Conflicts In Charles Dickins's A Tale Of Two Cities

Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times and it was the worst of times.” This famous saying comes from one of the greatest historical novels, Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickins. This book follows the private lives of six people by the names of Lucie Manette, Dr. Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Ernest Dafarge, and Madame Defarge at the time of the French Revolution. Lucie Manette is one out of the many main characters in this book. Lucie faced many conflicts in the book, one being not able to see her father for 18 years because of his imprisonment in Paris and two having her husband, Charles Darnay, taken from her and almost executed. Dr. Manette was imprisoned for 18 years for being framed …show more content…
However, when Darnay was minutes away from being executed Sydney Carton snuck into the jail and drugged Darnay and then switched places with Darnay so he could be with his family. Sydney Carton follows through with his plan and was executed, but states, “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.” This book was placed in the 18th century in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution. There were many great themes in Tale of Two Cities, but the one that stood out the most would be the theme of revenge. The theme of revenge was very repetitive. For example, Madame Defarge had to have revenge on the Marquis even though he died; Madame Defarge still had to have revenge so she went out and targeted Charles Darnay. In this book I thought the author did a great job painting a picture in my mind with the different action scenes that he wrote about. I thought that he did a nice job showing how brutal the times of the French Revolution actually were. My overall opinion on this book is that it is meant for readers who are over the age of 12 years old because of the confusing vocabulary he uses. If I were to rate