Sydney Carton's love for Lucie is so strong that he .
would give up his own life for her happiness.
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Darnay is a level headed, well mannered, son of a French noble man. He moves to England .
from France to get away from his unjust family and country. He has a successful career and a .
good family life. Darnay shows his courage when he decides to return to Paris at a great risk to .
save Gabelle. Darnay doesn't have the same kind of inner struggle that Carton maintains until the .
end. Darnay is content and happy with his life. Darnay is every thing that Carton isn't and could .
not be any more different than the jackle Carton. .
Early in the book the only way in which Darnay and Carton are alike is their appearances, they .
look very much alike. After the Old Bailey trial when Darnay has gone, Carton studies his image .
in a mirror, realizing that the young Frenchman is everything he might have been and therefore .
worthy of hatred, "A good reason for talking to a man, that he shows you what you have fallen .
away from and what you might have been" (89). .
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Later in the book Darnay and Carton become of similar characters. Lucie has a power over .
Carton that enables him to shed his skin as a jackal and take on a life of devotion and heroism that .
actually may exceed Darnay's. Darnay himself becomes imprisoned compared to the emotional .
imprisonment of Carton. Because of his love for Lucie, Carton travels to France to take the place .
in death of his look alike Darnay. Carton becomes a Christ like figure and when he dies he is .
redeemed of all of his sins; hence escaping out of his inner prison and is finally happy. Darnay is .
released from his tangible prison to lead a happy life with his family. .
If Darnay would have died Lucie's heart would be shattered and Carton could not bare to see .
that. Even though he is not the man that Lucie picked for her love, his love for Lucie is still true.
