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What inappropriate behavior does Sydney Carton engage in throughout Chapter 4?
Where Darnay is polite, composed, and a gentleman, Carton is ill-mannered, unkempt, and a heavy drinker.
What does Carton do at the Manettes?
What does Carton do at the Manettes’? He gives them his traveling papers and instructs them to leave the next day.
What do you learn about Carton’s childhood What does Carton blame for his miserable life?
What do we learn about Carton’s childhood, and what does Carton blame for his miserable life? We learn that Carton used to have to do the other boys’ homework just like he does Stryver’s homework now. Carton blames his bad luck.
What does carton do for Lucie What is significant about his final farewell to Lucie?
Carton embraces her and, before he leaves, kisses the unconscious Lucie and whispers, “A life you love.” As his farewell implies, Carton’s goal is to give Lucie and her family a happy life. He is willing to sacrifice himself for that.
How does Carton feel about himself?
Carton is portrayed as a brilliant but depressed and cynical drunkard who is full of self-loathing because of what he sees as his wasted life. He feels a deep unrequited love for Lucie Manette, who nevertheless inspires him to try to be a better person.
What is Carton’s plan to save Darnay?
How has this been foreshadowed? His plan is to switch places with Darnay. This has been foreshadowed in three ways: Carton’s similar looks to Darnay saved Darnay from death before (the English trial), the promise he made to Lucie, and the fact that Barsad’s job is to smuggle Carton into Darnay’s cell.
What is revealed about Sydney Carton’s childhood?
We discover that during Carton’s childhood he never had much ambition, and though he gives off an especially careless attitude about a great many things. Carton admits that while he did little of his own work (exercises), he rarely did his own. It is in this way that he still operates with Stryver.
What does carton confess to Lucie when he visits her Chapter 13?
Summary and Analysis Book 2: Chapter 13 – The Fellow of No Delicacy. One August afternoon, Carton resolves to reveal his feelings to Lucie. He tells her that although he is a hopeless case and can never reform, she revived his old dreams of leading a good life.