In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens had described the period of preparations
for a revolution filled with turmoil and chaos in France. Charles Darnay and Sydney
Carton were the two characters that played important roles in the story. They were
depicted as physically alike but possessed different personality, different reasons for their
sacrifices and different ways of changes in their character developments through the
Charles Dickens had developed these two characters as gentlemen with morals
and golden hearts. Besides physically alike, they had few similarities in their personality.
In the story, they resembled a straightforward attitude, and presented their true feeling to
others. Charles Darnay in disgust of what his family had done stood up to his uncle and
showed his resentment "...we have done wrong, and are reaping the fruits of wrong."
Sydney Carton loved Lucy for the first sight and decided to pledge his love to her. He
asked nothing more of Lucy than to always remember how deeply he cared for her, and
that he would make any sacrifice to her or anyone dear to her. They resembled big
differences in their characteristics and appearances. Charles Darnay first appeared as
a noble man with positive attitude, hard-working and ambitious, hired out as a tutor and
translator to make his own decent living. He had purpose in life and found pleasure in his
work. Sydney Carton, on the other hand was carefree about what people thought of him
or the way he dressed. He was shown to be a lonely man, appearing rather insecure and
having low self-esteem. "I am a disappointed drudge sir. I care for no man on earth and
no man on earth cares for me." He threw his life away, and put himself into a depressing
mood that he though he could never escape from. Carton was a frustrated alcoholic who
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