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Caron's Resurrection In A Tale Of Two Cities

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In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, resurrection is a recurring theme supported by Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, and Madame Defarge. For example, Sydney Carton confesses to Lucie his devotion to her by confiding: “For you, and for anyone dear to you, I would do anything, [...] think now and then that there is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you” (Dickens 144). This proves that Carton was resurrected from a life of drunken misery to a life with a purpose of doing anything for his ethereal savior, Lucie Manette, because of his sudden resolve to live and prove his strictly platonic love for her so he may pay back the great service she has done him. In addition, Dr. Manette, devoid of the most miniscule remnants of himself, finds comfort in his darling daughter Lucie’s presence and begins rehabilitation when she declares, “I tell you, dearest dear, that your agony is over, and that I have come to take you from it, and that we go to England to be at peace and rest” (Dickens 48). …show more content…

Finally, Madame Defarge, the heinous and relentless wraith come to life, unveils herself to be the absent younger sister of the very peasants who suffered greatly at the hands of the Evrémonde brothers and goes so far as to defend her bloodshed: “I was brought up among the fishermen of the seashore, and that peasant family so injured by the Evrémonde brothers [...] is my family. Those dead are my dead, and that summons to answer for those things descends to me!” (Dickens

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