When it comes to the subject of fate, Charles Dickens, writer of the novel A Tale Of Two Cities, explains it in a way anyone could understand it. The novel takes place in both England and France, before and leading into the French Revolution. This novel focuses on the French fighting against the revolutionaries in attempt to salvage their lives. When push comes to shove, one has to choose, for better or for worse, how their fate will turn out. Through examining Charles Darnay leaving France for a new life, Sydney Carton’s life and Madame Defarge's need for revenge, one can see Dickens’ message that when one has a set fate, they have the ability to change it, but some choose not to act upon this chance given to them.
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He didn’t really have a family of his own and sometimes questions the possibility to change that. “Then you shall likewise know why. I am a disappointed drudge, sir … and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him” (91). Her he is wanting to determine why he let his life get like. He also wants to know if there is a way he can change it, and there is. After the first Darnay-England trial, Carton gets to know Lucie. Later on down the road, Lucie meets Carton in his office, alone and Carton decided to express the love he developed for her. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything” (156). He explains to her that he has fallen in love with her, but doesn’t want to marry her. He promises her that he would risk his life for her or anyone she loves and this became his turning point. Later on in the novel, Darnay gets into some trouble with some revolutionaries and is sentenced to be put on the guillotine. Carton goes to the prison, switches places with Darnay and goes to the guillotine instead. “The door was quickly opened and closed, and there stood before him face to face … Sydney Carton” (342). He has saved Darnay from letting his wife become a widow and his daughter to grow up without a father. While Carton is approaching the guillotine, he thinks his last thought about Lucie and if she birthed a second son whom was named after him. “I see the child who lay … with a tender and faltering voice.”
When Charles Evrémonde …show more content…
He didn’t really have a family of his own and sometimes questions the possibility to change that. “Then you shall likewise know why. I am a disappointed drudge, sir … and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him” (91). Her he is wanting to determine why he let his life get like. He also wants to know if there is a way he can change it, and there is. After the first Darnay-England trial, Carton gets to know Lucie. Later on down the road, Lucie meets Carton in his office, alone and Carton decided to express the love he developed for her. “For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything” (156). He explains to her that he has fallen in love with her, but doesn’t want to marry her. He promises her that he would risk his life for her or anyone she loves and this became his turning point. Later on in the novel, Darnay gets into some trouble with some revolutionaries and is sentenced to be put on the guillotine. Carton goes to the prison, switches places with Darnay and goes to the guillotine instead. “The door was quickly opened and closed, and there stood before him face to face … Sydney Carton” (342). He has saved Darnay from letting his wife become a widow and his daughter to grow up without a father. While Carton is approaching the guillotine, he thinks his last thought about Lucie and if she birthed a second son whom was named after him. “I see the child who lay … with a tender and faltering voice.”