Charles Darnay

Charles Darnay from A Tale Of Two Cities is an overall well-rounded person, who was born into a troublesome life. Darnay’s family is apart of the French aristocracy, which he doesn’t favor. He wants no part of it and dislikes how they treat others, especially the peasants. To prevent himself from growing into his parents, he leaves that life behind and moves to London. He tutors in London and becomes a whole new person. Trying to escape the life he was born into was very difficult for Darnay. He got caught up in multiple messes because of his past. Dickens writes, “ ‘Sir,’ said the nephew, ‘we have done wrong, and now we are reaping the fruits of wrong’ “ (Dickens 94) This means he is now being punished for being related to the aristocracy. This quote shows how he he is very honest by admitting his wrongs. Charles Darnay is a very centered person who has learned from his past.

In chapter six of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens sets the hopeful tone of Lucie and Dr. Manette's relationship by illustrating the struggle between light and dark. He writes, “ ‘You can bear a little more light?’ ‘I must bear it, if you let it in’ “(Dickens 30). In this quote and paragraph, Dickens explains how Dr.Manette has been locked away for eighteen and isn't familiar with the light anymore. Lucie is the one to let the light into her father's prisoner room and expose it to him. Lucie is the light that is there to fight the darkness within her father. The author illustrates how darkness has surrounded Dr. Manette by stating, “Darkness had fallen on him in its place”(Dickens 32). After being held prisoner for years, Dr.Manette grew to be surrounded by darkness and learned to adapt to it. He needs someone to bring the light to him because he can't do it on his own. Lucie, the daughter he has just found out exists, is the one who lets the light into his life once again. Dickens writes, “Then, as the darkness closed in, the daughter laid her head down on the hard ground close to the father's side, and watched him. The darkness deepened and deepened, as they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks of the wall”(Dickens 36). This shows how Lucie carries along the light with her and the light battles the darkness that has taken over her father. Lucie carries the light with her and uses it to heal her father and pull him away from the darkness of being in prison for eighteen years.  In chapter six, Dickens writes about the constant struggle between light and dark, within the father and daughter to create hope.

''The Wine-shop''

In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens foreshadows what the bloody future will hold by describing ''The Wine-shop'' scene. He states, " The wine was red, and had stained the ground…many hands, and many faces too, and many naked feet…”(Dickens 21). This quote in A Tale of Two Cities foreshadows the bloody future for the city by representing the wine as blood. The wine catches peoples' attention, gets all over them, and leaves them with a stain. The author writes,'' ... scrawled upon a wall with his fingers dipped in muddy wine-lees--BLOOD"(Dickens 22). This illustrates or foreshadows the bloody future soon to come by having the wine resemble blood. The blood soon to come will affect everyone in the city and will also mark a big event in the future. He says, "The time was to come, when that wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there"(Dickens 22). The quote describes how the wine on the street foreshadows a bloody outbreak in the city. Dickens foreshadows the blood will come fast and remain for a long time in the city. In chapter five of A Tale of Two Cities Dickens thoroughly foreshadows the soon to come, bloody fate of the streets.