The future is filled with unpredictable possibilities. People can attempt to guide their fates in a certain direction, but there is no way to know what the future holds. This is why many unfortunate people hold onto past events. They are afraid of the unknown. They cling to their pasts rather than chance at the future--no matter how devastating their past may have been. This is ruinous to people when they do it, and it is difficult to escape from this trap. However, some people are able to take charge, reclaim their lives, and forge a new path away from their past. They are called to live a new life. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens illustrates the theme of resurrection through the actions his characters and uses it to enhance the
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When we first meet Carton, he is a sad, drunken man with very little ambition. He claims “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me” (Dickens 102). At this point Carton has given up on everything in his own life, and he is content to waste his days in a drunken stupor. Like Dr. Manette, Carton is physically alive but may be considered dead. When Carton later confides his troubles to Lucie Manette, a new side of him is revealed. Carton vows to improve his life from what it has been in response to his love for Lucie (Dickens …show more content…
Many of the characters in the novel have problems and regrets of some kind. Carton has his drunkenness; Manette has his imprisonment; and Darnay has his aristocratic past (Dickens 408). Each of these characters has a past that haunts him, but each is able to overcome it to become better. Through this theme Dickens is able to convey the message that people can be saved from themselves to experience new and more rewarding lives. Overall, Dickens uses the idea of resurrection, which is exhibited by Dr. Manette and Sidney Carton, to express the idea that all people are redeemable. The past does not control what people will become, for the future is uncertain. And while that idea brings fear, it also brings freedom with it. People must use that potential to become the best versions of
When we first meet Carton, he is a sad, drunken man with very little ambition. He claims “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me” (Dickens 102). At this point Carton has given up on everything in his own life, and he is content to waste his days in a drunken stupor. Like Dr. Manette, Carton is physically alive but may be considered dead. When Carton later confides his troubles to Lucie Manette, a new side of him is revealed. Carton vows to improve his life from what it has been in response to his love for Lucie (Dickens …show more content…
Many of the characters in the novel have problems and regrets of some kind. Carton has his drunkenness; Manette has his imprisonment; and Darnay has his aristocratic past (Dickens 408). Each of these characters has a past that haunts him, but each is able to overcome it to become better. Through this theme Dickens is able to convey the message that people can be saved from themselves to experience new and more rewarding lives. Overall, Dickens uses the idea of resurrection, which is exhibited by Dr. Manette and Sidney Carton, to express the idea that all people are redeemable. The past does not control what people will become, for the future is uncertain. And while that idea brings fear, it also brings freedom with it. People must use that potential to become the best versions of