A Tale Of Two Cities - Syndney
Beginning of paper
Sydney Carton dies on the guillotine to spare Charles Darnay. How
you interpret Carton's sacrifice- positively or negatively- will
affect your judgment of his character, and of Dickens' entire work.
Some readers take the positive view that Carton's act is a triumph
of individual love over the m ....
Middle of paper
.... at the moment Carton
dies. In what sense may we see Carton's dying in Darnay's place as
Christ-like? It wipes away his sin, just as Christ's death washed
clean man's accumulated sins.
For readers who choose the negative view, Carton's death seems an
act of giving up. These readers point out that Stryver's jackal has
little to lose. Never useful or happy, Carton has already succumbed to
the depression eating away at him. In the midst of a promising
youth, Carton had "followed his fathe ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
