Sydney Carton is the character that undergoes the most significant character development in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. ... The interesting thing about Sydney Carton is that all of the good in his life is tied to Lucie and Little Lucie, who are the only two people to truly trust him. ... " (Dickens, Fifty-Two), knowing that she will receive the letter when she discovers that it is Charles in the carriage and understand why he made the decision that he made. The character of Sydney Carton, in the 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities, represents that there is more substance to ev...

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A comparative study of Sydney Carton in Dickens" novel, A Tale of Two Cities, and Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, requires the reader to analyze various aspects that the transforming effect love can have on a personality. ... Romeo is no less affected by love, if in a more juvenile way when he states, "If I profane with my unworthiest hand / this holy shrine / the gentle sin is this; / My lips, two blushing pilgrims / ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss" (1.5.104-107). ...

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• Grade Level: High School