Throughout the book, A Tale of Two Cities the theme of sacrifice is used to help the reader realize the cost of life, as well as to develop the plot through the effects of
those sacrifices. Through the characters of Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, and Ms. Pross
the theme of sacrifice is developed. The theme of sacrifice brings key aspects of the
plot together, and Carton's sacrifice brings the novel to closer in the end.
Sydney Carton paid the highest cost of sacrifice with his life, and in doing so he was
very similar to Jesus Christ. Carton laid down his life for a man who had never done
anything for him and who in fact had abused his relationship as demonstrated on page
191 when Carton describes himself in Darnay's view as "a dissolute dog who has never
done any good, and never will." Similarly Jesus Christ let himself be beaten, abused, and
killed for the same people who spit in his face. Other people in both cases thought that
Jesus and Carton were not......
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