A Tale of Two Cities Essays: The Character of Lucie Manette :: Tale Two Cities Essays

The Character of Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities             Lucie Manette, in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, is a relieve young woman.  She is deeply compassionate but never develops a real believable character.  Her feelings, which are similar in all cases, are revealed to us when she interacts with her military chaplain Dr. Manette, Charles Darney, and Sydney Carton.             During the scene in the shoemakers shop the reader learns about daughter Manette through description, actions, and her words.  First off, we picture her slowly coming out of the darkness.  Next she is described as young, with golden hair, and a dress.  Her words are the main point of study, though.  The reader has been drawn in by the first superficial description and now we take that her words will build a strong character in Lucie.  Her words however, may be important to the revival of Dr. Manette, but do not create a real, strong, true-to-life character.  The comforting words are just a bad sentimental melodrama and she says, weep for it, weep for it, over and over.             Miss Manettes communion with Carton is a similar type of conversation in which she reassures Carton several times.  The line If that will be a consolation to you, is a compact of the conversation between Carton and Lucie.             Lucie Manette is at the center of the group in Soho, a suburb of London.  Because Lucie is a main character we expect her to be in the middle of gatherings.  Miss Pross says that hundreds of people visit Lucie, an exageration but still many pay visit to her house in Soho. Because Lucies character is not fully develop and because we dont fully know her, we are left wondering what part of her character, or personality, makes her so attractiv e to everyone.