He sacrifices his life only in love for Lucie Manette and saves the life of her husband. However, his love and feelings for Lucie is serious and eventually makes him a man of great value. Carton has no serious pursuit in his life. He looks like Charles Darnay and this physical similarity saved Darnay. Sydney Carton, An impudent and alcoholic lawyer who works with Stryver in England. When he reaches Paris, he is put on trial for the crimes of his St. He proves his courage again when he decides to return to Paris at his own risk to save his family servant Gabelle who is imprisoned. He married Lucie Manette in England and exhibits an when he reveals to Doctor Manette about his actual identity. Darnay shows great virtue in his rejection of the snobbish attitude of his cruel uncle, the Marquis Evrémonde. He chooses to live in England, where he works as a French tutor. Evrémonde because he cannot bear to be associated with the unkind injustices of the French aristocrats. Charles DarnayĪ French aristocrat, Charles Darnay gives up his family name of St. Her love has the power to ensnare any man in her web that’s why Dickens writes “golden thread.” Furthermore, her love sparks Sydney Carton’s development from a “jackal” into a hero. When she brings her father back to life, she cares for him and remains devoted to him, even after her marriage to Darnay. She was raised as a ward of Tellson’s Bank because her parents were assumed dead. Charles Dickens depicts her as an archetype of kindness. Lucie Manette or Lucie Darnay (when married)Ī beautiful young French woman well recognized for her compassion. When Charles Darnay was imprisoned in France, Dr Alexander Manette with his daughter goes to France to save him from the guillotine. At the end, when he comes to know that the husband of her daughter, Charles Darnay, is from the Evremonde family who put him into Bastille, he becomes again mentally disturbed and starts making shoes. After the revolution, he was released and brought back to England by his daughter, Lucie Manette. He was a brilliant physician from France, who was imprisoned, with no offence or charge on him, in the Bastille in Paris (France) for 18 years and suffered some mental trauma due to long imprisonment. Brief Introduction to Characters in A Tale of Two Cities Doctor Alexander Manetteĭoctor Alexander Manette was a main character in A Tale of Two cities.

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