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An Analysis of Duty and Sacrifice in Dickens' a Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens' 1859 A Tale of Two Cities deals with the dichotomous nature of man: the good and the bad, the selfish and the selfless. These two natures are observed in the two (ironically look-alike) characters, the dutiful Charles Darnay and the derelict Sydney Carton. Yet, just as the novel embodies a dichotomy, shown in its opening statement that "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times," (3) Sydney Carton also embodies a dichotomy: selfish and destructive throughout the tale, he performs one heroic deed in the novel's climax by sacrificing his life for Darnay's. Dickens, here, appears to be sending the message that one good action (such as Carton's) can make up for a lifetime of bad ones. He also appears to be following the Christian ethic that states that no greater love exists than that a man lay down his life for his neighbor. This paper will show Dickens' theme is employed through the characters of Darnay, who demonstrates duty and Carton, who demonstrates sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities.
In a sense, the antagonist of Dickens' Tale is a kind of menace, whose effects are noted in two ways: in the bloody, violent revolution underway in Paris, and in the unbloody but drunken antics of the lawyer Sydney Carton. The novel begins with the return of Miss Manette's father, who has been unjustly imprisoned in France. The Manettes are represented as kind, humble, virtuous people,...
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