The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a novel that was written during the French Revolution. Many people during this time were oppressed and were treated unfairly. Innocent civilians were getting charged for things that they did not do and were either killed instantly for it, thrown in prison for the rest of their life until they died, or even executed after they were thrown in prison. This takes place, to an extent, in the novel with Charles Darnay and then Sydney Carton. The story starts off with Jarvis Lorry travelling to Paris in order to reunite Dr. Manette, who is thought to be dead, with his daughter, Lucy, that he hasn't seen for 18 years. Later, Dr. Manette is waiting in Paris for some rescuers that will take him back …show more content…
He is standing in line behind a seamstress that is very nervous and scared. Carton takes this upon himself and tries to comfort and calm down the seamstress. Likewise, Carton is very calm and serene which is the opposite of how he should be, this strikes a woman in the audience that is observing the beheadings. The Farewell speech passage is written by the woman through Cartons perspective. Lastly, the speech ends with Carton getting killed. At this point in the story, Carton is presented as a prophet because of his actions and how he is looked at by different people. He is positioned as a prophet because we are given an image of what the woman in the audience sees of Carton to what might happen in the future. From this, he can be labeled as a "Christ-like figure" because Christians believe that Jesus Christ died to cleanse the sins of all of humanity. Specifically, Carton died in order to give the Manette family and its generations a positive future. It is this sense of sacrifice that helps establish the positive potential for a future that is defined with empathy and establishing relationships rather than destroying them as displayed throughout the rest of the