In the book A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens there is a man that lives two. In one life he is an alcoholic with no manners and in the other life he a completely different person he is charming and caring. This man, Sydney Carton is a man of unknown potential to most of his peers.
Sydney Carton appears as a man that is an alcoholic. He is a total pig that has no manners, no motivation and doesn't seem to appear to care about his appearance. He acts as an exact foil of Charles Darnay and acts as man that has hopeless life represented by ideas like the following. "Mr. Carton, who had so long sat looking at the ceiling of the court, changed neither his place nor his attitude, even in this excitement while his learned frien
Though Mr. Carton appears to be a hopeless wreck, he really has great potential that is unmasked throughout the plot. He does, however, love Lucie, and his feelings for her eventually transform him into a man of profound potential. He has the potential to be a greater lawyer than Mr. Stryver, and a greater husband than Charles Darnay. In Book 2 he proposes to Lucie and shows how sincere and caring he is compared to Darnay he may not be better but he is equal to Darnay. So he has this potential just like many teenagers to excel and be an outstanding member of society but chooses not to because it takes him laying off the beer and taking life serious. He looks like Darnay for more than the reason to give doubt to a witness but to act as another great
All papers and essays are for research and reference purposes only!
Copyright 2002-2009
Direct Essays , LLC. All Rights Reserved. DMCA Webmasters make $$$$