Tale Of Two Cities Compare And Contrast Essay
Submitted by RunningAngel518 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Tale Of Two Cities Compare And Contrast Essay
Sacrificial Characters
?No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause? (Roosevelt). Characters in the book A Tale of Two Cities risk many important things in their lives when sacrificing things for a good cause. Charles Dickens, the author of A Tale of Two Cities, experienced many financial difficulties in his childhood. Dickens had to sacrifice his knowledge at school and work in a London factory. His family?s debt caused his father to be temporarily imprisoned. The absence of his incarcerated father created an interest in jails and money, which Dickens displayed in most of his literary works. In Charles Dickens? novel A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton and Dr. Manette distinctly portray similar sacrifices; among these are life, love, salvation, and aspects of personality.
Sydney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette both sacrifice their lives for a good cause. Sydney Carton gives up his life literally, while Dr. Manette changes everything about his life. Carton sacrifices his life because he wants Lucie, the love of his life, to be happy. A young woman, who is also imprisoned and is going to die, says, ? ?Are you dying for him?? she whispered. ?And his wife and child. Hush! Yes? ? (Dickens 332). Carton sacrifices his life for a good cause, so that others can be happy. Like Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette also sacrifices his life, but not literally. Dr. Manette changes his lonely life in prison for a happy life with his daughter. When questioned about his imprisonment at Charles Darnay?s trial, Dr. Manette says:
My mind is blank, from some time I cannot even say what time ? when I
employed myself, in my captivity, in making shoes, to the time when I found
myself living in London with my dear daughter here. She had become familiar to
me, when a gracious God restored my faculties; but I am...
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