https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858 Within the characters of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay, Dickens embeds all the inherent messages within his novel as a whole. Understanding Sydney and Charles is a key to recognizing the author's paradoxes and use of duality. - Complete each box with at least one quote. - These quotes must be precise and accurate. - utilize unique introductions and correct parenthetical citations. - This assignment will be worked out throughout multiple weeks; the due date will move along with Check Points. -Refer to the Schoology directions for each Check Point's requirements. en-us 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC 2021-06-03 05:24:23 UTC hello@padlet.com amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942548 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942548 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942550 The book 2 ch13 Carton confesses to Lucie "“If it had been possible, Miss Manette... re- turned the love of the man you see before yourself—flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misuse as you know him to be... in spite of his happiness, that he would bring you to misery ... I know very well that you can have no tenderness for me; I ask for none; I am even thankful that it cannot be.'"(Dickens 150). ]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942550 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942552 Carton and stryver were talking as the subject of romance came to be, they were talking about Lucie "'though I don’t pre- fer any claim to being the soul of Romance (for I hope I know better), still I am a tenderer sort of fellow than you'",  He admits that, despite not being romantic himself, he understands what he's capable of.(dickens 121).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942552 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942553 Even when he was rejected by his love, he still chose to make her happy for one last time "go you in alone; I wait near. Lost no time"(Dickens 347).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942553 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942555 Sydney Carton was described to have a unruly appearance in which, "this one man sat leaning back, with his torn gown half off him, his untidy wig put on just as it had happened to fight on his head after its removal"(Dickens 66).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942555 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942556 Sydney is a heavy drinker and h especially drinks more around Stryver, "The lion then composed himself... on one side of the drinking-table... Both resorted to the drinking-table without stint" they both without hesitant decided to drink because that was their nature (Dickens 77).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942556 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942557 Other's see him as “flung away, wasted, drunken, poor creature of misuse...he would bring you to misery, bring you to sorrow and repentance, blight you, disgrace you, pull you down with him... can have no tenderness for me; I ask for none; I am even thankful that it cannot be”(131)]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942557 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942560 By far the most said phrase to Carton is he drinking or is drunk. He was a very heavy alcoholic in the beginning of the story "'I think you have been drinking, Mr. Carton'", at this point of time Carton just accepts it(Dickens 74). ]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942560 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942562 Many overlook his strengths because he was an alcoholic in the beginning. However he is a lawyer and that alone already demonstrate that he is someone capable of getting himself status; the "wigged gentleman who had ... been looking at the ceiling... wrote a word or two on..paper, screwed it up, and tossed it to him"  he already knew what had to be done to close up a case and was  wasting everyone time(Dickens 65). This proves that he knows what he is capable of.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942562 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942563 Carton was introduce into the story as somewhat as a fool in court and was known for always being drunk. As he himself acknowledges it, “'I think you have been drinking, Mr. Carton.'
'Think? You know I have been drinking'"(Dickens 74).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942563 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942566 Stryver a lawyer who worked with "Sydney Carton, [who is an] idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver’s great ally" following up by the fact that they are childhood friends "the same Sydney, with the same luck" (Dickens 89).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942566 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942567 Carton was described as an idle and uninterested gentleman who was frequently seen gazing off to the ceiling at work, as exemplified by stryver's prediction that "carton was to be seen...stealthily and unsteadily to his lodgings, like a dissipated cat...carton would never be lion, he was an amazingly good jackal" he related this prediction to cats because cats are seen as unmotivated creatures (Dickens 89).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942567 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942568 Sydney feels that during their childhood years he has always been held back because of capabilities. He obediently listens to Stryers, "Mr. Stryver laughed till he shook his precocious paunch. 'You and your luck, sdyney! Get to work, get to work'"(Dickens 90). Carton doesn't strive for anything in his life which is also another reason why he's not fighting back]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942568 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942570 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942570 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942571 When Charles Darnay first appeared, "He was plainly dressed in black, or very dark grey, and his hair, which was long and dark, was gathered in a ribbon at the back of his neck; more to be out of his way than for ornament"(Dickens 55).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942571 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942572 Darney acknowledges the fact that his decisions were dumb and that there was no escaping his death " carton, there is no escaping from this place", he knows it well what he have committed(Dickens 348).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942572 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942575 Darnay goes to doctor manatte to confess his love for Lucie " I have had the happiness, doctor manatee, of being so intimate here"(Dickens 132). He sit down for a serious talk as this is about the love of his life.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942575 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942577 Darnay think's he is finally going to meet his end as he mutters the words "This is the day of my death"(Dickens 346).]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942577 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942582 The last time charles was in court, Dr. Manette's diary was used as a resource against charles to prove what happened to him for 16 years; "in my unbearable agony, denounce to the times when al these things shall be answered for. I denounced them to Heaven and to earth'"(Dicken 330). This shows that not everyone talks highly of Charles.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942582 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942585 One of Charles weakness is most definitely impulsiveness. It was shown in book 3, in the beginning when he  decided to go to Paris during a revolution. With the revolution going around security has been tighten he's "retarded his progress twenty times in a day" this defeated his whole purpose of him going(Dickens 245). Which shows his impulsiveness. ]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942585 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942589 Charles is really honest for the most part as he does confess his real name to his father-in-law before their wedding "My present name, though but slightly changed from my mother’s"(Dickens 119). Although it was incorrect of him to tell the truth so late he did indeed still was honest of his situation]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942589 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942593 They have a good amount of wealth. However one worked for it while the other had is passed down.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942593 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942594 They are direct in their own ways. For example their confession. Darney is more put together and told Lucie's father. While carton just went to Lucie herself to confess.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942594 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942596 Their looks are very similar considering Sydney died in place of Charles]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942596 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942597 He is a person without rules. He confesses his love to Lucie directly rather than going to Lucie's father first]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942597 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942598 Carton is a good character but he just lazy and less put together. He for sure knows what he's doing he just choses to not do it.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942598 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942599 He is really smart compared with Darney because he knows better than to go to jail for 3 times.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942599 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942602 He goes to jail for 3 times because he's too caring for people]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942602 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942605 The amount of knowledge in his brain is very low since he decided to go into his most hated territory during a revolution.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942605 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942607 Charles is most definitely more put together than Carton as he dresses nicely, well manners, good features,etc.]]> 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942607 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942610 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942610 amychen1 https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942613 2021-05-03 16:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amychen1/ha6vsvff48e9h858/wish/1485942613