In an era with both the best and worst of times, a tale of two cities follows the 'opposites' trend by depicting an immense variety of attitudes, reactions, and lifestyles. Through contrasting themes throughout his novel, Dickens gave his audience an opportunity to compare natural responses of human nature to responses that take more effort, but pay off more in the end. Some of these divergent emotions that appear multiple times throughout the story include a tender and kindhearted sacrificial love that opposes the bloodthirsty desires of revenge.
