Heart Of The Jackal ( Box 8 )

Mr. Lowrry, Lucie, and Dr. Manette are each called to testify: they had all met Charles aboard ship on their way back from Paris five years earlier. Lucie explains how Charles helped her care for her father, swaying the jury in Charles's favor. But she then accidentally turns the court against Darnay. How? First she admits that Charles was traveling with other Frenchmen and carrying lists. Second she mentions Charles's joking comment that George Washington's place in history might one day match that of England's King George III.

Although neither Madame Defarge nor Lucie Manette are well-developed as characters in themselves, both symbolize opposing forces. Lucie is lovely, golden-haired, and good, a symbol of light. By her very presence she draws the people together and brings them to their full potential. She enables Dr. Manette to return to health and peace, and inspires Sydney Carton to find redemption for his degenerate living in the ultimate sacrifice of his life. Madame DeFarge, however, is the symbol of evil and the inevitable forces of the French Revolution. Driven by the ravages of the aristocrats to an inconsumable hatreds she patiently knits the names of the tormentors soon to be

Mr. Darnay's wife is Lucie, Dr. Manette's daughter. Lucie had grown up not knowing her parents, and thought her father, Dr. Manette was dead. She also suffered along side Darnay all the times he was accused. She had to suffer when he husband was waiting to be put to death, while also worrying that she may be killed herself. Also though she has been worried and stress over things all he life, she has learn to have joy, joy enough to comfort her father at his worst time.

When Doctor Manette starts to suspect who Darnay’s family is, he has a relapse where he starts shoe making again; “she heard a low hammering sound in his bedroom”(105). The fear of who Darnay’s family might be and the fact that he will marry Lucie both have a negative affect of the Doctors mental heath and cause him to start shoemaking again. Doctor Manette makes a big sacrifice for his daughter’s sake when, after he goes into a nine day relapse, he allows Mr. Lorry to take away the shoe making bench when he hesitantly says to Mr. Lorry, “in her name, then, let it be done; I sanction it…. let him miss his old companion after an absence”(153). This is a big sacrifice for Doctor Manette because the shoemaking bench is the same one he used in the Bastille and it helped him get through his time imprisoned in the Bastille, and to give up that piece that brought him comfort was an extremely big sacrifice.

Lucie Manette is a compassionate and benevolent character that aids in the resurrection of Sydney Carton and Dr. Manette. At the beginning of the book Lucie is only

 Lucie Manette is referenced to as the golden thread throughout the

Twelve months later Dr. Manette asked for Lucie’s hand in marriage. If Lucie accepts, Darnay will give his true identity to the Manettes. Sydney is also falling in love with Lucie but he knows that she is much to good for him and she will never be his. Lucies’s beauty is so magnificent to Carton that by knowing here, she has made his life worth living. Her presence gives Sydney a reason to get up in the morning. Sydney would do any thing for her "…O Miss Manette, when the little

Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.” (367) This summary of the cycle of oppression shows how Dickens feels about tyranny; that it will always yield angry souls who will rise up and become reflections of the oppressors once in the seat of power. In contrast to the oppression in the novel, Dickens uses metaphors and character relationships to explain his idea of mental and spiritual resurrection. Early on, it is shown that Dr. Manette has been deeply negatively affected by his time in prison, and the only thing that makes him feel better is Lucie, who is referred to as the “golden thread” that is holding him together, and securing him to his inner self. Dickens says of this, “Only his daughter had the power of charming this black brooding from his mind.

Charles Darnay: Charles Darnay is a French aristocrat who abandons his family and moves to England. He works as a tutor and marries Lucie Manette. When Charles returns to France, he is sentenced to death because of the crimes his family

Manette exemplifies the idea of resurrection and enhances the main idea. One example of this is when he was initially released from prison (Dickens 30). In this case, the prison symbolizes death, and being released symbolizes resurrection, as he is being “recalled to life” and leaving the prison. This connects to the main idea as Manette was “resurrected” because of other people’s actions, such as the decision to free him. Another example of Manette’s resurrection is how Lucie nursed him back to health after he was released (Dickens 59).

The French Revolution mainly took place in the city of Paris during the late 1700’s. The Revolution did not only affect the people of France, but also the citizens of England as well. The French Revolution is known as one of the most brutal and inhumane periods of history. If one studied the beliefs and views of the people involved at the time, one would see a reoccurring theme of “ being recalled to life”. Born from the world of literature, Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities takes a deeper look at the culture of the late 1700’s, in both England and France. Dickens uses the character of Lucie Manette to further examine one of the major themes presented in the novel, consisting of the belief of one being

Dr. Manette is resurrected, or recalled to life, multiple times in A Tale of Two Cities. Lucie Manette, Dr. Manette’s daughter, always helps in saving him. Dr. Manette’s story begins with him being imprisoned in the Bastille. He gets out after eighteen years and stays at Monsieur Defarge, an old servant’s house. This is where Lucie meets him for the first time.

Listing his name and profession would also help because Dr. Manette is a reputable doctor in France and has a high reputation there. Dr. Manette was sacrificing his name to try to save Darnay and get him released by persuading the people that Darnay is not in the wrong. Since Lucie had helped her father so much and helped him grow throughout his life, Dr. Manette thought he would try to repay her by getting her husband released from prison to ensure Lucie’s happiness.

Later the Patriots look up to Dr. Manette as a type of role model because he took the pain for those eighteen years to set an example for those who thought that the revolution would come easy. He of course did not know this nor did he have a choice to be imprisoned. But nonetheless his captivity in the Bastille served as a prime example of what the peasants of France must go through in order to achieve their goals. This sacrifice does not become known until later in the book when his time spent gives him a leadership quality over the Revolutionists.

Both Dr. Manette’s and Sydney Carton’s needs for resurrection manifest themselves at the beginning of A Tale of Two Cities. Dr. Manette had been in the Bastille for 18 years, and he is still living like he is in