How many times would you bail someone out before it’s too many times? The bible says this, “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’” (NIV Bible), In a tale of two cities, it only took two times. The year is 1780, tension plague both France And England. Charles Darnay stood accused of treason against the English crown. A lawyer named Stryver pleads Darnay’s case, but it is not until his drunk partner Sydney Carton, assists him and the court releases Darnay. Darnay is later captured and sentenced to death once more. It has been justified for a Carton to sacrifice himself for someone who has been captured several times before. The man he was defending was innocent and wrongly accused. He proved he was more
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Carton describes his existence as “a supreme waste of life.” and took every opportunity to say that he cared for nothing and no one. This is not true because when he defends an innocent man who was wrongly accused and sacrificed himself to save the very same man, and in the process, he gave himself a purpose. Carton tricks the doctor to change clothes, then he drags him and had a friend carry him out of the cell. After the switch, the lawyer essentially takes the death sentence and dies in the doctor’s place. Not only does he die in the doctor’s place, he dies by having his head chopped off by the guillotine, which was a favored method of execution at this point in time in France. In this, the lawyer shows he is more than just a “waste of life” by sacrificing himself for someone …show more content…
Carton made many comments about Lucie Manette, while bitter and rude in tone, they are countered by his interest and feelings forwards the young woman. Eventually, Carton reaches a point where he is confident to admit his feelings for Lucie. Carton expressed his love to the young woman, even though he still continued seeing himself as essentially worthless and as a waste of human life. His death led to the happiness of the woman he loved and by saving the man she was to marry. Carton goes into the guillotine, the narrator goes into explaining that he envisions a beautiful Paris “rising from the abyss” and sees “the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.” His death is quite ironic in that it was the very occasion in the book that gave the Lawyer’s life a purpose and meaning that he said he never had throughout the
Carton describes his existence as “a supreme waste of life.” and took every opportunity to say that he cared for nothing and no one. This is not true because when he defends an innocent man who was wrongly accused and sacrificed himself to save the very same man, and in the process, he gave himself a purpose. Carton tricks the doctor to change clothes, then he drags him and had a friend carry him out of the cell. After the switch, the lawyer essentially takes the death sentence and dies in the doctor’s place. Not only does he die in the doctor’s place, he dies by having his head chopped off by the guillotine, which was a favored method of execution at this point in time in France. In this, the lawyer shows he is more than just a “waste of life” by sacrificing himself for someone …show more content…
Carton made many comments about Lucie Manette, while bitter and rude in tone, they are countered by his interest and feelings forwards the young woman. Eventually, Carton reaches a point where he is confident to admit his feelings for Lucie. Carton expressed his love to the young woman, even though he still continued seeing himself as essentially worthless and as a waste of human life. His death led to the happiness of the woman he loved and by saving the man she was to marry. Carton goes into the guillotine, the narrator goes into explaining that he envisions a beautiful Paris “rising from the abyss” and sees “the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.” His death is quite ironic in that it was the very occasion in the book that gave the Lawyer’s life a purpose and meaning that he said he never had throughout the