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Lastly, good did triumph over evil in Sydney Carton. Sydney Carton is a drunk who hates Darnay because if Carton was not a drunk he would have everything Darnay has, like the love of Lucie Manette. Carton is seen as the darkness because of the disparity he has and how low he has fallen. Whereas Darnay is seen as light or the good guy due to how his life is going. In the end when Sydney gives up his life for Darnay it shows how Sydney is transferring from being sad and dark. His selfless act proved that the “bad” Sydney Carton has saved Darnay and kept Lucie, Cartons love, happy.

Dickens uses Carton to symbolize resurrection in numerous parts of the book. "I am the resurrection," Carton calls himself. Dickens uses this specific character to symbolize that because of how Carton got Charles Darnay out of prison, and saved him from death therefore he symbolically resurrected him, by saving his life.

In Book Two, the theme of resurrection became even more prominent as the author introduces new characters into the novel. The theme is first shown in the second chapter of the book through the trial of Charles Darnay, one of the main characters in the novel. In the trial, Charles Darnay was accused of being a spy for the Americans during the time of the American Revolution. He was to be found guilty had not Sydney Carton, the novel’s greatest hero, saved him from a death sentence. By showing how the similarities between Darnay and himself, Sydney Carton destroyed one of the witnesses’ statements. This showed the theme of resurrection because Carton had recalled Darnay to life when he was on the brink of death. If Carton had not saved Darnay, he was sure to have been found guilty by the jury and sentenced to death. For the first time, the readers were introduced to Sydney Carton, a lawyer who was, in the public’s eye, nothing but a lazy drunk who has never amounted to anything as shown in Charles Darnay’s trial. However, in Book Two, Dickens showed Carton to be a very intelligent man but had wasted his life by

The introduction of Charles Darnay's character drastically affected Carton's mental state of character. Besides realizing the fact that they look so much similar, Carton found himself unable to like Darnay's character. To Carton, Darnay becomes his constant reminder of what he could have been, "What a change you have made in yourself! A good reason for taking to a man, that he shows you what you have fallen away from, and what you might have been! Change places with him, and would you have been looked at by those blue eyes as he was."( Dickens 89) In the presence of his character, he begins to realize and think about his flaws thus accepting this better version of his doppelgänger. What he is exposed to in his life is this frequent state of being in the shadows. This is shown with Mr. Stryver who has Carton under his hands. Now with the appearance of Darnay, his spotlight or recognition is covered again. What other sees is this "drunken", miserable, and lazy man using alcohol to escape from the reality of unhappiness. Because he knows his own status he tends to

After Charles and Lucie had been married, Sydney Carton never gave up. He asked Darnay if he could come and visit him and his family every time he wants so that he could see Lucie and her family if they are okay.

This wasted potential is emphasized when both Darnay and Carton fall in love with Lucie Manette. Darnay, as the typical charming hero, is chosen over desperate, brooding Carton. As a result, Carton finds himself channeling his love and his physical advantage of being Darnay’s double into keeping Lucie safe and happy by way of rescuing Darnay from the guillotine. Thus, Carton is able to become the proverbial “good guy,” a role he saw for himself in his counterpart, Darnay. He also managed to thwart the Defarges’ plot to murder all those connected to the aristocracy in any way. In this way, Dickens is able to use the comparisons and contrasts between the two men to show how love is capable of victory over violence and vengeance.

Just like Bruce Wayne from the Dark Knight Rises, both Bruce and Carton isolate themselves from society in a way. Additionally, Carton believes that he had wasted his life by living as an alcoholic and making bad choices. In the novel, Carton is even nicknamed, “The Jackal” because he was okay with being treated poorly by others and living as a bottom feeder. The only thing that kept him going is his endless love for Lucie. At the end of the novel, Carton sacrificed himself to save Darnay’s life. Carton’s last quote ends the novel by stating, “‘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 to than I have ever known’” (Dickens 462). In other words, sacrifice was the only way to redeem himself. He was spiritually resurrected, since he still has faith in Paris and that his name will be known to others as a hero. This is similar to the Dark Knight Rises, since Bruce Wayne also sacrificed himself to save Gotham City. Bruce and Carton both redeemed themselves through self sacrifice, and they did it for the same reasons. They both saw a bright future for Paris and Gotham City.

“‘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.

  In A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, many characters are given second chances as their lives are resurrected. The central heroine woman, Lucy Manette, is responsible for the resurrections of Sydney Carton and Dr. Alexander Manette's lives. She gives them inspiration and love to help them recover from their seemingly hopeless states. In turn, Carton gives up his own life in order to save a friend. The lives of Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, and Charles Darnay are all resurrected at times when hope is lost.

Darnay remain unaware of some of the dangers, such as Madame Defarge’s register awaiting him. Darnay believes that when he states these things, the people will turn and follow him “in a glorious revolution of doing good…with some influence to guide this raging Revolution that was running so fearfully wild” (188). Little does he know that Madame Defarge doesn't care about him renouncing his title and not oppressing people as she has already “proscribed under your [Madame Defarge’s] hand at this moment, by the side of that infernal dog [John Barsad]” (142_ Darnay’s and Lucie’s name into her register. She along with the other Jacques only want to single-handedly kill people. Darnay does not realize that the revolutionaries in France view him as the Marquis St. Evrémonde, an aristocrat who deserves to die.

Carton sacrificed his life for Lucie, her father, and Darnay at the guillotine and thus died in triumph. Dickens attempted to show his readers the power and dangers of a revolution. He had a clear underlying theme that oppression and exploitation by an aristocracy will cause a revolt by those being exploited, a fact that made the French

Similar to Jarvis Lorry, Sydney Carton undergoes a transformation of character. When Carton is first introduced in book one he is a pitiful lawyer, an “idlest and most unpromising man,”(Dickens 78). In chapter five he is displayed as an “amazingly good jackal,”(Dickens 79), meaning that he is “content and apathetic towards the fact that he will never be accredited with the performance and outcomes of his actions,”(Trojan, Kara). However, Lucie Manette inspires redemption in Carton through love, for he knows that if he can save her in any way then he can absolve his misery and find a purpose for his years on Earth. When Lucie Manette’s husband is punished to death row, Carton is determined to keep his promise. Carton takes the place of the spouse

Carton further helps Darnay and implies more of his heroism when he dies for him. Carton’s great love and respect for Lucie holds him to the promise he made to her when he said that he would die for anyone she loved. The sheer act of heroism possessed him to buy the elixir that would cause Darnay to pass out, to switch clothing, and take Darnay’s place in prison. Carton knew that if his plan was discovered, he would be just as dead as Darnay. However, Carton kept in mind his promise and carried it through. At this point in time, Darnay expressed a sense of heroism as well because he was prepared to face his death without fear. Darnay would have

People scarcely sacrifice things in this world for other people, let alone their life. In the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton has fallen in love for Lucie Manette even though she has fallen in love with Charles Darnay and has a young girl with him. Carton promises Lucie that he will not let any harm fall on her or any dear to her. And at the end of this novel he keeps his promise by sacrificing himself to save Darnay, Lucie's husband. When Carton first meets Lucie he instantly falls in love.

After the breaking out of the Revolution, a new law came into being that anyone of French noble who returned back to French would be killed by republic government. When Darnay found out that Gabelle, his housekeeper, had been arrested into prison, he returned back to London in order to save him. Unfortunately, he fell in trap and