A Tale of two cities Two Cities
A Tale of two cities - Two CitiesTwo Cities
Jarvis Lorry, an employee of Tellson’s Bank, was sent to find Dr. Manette, an unjustly
imprisoned physician, in Paris and bring him back to England. Lucie, Manette’s daughter
who thought that he was dead, accompanied Mr. Lorry. Upon arriving at Defarge’s wine
shop in Paris, they found Mr. Manette in a dreadful state and took him back to London
with them. Mr. Manette could not rember why he had been imprisoned, or when he was imprisoned. He was in a state of Post Tramatic Stress Dis-order. All the years of imporisonment led to his insanity, his life was in danger almost every second of his imprisoned life. In 1780, five years later, Lucie, Mr. Lorry and Dr. Manette were called to
testify against Charles Darnay, a tutor who made constant trips between France and
England and was thus accused of treason. During these times both governments were very paranoid about anybody who had the aperence of commiting treason. Darney, since he travled back and forth between countries was a perfect suspect for treason. The French Government had just been overthrown by the beggars, and middle class and now run by them, the British on the other hand was still a monarchy and had awful factories and many slums, like France did. Darnay was acquitted when a lawyer, Carton,
looked much like him and an eye witness faltered to positively distinguish between them.
Carton loved Lucie but he was a drunk. Knowing that their relationship was hopeless,
he stated that he would sacrifice himself for her or anyone she loved in an emotional
conversation. Darnay ended up marrying Lucie. Darnay’s uncle, the Marquiuis St.
Evremonde, was assassinated by the father of a child he ran over and Darnay inherited
his Chateau. Darnay would not take it because he did not want to exploit the French
people as his uncle did. In 1792, while the French Revolution was in full swing, Darnay
decided to go to France to save a family servant, Gabelle. Upon his arrival, he was
immediately jailed. Lucie and Dr. Manette soon showed up in Paris at the doorstep of
Tellson’s French office, where Lorry already was present. Dr. Manette managed to get
Darnay released after a year, yet he was re-jailed the same day by Madame Defarge because
his family, the Evremondes, had previously killed off her family. Darnay was tried the
next day and sentenced to death. Manette went back into his demented state with hopelessness.
Carton arrived in Paris and heard a plot by Defarge to also kill Lucie and Dr. Manette.
Quickly, he made his way into the prison with the help of spies and, with his close
resemblance, switched places with Darnay. Carton had arranged for the escape of Lucie,
Darnay, and Dr. Manette. Madame Defarge had been killed by Miss Pross, a sort of stereotype
nanny to Lucie, and escaped with Lucie. Carton sacrificed his life for Lucie, her father,
and Darnay at the guillotine and thus died in triumph.
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