Sacrifice In A Tale Of Two Cities

Restored Psalms 51:12 proclaims, “Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit” (ESV 2022). In Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, the character of Dr. Alexandre Manette experiences restoration from a dark and hopeless time. In 1775 the character's story begins after his eighteen-year prison sentence in the Bastille in France. Dr. Manette has received wretched jail time because the Evremonde brothers did not want to be convicted of their crimes of rape, so they falsely convicted Dr. Manette. During his time in prison, Dr. Manette makes shoes of all different types to distract himself from his mental anguish. The penitentiary of the Bastille has driven Dr. Manette insane. Mr. Jarvis Lorry, Dr.

Manette is recalled to life when he miraculously reunites with his daughter, Lucie. The doctor has lived broken inside as a person in captivity, but Lucie restores her father. Mr. Jarvis Lowry proclaims, “Your father has been taken to the house of an old servant in Paris, and we are going there: I, to identify him if I can: you, to restore him to life, love, duty, rest, comfort” (19). Dr. Manette finally receives the opportunity to see his daughter after eighteen years. While Manette lives in prison, Manette holds tightly to three golden threads of hair, which belonged to Lucie. Dickens indicates, “Only his daughter had the power of charming the black brooding from his mind. She was the golden thread that united him to a past beyond his misery and a present beyond his sorrow: and the sound of her voice, the light of her face, and the touch of her hand had a strong beneficial influence with him almost always” (64). Doctor Manette’s saving grace rests upon his relationship with Lucie, who restores the lost soul of her

Manette is recalled to life because he returns to practicing medicine. After Lucie brings Dr. Manette back from France after his imprisonment, he begins to work in medicine again. Dickens declares, “Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him. His scientific knowledge, vigilance, and skill earned him as much as he wanted” (70). Joyfully, the genius Dr. Manette regains a significant piece of his life. Additionally, Dr. Manette later becomes the attending physician at three prisons in France, including the prison where Charles Darnay is held in captivity. Dickens proclaims, “He was soon the inspecting physician of three prisons” (210). This allows Dr. Manette the ability to check up on Darnay in his imprisonment. Furthermore, he reports to Lucie about his well-being during the year and three months of the couple's separation. The field of medicine brings Dr. Manette a sense of new life and