A Tale of Two Cities takes place in England and France, during the time of the French Revolution. A Tale of Two Cities is a classic novel, where Charles Dickens presents to the reader archetypal main characters. From the beginning of the novel, the reader can know whether the characters are evil or not. In the novel, the main character, Sydney Carton, also contributes a lot to the theme of the novel-every individual should have both moral and physical courage, and should be able to sacrifice everything in the name of love.

Sydney Carton has been presented as the worthless human being. He was always drunk. He did not acquire any high social position. He was always alone and lonely. Nobody loved him and nobody respected him. "I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me" said Carton (page 99). However, Sydney Carton did never cause any harm to anybody, but actually helped the people around him. Sydney Carton was physically identical to Charles Darnay

Dr. Alexander Manette was a prisoner in the Bastille for eighteen years. He was an innocent man; however, he was captured and put in prison by the brothers D'Evremonde. Dr. Manette helped a lot of people throughout his life; he sometimes sacrificed his own happiness for his beloved daughter, Lucy. Before Dr. Manette was sent to prison, he had done his best to help Madam Defarge's family. Her family was captured by the Evremonde and were abused then killed. However, she escaped. Dr. Manette tried to offer them help to the fullest extent. He never turned his back on them, whenever they needed him he was always there. A while after that Dr. Manette was put in prison. During this period, he wrote a journal denouncing the brothers Evremonde and all their descendants. Charles Darnay was an Evremonde. Charles Darnay told Dr. Manette that he loved Lucy and she loved him. He also told him about his real name. He did not want to keep any secrets from him. When Dr. Manette learned about his real identity, he did not forbid him from marrying his daughter, even though he denounced the Evremonde. He did not forbid him because he cared about Lucy's happiness. He wanted her to live happily with the person she loved. "Any fancies, any reasons, any apprehensions, anything whatsoever, new or old, against the man she really loved-the direct responsibilities thereof not lying on his hand-they should all be obliterated for her sake-she is everything to me more to me than suffering" said Dr. Manette (page 163). This also proves that Dr. Manette was a very unselfish man, and that he cared about other people's happiness even more than his own. When Charles Darnay was in prison during the French Revolution, Dr. Manette stood beside him all the time. He did his best to get him out of prison. He defended him all the way. When Mr. Defarge (the leader of the French Revolution and Dr. Manette's former servant) revealed Dr. Manette's old journal that he wrote when he was still in prison denouncing the Evremonde, Charles Darnay had to be taken to the prison again. At that time, Dr. Manette went through the worst psychological state. He felt that he betrayed Lucy and Darnay. Although nobody blamed him, he blamed himself. Those events prove that Dr. Manette was a kind and warm person. He did nothing to harm anyone, at least not intentionally. He always tried to help everyone.

The theme was very well presented, by the development of Sydney Carton's character. He sacrificed his life to make others happy. He sacrificed his life in the name of love. Sydney Carton was indeed a hero.

Charles Darnay denied his real identity to everyone around him. His real name was D'Evremonde, the name that brought shame to him. He was born of a French father and an English mother. Darnay was his mother's name. Unlike his dad and uncle, he was a very kind man. Darnay left France and went to England, so he could work and earn money, and leave his dad's family. He left France so he could leave his identity that bought affliction and pain to him. When Sydney Carton told Darnay that he hated him, Darnay never hurt him and he did not posses any hatred towards him. When Sydney asked him later to be his friend, Darnay told him that they were already friends. This proves that Darnay had no hatred but love inside his heart. "We were already friends, I hope" said Darnay

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Approximate Word count = 2252
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)