2007-01-04 21:10:59 · 3 answers · asked by Titanic lover 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
But it is mainly a story of love, revenge and self-sacrifice rather than a commentary on the revolution. Dr. Mannette is released after being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, and he finds he has a perfect angelic little daughter, Lucie. Charles Darnay is a young, dashing, but good French aristocrat who reliquished his title in France, and is exiled in England. Sydney Carton, the "idlest and most unpromising of men," has become one of my favorites in literature. He's an unhappy alchoholic, who appears incapable of achieving anything good. I liked him from the first, because he didn't like Darnay much and, neither did I! Carton is in love with Lucie, unrequitedly. Lucie marries Darnay. Darnay's antipathy towards Carton becomes of major significance at the end. As the French Revolution erupts in France, duty calls Darnay back to Paris, where he is captured and tried. The ending is the grandest I have ever read; poignant, tearful, prophetic, bittersweet. It takes days to recover! It ends in perhaps the most unselfish, heroic of sacrifices in fiction. With Dickens' beautiful use of prose this becomes truly unforgettable. I recommend it for everyone, young and old, as long as you can handle the language. I can't believe I waited this long to read it!
2007-01-04 22:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by Baseer A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people thought that he was a spy and that he was doing crimes against France.
2007-01-05 15:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by ♣zainab's a FRESHIE :D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what "Baseer A" told was absolutely correct!!!!!!
2007-01-06 04:45:19 · answer #3 · answered by kapoor's 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋