Love Essay - Love Causes Doctor Manette - 1156 Words

Love causes Doctor Manette to seek redemption. Love caused Doctor Manette to do this because he desired to love his daughter and be loved by her. He also wanted to start a new life with his daughter and put his old life of imprisonment behind him. Doctor Manette was in prison for eighteen years, and he became a different man over that long period of time. Doctor Manette lost his self-worth and forgot a portion of his memories. He never saw his daughter, Lucie, because he was in prison for all of her life up to that point. When he first saw her, he fell to the floor and started weeping. He started to weep because when he saw her, he saw his wife and was flooded with memories of her. Lucie then started taking care of her father, and she†¦show more content†¦He was also talking to Lucie about keeping their relationship strong during the marriage with Charles, and he said, â€Å"Quite sure, my darling! More than that, my future is far brighter Lucie, seen through your marriage, than is could have been-nay, than it ever was without it† (188). This excerpt shows that Doctor Manette got his self-worth back and became a new man. He became a happier man because Lucie brought him consolation, restoration, and love. Love redeems Charles Darnay. Charle’s original name was Charles Saint Evremonde. Charles got married to Lucie, and they had a daughter and named her Lucie. Lucie Manette was talking with Mr. Lorry about Madame Defarge when she commented, â€Å"But that dreadful woman seems to throw a shadow on me and on all my hopes† (266). Lucie was trying to say that Madame Defarge pulls down all of her dreams and aspirations. One of her hopes was that her husband Charles would not get convicted and be executed. She wants everything to go back to normal and be all right. Charles was put on trial for treason. The real reason that he was put on trial for treason was because of his family’s past. Charles’ uncle, Marquis Evremonde, murdered a little boy from the Defarge family. Madame Defarge was trying to blame him for his uncle’s wrongdoings. Doctor Manette was secretly in prison because of Marquis and the Evremonde brothers. Many years ago he was walking down a roa d and two boys went