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    person called Lucie Manette. Lucie Manette is the best example of a good person because she was born with a good heart and constantly shows her love for others. But there were also some example of people like Carton who were originally not good nor bad, but became a better person because…

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    characters do for one another, but as the book continues, the acts of kindness turn into great sacrifices. There are three characters in the book that perform huge sacrifices for the things that they care about. Charles Darnay, Miss Pross, and Dr. Manette all make great sacrifices because of their devotion to the things they love. Charles Darnay is very dedicated, and this is shown through the sacrifices he makes. Charles Darnay is a very loyal character in the book, and it shows when he says…

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    introduces Lucie to us, a docile young girl looking for her father. After being abandoned at an orphanage, she refuses to believe her father has died. Unfortunately, Lucie does not know that her father, Dr. Alexander Manette, was imprisoned for the past 18 years. Throughout “Book the First,” Lucies character does not develop much, or a static character, and, consequently, she becomes more confident knowing she has found her father. Between all of the characters in Book the First, Lucie connects…

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    sacrifices. There are three characters in the book that perform huge sacrifices for the things that they care about. Charles Darnay, Miss Pross, and Dr. Manette all make great sacrifices because of their devotion to the things they love. Charles Darnay is very dedicated, and this is shown through the sacrifices…

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    Darnay becomes a love interest for Lucie, and they eventually marry. In France, two leaders of the French Revolution hear about…

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    Tale of Two Cities” D. One of the characters, Lucie Manette, hesitated about the situation about meeting her father. Then Doctor Manette wondered about the positives and negatives of her daughter’s (Lucie Manette)…

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    experiences. In A Tale of Two Cities, Lucie Manette and Madame Defarge are foils of each other, with their conflicting themes of the "golden thread" and darkness. Lucie Manette shows kindness and compassion while Madame Defarge isn't even able to show the slightest of mercy. Lucie comforted Carton when he confessed his love for her, and encouraged him to have more self-respect. "To be confronted with such pity, and such earnest youth and beauty, was far more trying…

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    Cities, by Charles Dickens, the characters Doctor Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton all impulsively conceal some aspect of themselves for the sake of Lucie Manette, whom they love. How are these characters’ morals shown through their deception and how do the nuances of their motives impact both Lucie and the novel? Doctor Manette took to shoemaking while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. After Lucie helped him return to humanity, Manette stopped his habit; however, when he was…

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    we were all going direct the other way. ” Either way, Dr.Manette was recalled to life, not sleep. He was recalled to sanity, not senselessness. He was recalled to love, not loathe. He was recalled to comfortability, not discomfort. Dr. Alexandre Manette was an ethical doctor with a respectable practice and loving wife who lost everything for eighteen years. Dr.Manette spent eighteen years "in secret" as a hostage in the Bastille before the French Revolution. He was held as a prisoner because…

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    Everybody desires to be loved by others, and sometimes love can change a person. The Bible tells us that we are supposed to love others. People sometimes say that they love one another, but they are not always right because love is much more than just having feelings for one another. The Bible says that love is patient and kind. It also says that love does not envy, boast, dishonor others and that love is not proud. The Bible also says that love is not self-seeking, or easily angered, and love…

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