Just as "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Dr. Manette might be described as the greatest of men and the least of men. Throughout the novel Dr. Manette assumed two very different personalities: one of a feeble, humble, quite, and introspective shoemaker; the other, and outgoing, well educated man, who flourished in society. This duality of personality, although strange, was the most important factor in preserving Dr. Manette's personality during these long terrible years of imprisonment.
             Dr. Manette first appears as a reclusive shoemaker, making a young women's walking shoe, isolated form the world and terrified of his new surroundings. We met the shoemaker in a single dark room above Defarge's Tavern. His behavior is so peculiar that three customers of Defarge sit on the balcony and stare through a small hole in the door. A shabby, old man, with haggard eyes sat in the dark with his shoemaking tools. The shoemaker at this point seems incapable of comprehending the outside world. He seems to deny and avoid the outside world so much that Defarge claims, "he would be frightened-rave-tear himself to pieces...if the door were left open."
             Mr. Jarvis Lorry, the family's long time banker and caretaker, and Lucie, Dr. Manettes daughter, returned Dr. Manette to London. Dr. Manette had been "Recalled to Life" and Lucie no longer considered herself and orphan. However, several months after his return to England, Dr. Manette is an intelligent, warm, respected physician who seems to fit into the social life of London very easily. He sits and chats with his daughter and her fiancé in his quite home in Soho.
             How could a man be a shoemaker one day and a Doctor the next? How could a man imprisoned for eighteen years have such an intact composition? His intellect, his memory, his courage, his compassion, and his ability to function well in society have
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