A Tale of Two Cities

             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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