Dr Manette, a round character in A Tale of Two Cities, is a very dynamic role player who, through his sacrifice and struggles with the help of his daughter is able to persevere.
At the start of the novel Mr. Manette is a crazy doctor who is in prison, making shoes to occupy and help coax him through the trauma of prison. Manette, through the novel is seen as a not only a round character but also a dynamic character. Manette over the course of the novel, undergoes drastic change. He is transformed from an insensate prisoner who cobbles shoes into a man of distinction and class. When Manette is released from prison, he is devoid of life and soul, and it is Lucy's job to revive him and bring him back to the world and restore his distinction and class. He is traumatized from his past experiences and uses his cobbling of shoes to mask that and bury it deep down inside himself. His first start to coming back into life is through his daughter Lucie who ushers him out of his desolate trance with only her voice and the touch of her hair:
If you hear in my voice—I don’t know that …show more content…
Manette’s suffering is one of the most vivid and divine examples of social resurrection through suffering and sacrifice. In the novel Manette is a prime example of social regeneration because with the help of Lucie Manette he has to overcome his trauma of seclusion. Dr. Manette gives up his workbench in order to get over his trauma and past life in the prison. A similar character in the novel who gives up so much more is Carton. Carton sacrifices his life for the girl he loves her husband and her family for seemingly no reason stating “I shall soon be out of the way of harming you, and the rest will soon be far from here, please God! Now, get assistance and take me to the coach.” (Dickens 627) That's what love can do to a person. Carton sacrifices everything he can so that others can go on. Charles and Manette are both excellent examples of characters who have been through tremendous
At the start of the novel Mr. Manette is a crazy doctor who is in prison, making shoes to occupy and help coax him through the trauma of prison. Manette, through the novel is seen as a not only a round character but also a dynamic character. Manette over the course of the novel, undergoes drastic change. He is transformed from an insensate prisoner who cobbles shoes into a man of distinction and class. When Manette is released from prison, he is devoid of life and soul, and it is Lucy's job to revive him and bring him back to the world and restore his distinction and class. He is traumatized from his past experiences and uses his cobbling of shoes to mask that and bury it deep down inside himself. His first start to coming back into life is through his daughter Lucie who ushers him out of his desolate trance with only her voice and the touch of her hair:
If you hear in my voice—I don’t know that …show more content…
Manette’s suffering is one of the most vivid and divine examples of social resurrection through suffering and sacrifice. In the novel Manette is a prime example of social regeneration because with the help of Lucie Manette he has to overcome his trauma of seclusion. Dr. Manette gives up his workbench in order to get over his trauma and past life in the prison. A similar character in the novel who gives up so much more is Carton. Carton sacrifices his life for the girl he loves her husband and her family for seemingly no reason stating “I shall soon be out of the way of harming you, and the rest will soon be far from here, please God! Now, get assistance and take me to the coach.” (Dickens 627) That's what love can do to a person. Carton sacrifices everything he can so that others can go on. Charles and Manette are both excellent examples of characters who have been through tremendous