The Golden Thread In A Tale Of Two Cities
The Golden Thread In A Tale of Two Cities, Lucie Manette is characterized as a beautiful, young, blonde woman that serves as “the golden thread” that holds and ties everyone together. Lucie acts as the thread that held her father together when he was going through the toughest times. According to Dickens:
She was the golden thread that united him to a Past beyond his misery, and to a Present beyond his misery: and the sound of her voice, the light of her face, the touch of her hand, had a strong beneficial influence with him almost always. (Dickens 140)
According to Shmoop, Lucie also serves as a tie, that connects all the men in the storyline, Lucie ties Sydney to Charles, Dr. Manette to Charles, and Mr. Lorry to the entire family (Shmoop). Lucie is a significant character that is seen as the light of all of these men’s eyes and that is her main role throughout the story. Lucie’s golden hair is the distinguishing feature of her character, and her golden locks serve as the symbol for her angelic presence that changes everyone’s life for the better. …show more content…
Lucie is a static character that is complex and we know all about her, but her morals have never changed.
There are three themes that are most important to Lucie and that is family, loyalty, and morality and ethics. In A Tale of Two Cities Stryver is telling Sydney to find him a respectable woman to marry and settle down with to become complete. According to Dickens:
Find out somebody. Find out some respectable woman with a little property— somebody in the landlady way, or lodging-letting way— and marry her, against a rainy day. That’s the kind of thing for YOU. (Dickens
247)
This is significant because it reveals Dickens’ view on women and marriage and explains why he sculpts Lucie to be the perfect homemaker. Lucie Manette is first seen in “Book the First” when she has a meeting with a man named Mr. Lorry where he informs to Lucie that her father is still alive. Lucie went her entire life thinking that she is an orphan and she broke down at the fact that she is no longer alone. When Mr.Lorry tells her that she has the opportunity to see her father she murmurs and says that she will see a ghost. This reveals that Lucie is a static character that will always be seen as an emotional family focused woman. Lucie is one of the few protagonists in the story, and she is the one thing that ties all the men together in the storyline. Lucie is the compassionate and loving woman who is extremely loyal. According to Cliff Notes, Darnay, Carton, and Stryver all court her and envision their futures being made brighter with her as their wife (cliffnotes).
She was the golden thread that united him to a Past beyond his misery, and to a Present beyond his misery: and the sound of her voice, the light of her face, the touch of her hand, had a strong beneficial influence with him almost always. (Dickens 140)
According to Shmoop, Lucie also serves as a tie, that connects all the men in the storyline, Lucie ties Sydney to Charles, Dr. Manette to Charles, and Mr. Lorry to the entire family (Shmoop). Lucie is a significant character that is seen as the light of all of these men’s eyes and that is her main role throughout the story. Lucie’s golden hair is the distinguishing feature of her character, and her golden locks serve as the symbol for her angelic presence that changes everyone’s life for the better. …show more content…
Lucie is a static character that is complex and we know all about her, but her morals have never changed.
There are three themes that are most important to Lucie and that is family, loyalty, and morality and ethics. In A Tale of Two Cities Stryver is telling Sydney to find him a respectable woman to marry and settle down with to become complete. According to Dickens:
Find out somebody. Find out some respectable woman with a little property— somebody in the landlady way, or lodging-letting way— and marry her, against a rainy day. That’s the kind of thing for YOU. (Dickens
247)
This is significant because it reveals Dickens’ view on women and marriage and explains why he sculpts Lucie to be the perfect homemaker. Lucie Manette is first seen in “Book the First” when she has a meeting with a man named Mr. Lorry where he informs to Lucie that her father is still alive. Lucie went her entire life thinking that she is an orphan and she broke down at the fact that she is no longer alone. When Mr.Lorry tells her that she has the opportunity to see her father she murmurs and says that she will see a ghost. This reveals that Lucie is a static character that will always be seen as an emotional family focused woman. Lucie is one of the few protagonists in the story, and she is the one thing that ties all the men together in the storyline. Lucie is the compassionate and loving woman who is extremely loyal. According to Cliff Notes, Darnay, Carton, and Stryver all court her and envision their futures being made brighter with her as their wife (cliffnotes).