Mr. Carton Character Analysis
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens. The most significant person who carries the message of Dickens so well is Mr. Sydney Carton, whereby his death is considered the turn of events to himself and for various characters such as Lucie Manette and Charles Darnay. The paper, however, concentrates on the role of Carton and how Dickens used multiple aspects to bring out the attributes in him.
Dickens, through the physical description of Mr. Carton and Stryver, brings out the character of a disinterested and disreputable person, whereby he says that though they look the same, they are different. Though identical in physical appearance, the conversation of Stryver indeed proves there is a difference in how they used to relate in school and how Mr. Carton was bright than him but ended in a more inferior job compared to that of Stryver. At one point, Stryver referring to the mirror Mr. Cartons was staring, tells him, “It shows you what you have failed away from and what you might have been” (Dickens, 1949). Through this, it shows that Mr. Carton is a dissatisfied person who has failed to live to his possibilities of professionalism and even loves since he cannot confess his feelings for Manette until when she gets married to Stryver.
His interaction with others makes him disrespectful and show a person dissatisfied and battling with emptiness and unhappiness within him. However, he is complicated and ill-mannered since he refuses to accept a courtesy thank you from Stryver. However, the life changes and he starts to take his failures and acknowledges his feeling representing resurrection, and his death represents the transformation of his life and those around him.
His interaction with others makes him disrespectful and show a person dissatisfied and battling with emptiness and unhappiness within him. However, he is complicated and ill-mannered since he refuses to accept a courtesy thank you from Stryver. However, the life changes and he starts to take his failures and acknowledges his feeling representing resurrection, and his death represents the transformation of his life and those around him.His interaction with others makes him disrespectful and show a person dissatisfied and battling with emptiness and unhappiness within him. However, he is complicated and ill-mannered since he refuses to accept a courtesy thank you from Stryver. However, the life changes and he starts to take his failures and acknowledges his feeling representing resurrection, and his death represents the transformation of his life and those around him.
Reference
Dickens, C. (1949). A tale of two cities [1859]. Gawthorn.