Who Is Sydney Carton A Hero

In A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton is the clear protagonist of the book. This normally would make the antagonist (however there is no clear one) his antithesis. Yet straying from the norm, Dickens creates a very peculiar opposite for Carton in the form of Jarvis Lorry. Lorry is a man of business, and will not be strayed from his financial past even by an encroaching revolution. Carton on the other hand is a bleeding heart romantic hero, who is motivated by love and passion. To complicate the entire ordeal further, both Carton and Lorry are fighting for the same side. The different personalities of the characters play vital roles in the outcome of the book as well as the outcome of the revolution.

Sydney Carton, the alcoholic aid of an attorney is able to break out of his depressing shell and fulfill his promise to Lucie Manette by the end of A Tale of Two Cities. He shows himself as the true hero of the novel and shines over all the other characters that were “recalled to life” (7). The ultimate sacrifice, to give up one’s life, should be rewarded as the most heroic action in any situation out of good

Although, the actor himself did an incredible job, the fact that he has played both characters has severely affected the central message of the novel, which in fact is resurrection. When Syndey decided to pursue his plan of execution in place for Charles, it revealed the idea that it is possible for people to change and become what they have never been able to achieve; whether this may be positive or negative. When Carton dies, Dickens presented the idea that although he was malicious, alcoholic, and sought no aspiration for life, he was able to change. He proved this by dying to save his lover Lucie’s own happiness, her happiness was indeed Charles. However, by allowing the character of Charles and Sydney to be portrayed by the same actor, it reveals that resurrection would be impossible. Thus, the theme of the novel is clearly irrelevant to the theme in the movie. When Sydney dies he is leaving his old self, but in the movie with two characters being played by the same actor, it deprives the theme from being truly expressed. Ultimately, by having Charles character stay alive, it reverse the idea that humanity can change and through sacrifice change is indeed a characteristic of humanity itself. However, in reality nothing could ever change a malicious and foolish

“‘Are you dying for him?’ she whispered. ‘And his wife and child. Hush! Yes.’ ‘O you will let me hold your brave hand, stranger?’”( Dickens 631). The Seamstress recognizes that Sydney has taken Charles place to be killed, she begins to adore him because of his heroic act. Sydney gave up his opportunity to marry the love of his life, Lucie and instead gave his life for her happiness. Sydney thought of himself as a Christ-like figure because of his sacrifice. Carton a foolish hero shows how love for one's cause can cause you to take your own life.

Sydney Carton proved that his life was purposeless since he is always drunk and lazy, but he wants to make right decisions that would help others since he doesn’t really care about himself. Sydney finally tells Lucie Manette that he loves her bye he say’s, sorrow and repentance, blight you, disgrace you, pull you down with him”. Sydney say’s that he is not worth it and it will bring her down too.“For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything . . . I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you” (Dickens 156). Even though Sydney is lost and hopeless, he promises Lucie that he will be ready to give his life for her happiness. Sydney Carton comes a long way where it is hard for him to find it’s true potential. Sydney’s words are so fragile but later these words help him find freedom for himself and leave a mark, so people remember him.

     In Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” and in all his novels, he wants to confuse people to keep them reading. He creates complex characters who change over time, or rather just gives us more information influence our decisions our opinions. One of these complex characters who Dickens brings out in different light later is Sydney Carton.

In A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton is introduced as a lethargic alcoholic that has little interest in living. As the story progresses, however, Dickens shows Sydney’s interest in another character named Lucie. Later, Sydney even announces his love to her before she weds another man, Charles Darnay, yet he still continues to speak of the worthlessness of his life as the story continues. It becomes very obvious to the reader that Lucie is the focal point of Sydney’s life, and that he lives primarily in the light of her happiness. Towards the end of the novel, Darnay is in prison and soon facing the guillotine. Sydney, who looks stunningly similar to Darnay, takes his place and dies to ensure Lucie’s happiness with Darnay in their future. From the time he announced his love to Lucie until his death, Sydney showed his passionate interest and care for Lucie while showing apathy for his own life. It is clear that Sydney valued Lucie and her happiness more than his own life. Therefore, by

“It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done. It is a far, far better rest that I have ever known” (Dickens 367). Sydney Carton spoke these immortal words in the last few moments of his life in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. In the shadows of the growing French Revolution Carton, a lawyer, wastes his life on alcohol and apathy. But in the midst of it all the noble part of his life is his love for Lucie, a young married French woman, which is strong enough to induce him to give his life for her husband, Charles Darnay. Through his death Carton redeems himself and is reborn in his namesake that the Darnay family shall survive. He ultimately develops into the tragic romantic hero that readers will come to

His final thoughts are some of the most famous lines in the entire novel, “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 than I have ever known” (Dickens 293). This was the end destined for Sydney Carton. He has grown in courage and valor, from a drunk, dissatisfied, and insignificant man to a hero who found his calling in sacrificing himself for the love he would never

Thesis: In a Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens utilizes the character of Sidney Carton to show that a wasted life can be redeemed.

The most significant sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities is by Sydney Carton when he faces the infamous guillotine for Lucie’s happiness and Charles Darnay’s long life. Lucie Manette, the woman that Carton is in love with, marries a man, Darnay, who is

Sydney Carton is the most memorable character in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, a story of redemption, resurrection, self-sacrifice change and love, all of these words have to do with the extreme transformation of. Sydney Carton had such great love for Lucie Mannette that evolves from a depressed loaner that can only attempt to substitute happiness with alcoholic indulgence to a loyal caring friend who makes the ultimate sacrifice for the ones he loves.

Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens, a meticulous British novelist, imposes ambiguity in the personalities of Sydney Carton, Madame Defarge, and Ernest Defarge to reveal the preeminent theme of his novel that people are dynamic. Sydney Carton is an extremely ambiguous character in The Tale of Two Cites. Sydney Carton transforms from debauchery to admirable. At first, Carton is a drunkard, and he is willing to help out C.J. Stryver at any time of day. Carton made Stryver, one of most respected lawyers in London, a brilliant and popular lawyer.

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans: 5: 9-10; “United Church”). Characters like Sydney Carton are people that will give up their own life. Such is the case when Sydney Carton promises Lucie Manette to give his own life for her. He pretends to be Charles Darnay, and he perishes when he gets executed by the guillotine. By sacrificing himself, Sydney allows Charles and Lucie the opportunity of escaping the terror during the French Revolution. The story in which these events take place is called A Tale of Two Cities, written by Charles Dickens. The central idea of A Tale Of Two Cities is that sacrifice is exemplified by the

Regret, missed opportunities and an unattainable love plagued the life of Sydney Carton in Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities. Throughout the novel, every fiber of Carton’s being strove for a change in his miserable existence and a chance to redeem himself, yet he trudged on and masked his insecurities with drinking and denial. The shift in his life he had long pined for happened when he goes to the chemist and wanders around late at night. He was a lost man, but the tone of this passage by Dickens changes to show Carton’s newfound purpose. By shifting from and dark and decisive tone at night to a light and hopeful tone in the morning, Carton has a metaphorical death and rebirth. A shift in tone occurs when the sun rises in the morning, symbolizing his birth into a newer, purer life. Sydney Carton has transformed from being lost and purposeless into a savior.