Eternal Love

I was deeply touched by Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities who was a round character, compared with whom, Charles Darnay seemed to be somewhat plain to me. Sydney Carton had complicated inner thoughts, notably, this line was always daunting in me "If you remember the words that passed between us, long ago, you will readily comprehend this when you see it. You do remember them, I know. It is not in your nature to forget them. I am thankful that the time has come, when I can prove them. That I do so is no subject for rerget or grief."

As it could be traced in the text that Sydney Carton shared the almost same face with Charles Darnay which indicated that he must be and can only be a substitute for the latter in Lucy's life and that was the main reason why he played such a trick to save rival in love. Until before the final several chapters, Sydney Carton displayed himself as a lazy, selfish and callous man who was disappointed about his life and grew resentment to the society. He had been a negative character for a while, as noted in the text, "Waste forces within him, and a desert all around, this man stood still on his way across a silent terrace, and saw for a moment, lying in the wilderness before him, a mirage of honourable ambition, self-denial, and perseverance. In the fair city of this vision, there were airy galleries from which the loves and graces looked upon him, gardens in which the fruits of life hung ripening, waters of Hope that sparkled in his sight. A moment, and it was gone. Climbing to a high chamber in a well of houses, he threw himself down in his clothes on a neglected bed, and its pillow was wet with wasted tears." Sydney Carton was like a frustrated man to whom it was only love of Lucy that can caress and light him up.

The choice of dying for Charles Darnay was a sublimation of Sydney Carton and such choice suggessted the vanish of love as well as the eternity of love.

2022-08-19

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