The Attorney-General melodramatically touts the virtues of his witness, John Barsad, and absurdly deifies him, as though Barsad were a great figure from antiquity. When he explains that Barsad would not in fact have such a statue erected in his honor, as no such practice exists in England, his words again produce a comical effect.
When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become. ... The solicitor general, following the attorney general’s lead, examined the witness: a gentleman named John Barsad. He described himself exactly as the attorney ...
The Attorney General prosecuting the case demands that the jury sentence Charles to death. He calls a witness, the "unimpeachable patriot" John Barsad, whose testimony implicates Charles as a spy. However, on cross-examination Stryver reveals Barsad to be a gambler and brawler and a generally untrustworthy witness.
Summary. The trial begins with the Attorney-General's long and often-times digressive statement of the treason charges against Darnay. Darnay's counsel, Mr. Stryver, attempts to discredit the prosecution's two main witnesses — John Barsad and Roger Cly — but the turning point in the trial comes when Stryver's associate, Sydney Carton, alerts him to the remarkable physical …
How does the Solicitor-General discredit John Barsad's testimony? He suggests that Barsad is not credible because he was in debtor's prison, he cheated at gambling, and he owes Darnay money. The Solicitor-General also suggested that Barsad planted evidence.
Darnay's counsel, Mr. Stryver, attempts to discredit the prosecution's two main witnesses — John Barsad and Roger Cly — but the turning point in the trial comes when Stryver's associate, Sydney Carton, alerts him to the remarkable physical resemblance between Carton and Darnay.
Overview. Barsad is a turncoat, English con-man, and spy and partner of Roger Cly. In the pay of the Marquis St. Evremonde, he initially frames the Marquis' nephew, Charles Darnay by planting evidence on him on a voyage across the English Channel to England.
How does Stryver discredit the prosecution's first witness, John Barsad? He cheated at gambling and owed money to Darney. What are the incriminating circumstances under which Darnay had travelled back and forth from England to France?
A Tale of Two Cities Dickens describes Lucie as being beautiful physically and spiritually, and she possesses a gift for bringing out the best qualities of those around her. She is one of the lesser-developed characters in the novel, but she is "the golden thread"that binds many of the characters' lives together.
A Disappointment Manette all testify that Darnay was traveling to France and was possibly sympathetic to the American Revolution, which the French were supporting. However, a surprising twist saves Darnay, disappointing the crowd who came to see an execution. Hence the chapter title.
John Barsad, or Solomon Pross A police spy in England who becomes a spy in revolutionary France. Recognized as Miss Pross' brother, he is forced to help Carton save Darnay.
Sydney Carton identifies Solomon Pross as John Barsad.
Carton reveals that he has seen Barsad conversing with Roger Cly, a known English spy. When Barsad counters that Cly is dead and presents the certificate of burial, Cruncher disproves the story by asserting that Cly's coffin contained only stones and dirt.
Terms in this set (18) How does Stryver discredit the prosecution's first witness, John Barsad? He cheated at gambling and owed Darnay money.
Carton knows his actions will bring an essentially dead man, Darnay, back to life, and ensure lifelong happiness for Lucie and her family. Among the sacrifices the characters make in this novel, Carton's is the greatest, and he feels at peace with his choice because he finally feels his life is worth something.
How does Carton convince Barsad to help him save Darnay? He bribes him. He threatens to reveal to the revolutionaries that Barsad is an English spy. He starts to tell Miss Pross what her brother does for a living.
Barsad is a turncoat, English con-man, and spy and partner of Roger Cly. In the pay of the Marquis St. Evremonde, he initially frames the Marquis' nephew, Charles Darnay by planting evidence on him on a voyage across the English Channel to England.
Barsad is described in Book 2, Chapter 3 of A Tale of Two Cities as "one of the greatest scoundrels upon the earth since accursed Judas-which he certainly did look rather like." This is a direct reference to Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus Christ in the Bible, and is explaining that Barsad is a very untrustworthy man.
Walter Catlett played John Barsad in the 1935 David O. Selznick production of A Tale of Two Cities starring Ronald Colman.