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What Are The Effects Of Punishment In A Tale Of Two Cities

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Joshua Santos
Period 6
Honors English Ten
October 2, 2017

The Effects Of Imprisonment

In Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities” Charles Darnay, Dr. Manette and Sydney Carton each respond to their time in prison differently. Although, they each experience mental and physical decline, they all eventually recover and continue fruitful lives. Once Charles Darnay is released from prison he automatically appears to be a completely new person. He first sets out to find an amazing woman and to have a couple children with her. However, Charles gets caught once again in France and two more times, this ultimately causes him to realize how important family is and bring them “closer together” through the help of Sydney Carton (Dickens 3). Soon after Charles is accused to be guilty of being in the nobility class. Even Though, he disproves the belief, he goes along with it ensuring his family’s safety. …show more content…

Manette was also greatly affected by his time in prison. He now has a unique relationship with his daughter named Lucie that he hit learned off. Lucie’s ability of “... charming this black brooding from his mind” (Dickens 84) made their bonding a lot smoother. Additionally she is unknowingly helping Dr. Manette’s dark unhappiness from prison and clearing it up, replacing it with happy memories. Lucie is also named “the golden thread that united him to a Past beyond his misery, and to a Present beyond his misery…” (Dickens 84). Lucie’s sweetness is great at connecting to Dr. Manette’s past to his present while skipping all of the misery in between. But when “The door of the Doctor’s room opened he came out with Charles Darnay,” Dr. Manette was “deadly pale” (Dickens 203). Dr. Manette now knows that Charles is the Marquis’ nephew and couldn’t believe the news, soon after he went into a relapse. He was found fixing shoes just like he had done in prison. This relapse plays an important in both showing how there was a in his mental

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