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Response to the prompt "Describe the theme of 'Resurrection' in Charles Dickens' 'Tale of Two Cities'" Quotes, no attribution. Needs title.
Date Submitted: 08/06/2004 18:18:15
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (467 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (467 words)
Resurrection is an important theme in Tale of Two Cities, metaphorically and literally. Sydney Carton, Madame Defarge, and Dr. Manette experience the most obvious resurrections in the book.
Resurrection exemplifies Sydney Carton who is redeemed from a miserable life of working under Stryver to sacrificing his life for Charles Darnay. Carton is described as a lowly "jackal" in service to Stryver, who drinks excessively with Stryver and is careless in regard to dress and speech.
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Cities because all of the characters experience some kind of resurrection. Sydney Carton, is brought from a miserable abyss to altruistic glory. Therese Defarge goes from absolute weakness to the absolute power that corrupts her. Finally, Dr. Alexandre Manette is resurrected in that, while he is imprisoned at the Bastille he is better of dead and is leading a life that is not his. When he is released, he learns to live his life again.
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