Employs

Mr. Lorry
Jerry Cruncher
(An elderly banker
(Porter
who befriends and for Tellsons
Bank and secret
help the Manettes)
grave robber)
Reunites the doctor with
Lucie and brings him to
Married England.
 Character Physical Background Character Social Status
Name: Traits
Former Doctor Manette Charles Darnay
Sydney servant
"The jackal"; Carton has no real prospects in life and An insolent, indifferent, Carton and Darnay look exactly alike and
Ernest
Carton Defarge
doesn't seem to be in pursuit of any. He does, however,
(Secretly and alcoholic attorney are educated with jobs,
(Born but Carton
Charles St. is
Unknowingly
love Lucie, and his feelings for her eventually transform who
imprisoned for works
18 with Stryver. much less respectable because of the
Evrmonde)
(A revolutionary
himwith
into aaman of profound merit. At first the polar family he was born into in the
years)
conscience) opposite of Darnay, in the end Carton morally surpasses Bourgeoisie compared to Darnay being
the man to whom he bears a striking physical born into the nobility.
resemblance. Strivers character foil as well.
Charles Married
A French aristocrat by birth, Darnay chooses to live in A French aristocrat by Carton and Darnay look exactly alike and
Darnay England as to
a tutor because he cannot bear to be birth, Darnay chooses to are educated with jobs, but Carton is
associated with the cruel injustices of the French live in England because Dies because of the
much less respectable
social system. Darnay displays great virtue in his he cannot bear to be family he was born into in the
Madamerejection
Defarge of the snobbish and cruel values of his uncle, associated with the Bourgeoisie compared to Darnay being
the Marquis Evrmonde. He exhibits an admirable cruel injustices of the born into the nobility.
(Hardened byhonesty
her hatred of to reveal to Doctor Marrie
in his decision French social system.
the Evrmonde Family) s
Manette his true identity as a member of the infamous
Evrmonde family. So, too, does he prove his courage in
Mental health
his decision to return to Paris at great personal risk to Sydney Carton
Devoted to by
restored
save the imprisoned Gabelle? Married to Lucie Manette.
Kills First on trial at the Old Bailey, saved by Carton. The (An alcoholic lawyer
2nd time, he was imprisoned and later condemned when who finds redemption
going back to France and saved by Carton. through his death)
Lucie A young French woman who grew up in England, Lucie A young French woman A young French woman who grew up in
Manette Miss Pross
was raised as a ward of Tellsons Bank because her who grew up in England, England, Lucie was raised as a ward of
parents were assumed dead (mother died when she was. Lucie was raised
Loveas a Tellsons Bank because her parents were
(Devoted herShe is compassionate.
life to Her love has the power to bind ward of Tellsons Bank assumed dead. Dickens depicts Lucie as
her
caring for Lucie) family together the text often refers to her as because her parents an archetype of compassion. Her love has
Protect
"the golden thread." Furthermore, her love has the were assumed dead. the power to bind her family together
power to transform those around her. It enables her the text often refers to her as the
father to be "recalled to life," and it sparks Sydney golden thread.
Carton's development from a "jackal" into a hero.
Doctor LucieManette
Lucie's father and a brilliant physician, Doctor Manette
Lucies father and a At the start of the novel, Manette does
Manette spent eighteen years as a prisoner in the Bastille. At brilliant physician, nothing but make shoes, a hobby that he
the start of the novel, Manette does(The moral
nothing and Doctor Manette spent
but make adopted
emotional
shoes, a hobby that he adopted to distract himselfcentereighteen
of years as a
book) to distract himself from the tortures of
from the tortures of prison. As he overcomes his past prisoner in the Bastille.
prison
as a prisoner, however, he proves to be a kind, loving
father who prizes his daughter's happiness above all
things.
Jerry An odd-job-man for Tellson's Bank, Cruncher is gruff, An odd-job man for An odd-job man for Tellsons Bank,
Cruncher short tempered, superstitious, and uneducated. He Tellsons Bank, Cruncher Cruncher is gruff, short-tempered,
supplements his income by working as a "Resurrection- is gruff, short- superstitious, and uneducated. He
Man," one who digs up dead bodies and sells them to tempered, superstitious, supplements his income by working as a
scientists. Acts as a bodyguard for Lucie and her family and uneducated. He Resurrection- Man, one who digs up
when they travel to France at the end. Described as supplements his income dead bodies and sells them to scientists.
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 downwards almost to his broad, blunt nose". He was Resurrection-Man.
"red- eyed and grim" also.
Miss Pross The servant who raised Lucie, Miss Pross is brusque, She personifies order The servant who raised Lucie, Miss Pross
tough, and fiercely loyal to her mistress. Because she and loyalty, she provides is brusque, tough, and fiercely loyal to
personifies order and loyalty, she provides the perfect the perfect foil to her mistress.
foil to Madame Defarge, who epitomizes the violent Madame Defarge, who
chaos of the revolution. The servant who raised Lucie, epitomizes the violent
Miss Pross is brusque, tough, and fiercely loyal to her chaos of the revolution.
mistress. Gone deaf from the
gunshot that she killed
Madame Defarge with.
Going back to England in
the end.
Mr. Lorry An elderly businessman who works for Tellsons Bank,
An elderly businessman
An elderly businessman who works for
who works for Tellsons
Mr. Lorry is a very business- oriented bachelor with a Tellson's Bank, Mr. Lorry is a very
Bank, Mr. Lorry is a very
strong moral sense and a good, good, honest heart. business-oriented bachelor with a strong
business- oriented
moral sense and a good, honest heart. He
bachelor with a strong
proves trustworthy and loyal, and Doctor
moral sense and a good,
Manette and Lucie come to value him as a
good, honest heart.
personal friend.
Ernest Defarge represents the more rational aspect of the He bases his desire for
He is not blinded by class hatred and
Revolution. Was Doctor Alexandre Manette's servant revolution more upon a
Defarge as a young man, and he seems to have a filial reverence desire for positive
retains his conscience and sense of
fairness. His ability to empathize with
for him during the Revolution. However, when the change than the
those people Madame Defarge views as
Doctor was newly released from prison, Defarge was bloodthirst of his wife,
enemies, however, will probably result in
not above exploiting his insanity as a spectacle to as demonstrated when
his death, showing how out of control the
further the revolutionary cause. As a revolutionary he resists denouncing
Revolution became as paranoia and
leader, Defarge organizes the Jacquerie and helps lead Doctor Manette, Lucie,
violence destroyed its positive forces.
the mob in storming the Bastille. His wife interprets his and young Lucie simply
scruples as weakness, giving the reader the impression because of their
that before long revolutionaries such as Jacques Three relationship to Darnay.
will turn on Defarge and send him to the guillotine
himself.
Madame A cruel revolutionary whose hatred of the aristocracy A cruel revolutionary A wine shop owner in Saint Antoine,
Defarge fuels her tireless crusade, Madame Defarge spends a whose hatred of the Defarge's family has suffered greatly at
good deal of the novel knitting a register of everyone aristocracy fuels her the hands of the aristocratic Evrmonde
who must die for the revolutionary cause. Unlike her tireless crusade, brothers
husband, she proves unrelentingly blood-thirsty, and Madame Defarge spends
her lust for vengeance knows no bounds. Killed by Miss a good deal of the novel
Pross in the end. knitting a register of
everyone who must die
for the revolutionary
cause.

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