Is Sydney Carton moral? Is Sydney Carton immoral? Sydney Carton in the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities was a careless drunkard that didn't care about anything or anyone including himself, but as the story went on he discovered a love for Lucie Manette. It changed him into a loving man and eventually into the hero of the story. His actions in the end portrayed him as the most compelling character in A Tale of Two Cities.
Sydney Carton thinks of himself and life as worthless with no meaning. He sees himself as a drunkard who can't change. He shares his thoughts with other characters about how he has now worth once even saying to Charles Darnay Charles is the person he wishes he could never be. There are other times he alludes to himself as being unimportant and without worth like “Why should you particularly like a man who resembles you? There is nothing in you to like; you do know that.” (Dickens 536)
Was Sydney Carton gonna forever hate everything in life centering everything around himself? As Sydney took Charles place at the guillotine was he still doing it for selfish reasons or was this a change in his life? His reason was for Lucie that was his way of showing her he loved her. When he met with her to show her his love he said “...I would embrace any sacrifice for you and those dear to you. O miss Manette think now …show more content…
He represents Christ taking the spot that he does not deserve so that others can have a second chance in his sacrifice. In the bible it says “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:2 Carton represents this verse by taking Charles place at the guillotine because Carton loved Lucie that much that he would not want to see her sad. Sydney was known as just a worth-less drunkard but to the Manettes and Charles he was a
Sydney Carton thinks of himself and life as worthless with no meaning. He sees himself as a drunkard who can't change. He shares his thoughts with other characters about how he has now worth once even saying to Charles Darnay Charles is the person he wishes he could never be. There are other times he alludes to himself as being unimportant and without worth like “Why should you particularly like a man who resembles you? There is nothing in you to like; you do know that.” (Dickens 536)
Was Sydney Carton gonna forever hate everything in life centering everything around himself? As Sydney took Charles place at the guillotine was he still doing it for selfish reasons or was this a change in his life? His reason was for Lucie that was his way of showing her he loved her. When he met with her to show her his love he said “...I would embrace any sacrifice for you and those dear to you. O miss Manette think now …show more content…
He represents Christ taking the spot that he does not deserve so that others can have a second chance in his sacrifice. In the bible it says “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:2 Carton represents this verse by taking Charles place at the guillotine because Carton loved Lucie that much that he would not want to see her sad. Sydney was known as just a worth-less drunkard but to the Manettes and Charles he was a