He.
is a languid protagonist and has a tendency to get arrested and must be.
bailed out several times during the story. Dr. Alexander Manette, a veteran.
prisoner of the Bastille and moderate protagonist, cannot escape the memory.
of being held and sometimes relapses to cobbling shoes. Dr. Manette is.
somewhat redundant as a character in the novel, but plays a very significant.
part in the plot. Dr. Manette's daughter, Lucie Manette, a positive.
protagonist, is loved by many and marries Charles Darnay . She is a quiet,.
emotional person and a subtle protagonist in the novel. One who never.
forgot his love for Lucie, the protagonist Sydney Carton changed.
predominately during the course of the novel. Sydney , a look-alike of.
Charles Darnay, was introduced as a frustrated, immature alcoholic, but in.
the end, made the ultimate sacrifice for a good friend. These and other.
characters help to weave an interesting and dramatic plot.
Dr. Manette has just been released from the Bastille, and Lucie, eager to.
meet her father whom she thought was dead, goes with Mr. Jarvis Lorry to.
bring him back to England. Dr. Manette is in an insane state from his long.
prison stay and does nothing but cobble shoes, although he is finally.
persuaded to go to England. Several years later, Lucie, Dr. Manette, and.
Mr. Lorry are witnesses at the trial of Charles Darnay. Darnay, earning his.
living as a tutor, frequently travels between England and France and is.
accused of treason in his home country of France. He is saved from being.
prosecuted by Sydney Carton, who a witness confuses for Darnay, thus not.
making the case positive. Darnay ended up being acquitted for his presumed.
crime. Darnay and Carton both fall in love with Lucie and want to marry.
her. Carton, an alcoholic at the time, realizes that a relationship with.
Lucie is impossible, but he still tells her that he loves her and would do.
anything for her. Darnay and Lucie marry each other on the premises of the.
