A Tale of Two Cities:
Roles of Minor Characters
Every story in the history of literature has one or more characters that are not as significant as other characters. Although these characters aren't as important, they serve to advance the plot or are symbolically important. There are definitely numerous depictions of these characters in A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. Two examples are Lucie Manette Darnay and Miss Pross. Both of these flat characters are important in the development of the story.
Lucie Manette Darnay played an important and symbolic role in the novel. Dickens described her as "the golden thread" of the novel, weaving its good throughout the plot. Along with her good nature, she was also young and attractive. Dickens described her as having:
a short, slight, pretty figure, a quantity of golden hair, and a pair of blue eyes
and a forehead with a singular capacity
of lifting and knitting itself into an expression that was not quite one of......
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