Tale Of Two Cities Comparison Essay

John 15:13 states "No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends." Jesus Christ and Sydney Carton are two men motivated by love to lay down their lives for another and to die a underserved death. Their sacrifices were so great, people have been bestowed with their names. However, even with these similarities, they are different: Jesus lived a perfect life, Carton a drunken life. Jesus died for all humanity, Carton for his love of Lucie. Finally, Jesus is a real man, Sydney is a fictional character in the classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
Love is the theme of both the Bible and A Tale of Two Cities. Jesus Christ and Sydney Carton are similar in that both individuals died in the place of another in the name of love. Jesus died for all humanity: so that one day we could all have a relationship with him. Sydney Carton is similar to Jesus in that he took the place of Charles Darnay, the Husband of Lucie Manette, so that Carton could preserve the happiness of Lucie's family.
In Mark 16: 5-7 it says, "As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ” Jesus is a real being, who lived a perfect died and rose again. It is stated Sydney Carton is an individual in a novel. If Sydney Carton was a real man he is certainly dead. But Sydney Carton was Christian and has eternal life through Christ. We know this because Sydney Carton was quoting John 11:25, "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never