Wine shop. A large crowd of scurrying peasants quickly emerged upon the wine spill and began to desperately scoop up the wine anyway possible so they could drink it. For instance the quote: "Others, men and women dipped in the puddles with little mugs of mutilated earth-enware, or even with handkerchiefs from women's heads which were squeezed dry into infants' mouths" describes the hunger and desperateness of everyone. As a result of this event the large crowd of starving peasants, have happiness and begin to celebrate, by joining hands and dancing. Left behind, are the stains of the red wine on the street and the people's hands, faces, and feet. Dickens purposely uses red wine to represent blood, in which the peasants are covered. This whole situation foreshadows the blood that will be spilled there in later years during the outrage of the French Revolution. Dickens goes as far as to have a Jacque in the crowd dip his finger into the muddy red wine and write the word "Blood" on a wall to make sure the reader realizes the message that is being sent forth. As Dickens predicts future violence, he also hints at how hunger, want, and anger will transform decent, caring human beings into unthinking, bloodthirsty animals. He described some of the wine drinkers as having "a tigerish smear about the mouth", and ...