Light And Evil In A Tale Of Two Cities

Charles Dickens is utterly a famous author. He has written over fifteen literary works. One of which in “A Tale of Two Cities” and it takes place during the time of the French revolution. In this novel, a man by the name of Dr. Manette has been incarcerated for almost two decades. When he is discharged, he is mentally unstable, a friend of the family finds his daughter and the two reunite. Over a few years the man becomes stable again and is now working as a doctor. The daughter goes by the name of Lucie. A gentleman by the name of Charles Darnay falls in love with Lucie, however, another man, Sydney Carton, also admires Lucie, although he believes that he could never remain well-intentioned for Lucie, and avoids her. In the conclusion, Darnay marries Lucie. On the day of the wedding, Dr. Manette learns that Darnay is a French nobleman, it …show more content…
Good and evil stand connected to several different ideas. As Ronald Murphy states in his article on the world and the light and hope seen within, states, “Light is portrayed continually in connection with the emotion of happiness,” (Murphy This moral could be portrayed by the characters. In the novel “A Tale of Two Cities” the light, or good, is connected to the character of Lucie, throughout the novel she remains faultless and unadulterated in what she accomplishes; she is a flawless daughter who ends up with the right man, and is faithful till the closing. The opposite character of darkness would be the Defarge family. When the couple is traveling through a town in their carriage, they run over a child and he dies. While stopped, the Sir yells out, “One or the other of you is forever in the way. How do I know what injury you have done to my horses?” (B 2 CH 7). This portrays the evil of the government at that time, why the people wanted to revolt and escape the horror of their