Ambiguity In A Tale Of Two Cities

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The Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens portrays a continuous theme of people are always evolving as his primary focus in his novel by showing the ambiguity in various characters such as Madame Defarge, Sydney Carton, and Ernest Defarge as they continue to develop over the course of their lives. Each character exemplifies different personalities and changes in their habits as “The Tale of Two Cities” unravels the truth about each individual.

Carton is one character that portrays ambiguity by showing a selfish and prideful side to him in the beginning of the novel. Alcohol was his best friend, the one he turned to and depended on. “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me (Dickens 85). Even though Carton was Stryver’s assistant, he didn’t feel like he had a purpose or a place in this world. Depressed and discouraged Carton blames himself for his situation, which to him seems like a never-ending cycle of work and drunkenness. Neither Stryver nor Carton seems to be very cordial people at the …show more content…
Once Madame Defarge had begun to seek revenge for her family there was no stopping her. She had lost her sister to rape, her brother to fighting for their sister, and her father to grief and agony. Revenge consumed Madame Defarge, she wanted to see the Evrémonde’s suffer for their crimes against her family. Charles, Lucie, and Little Lucie all had to be destroyed because they all had ties to the Evrémonde family. “I care nothing for this Doctor, I. He may wear his head or lose it, for any interest I have in him; it is all one to me. But the Evrémonde people are to be exterminated, and his wife and child must follow the husband and father” (Dickens 364). Madame Defarge has overdone herself; she has thrown herself into the deep end of the evil side, and hasn’t worried about those who might be destroyed along the

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