“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known (Dickens, 446)”. Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities, a book about Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Alexandre Manette, and Lucie Manette set around the French Revolution. In this book, many characters were faced with hardships and stumbled upon the recurring theme of being recalled to life. Sydney Carton, however, had the most interesting story for behind resurrection.
When discussing a character like Carton, one may wonder how or why such a character would need to be recalled to life. Readers would have never expected this character to be or do anything until he foreshadowed his actions while talking to Charles Darnay. “Now, you know me as a dissolute dog who has never done any good, and never will” (234). Sydney Carton needed to be recalled to life because he knew that he could do no good on earth. He also needed to be recalled to life to make Lucie Manette happy because he knew that he could not do that by loving her. “I know very well that you can have no tenderness for me; I ask for none; I am even thankful that it cannot be” (170). …show more content…
“For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything” (173). “I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul. In my degradation I have not been so degraded but that the sight of you with your father, and of this home made such a home by you, has stirred old shadows that I thought had died out of me” (171). Lucie Manette resurrected Sydney Carton through his love for her. He vowed to sacrifice anything and everything for her. In doing so, he took Lucie’s husband’s place in line for the guillotine leading to Sydney Carton’s death where he was ironically recalled to
When discussing a character like Carton, one may wonder how or why such a character would need to be recalled to life. Readers would have never expected this character to be or do anything until he foreshadowed his actions while talking to Charles Darnay. “Now, you know me as a dissolute dog who has never done any good, and never will” (234). Sydney Carton needed to be recalled to life because he knew that he could do no good on earth. He also needed to be recalled to life to make Lucie Manette happy because he knew that he could not do that by loving her. “I know very well that you can have no tenderness for me; I ask for none; I am even thankful that it cannot be” (170). …show more content…
“For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything” (173). “I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul. In my degradation I have not been so degraded but that the sight of you with your father, and of this home made such a home by you, has stirred old shadows that I thought had died out of me” (171). Lucie Manette resurrected Sydney Carton through his love for her. He vowed to sacrifice anything and everything for her. In doing so, he took Lucie’s husband’s place in line for the guillotine leading to Sydney Carton’s death where he was ironically recalled to