Doctor Manette is a hopeless, lonely elderly man, going out of his right mind, when he is reconciled with his daughter, Lucie. He doesn’t appreciate the gift of life for he has nothing to live for, ”he [looks] at the two, less and less attentively, and his eyes in gloomy abstraction [site] the ground and [look] about him in the old way (41)”. Manette experiences many things throughout his lifetime, amongst them are pain, loss, and heartbreak. His wife’s death takes part of his soul as well as a motivation to go on. His daughter’s visit brings back an essential piece that his soul is

Manette, Darney, and Carton are all memorable characters that like all human beings, need someone to help them find themselves. Whether they go on to enjoy their lives, or sacrifice it for a good cause, they prove that their existence wasn’t superfluous. People shouldn’t try to change their true selves, but instead they should reveal their inner beauty and uniqueness. Originality is what makes life interesting and unordinary.

searching for. He on several occasions admits that “only his daughter has the power of charming this black brooding from his mind. She is the golden thread that unites him to a past beyond his misery and a present beyond his misery”(77). Lucy is the person that cares for and loves Manette unconditionally. Her arrival gives him the desire to experience life.

Carton also plays his role by recalling Darnay to life on several occasions. When Darnay is on trial, Carton brings up the fact that” they are ”sufficiently like each other”, and therefore “[shivers] the case to useless lumber”(72). The witness doesn�

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