Ambiguous Characters In A Tale Of Two Cities

Within the story a Tale Of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens, his characters face tremendous problems and issues which insure their lives. The story follows the tale of multiple individuals during the violent revenge fueled French Revolution. Characters are faced with dramatic issues that consume their lives; and their true colors as a character are shown. Charles Dickens characterises those in A Tale Of Two Cities as morally good, bad or ambiguous through the theme of violent revolution. The good characters within the novel tend to receive hard choices within the story, often making empathetic choices to soothe their hearts. This places them in difficult situations because they are often the ones being blamed for issues. Next, the

Meaning they possess both negative and positive qualities to them. Throughout the story, they are often the submissive one that simply follow along the storyline. Yet, they are the most manipulated by others and prove to play a pivotal role within the story. For example, later in boom two, the wood Sawyer abided by Madames tasks without question, “The wood-sawyer said he would be proud and flattered to attend the citizeness. The citizeness looking at him, he became embarrassed, evaded her glance as a small dog would have done, retreated among his wood, and hid his confusion over the handle of his saw”(284). The wood Sawyer, being submissive simply follows Madame’s orders without question and abides by her. Earlier in the story, he was for the royalty of France and England. However, the flow of the revolution changed him. He became violent, insane, and morbid. It’s all due to him being manipulative and having others steer him and his motives. The flow of the revolution turned him this way, as well as his submissive nature. Next, in the middle of boom two after Roger Cly’s burial, Jerry Cruncher called out his wife for being a terrible mother and Little Jerry took it to heart, “This touched Young Jerry on a tender place; who injured his mother to perform her first duty, and, whatever else she did or neglected, above all things to lay special stress on the discharge of that maternal function so affectingly and delicately indicated by his other parent”(123). Little Jerry realised how he has been neglected for much of his life by both of his parents. It deeply saddens him and makes him realise he is quite independent. With this, he becomes slightly more sheltered and reserved and somewhat more independent. This makes him morally ambiguous because younger characters are often manipulated by other figures. Having poor parents may make him a worse child, however he has the chance to be a good man, making him