Charles Darnay is an overall good man. Not only is he caring and loving, he is also intelligent and responsible. "I am only looking to sharing your fortunes, sharing your life and home, and being faithful to you to the death. Not to divide with Lucie her privilege as your child, companion, and friend;  but to come in aid of it, and bind her closer to you, if such a thing can be" (Dickens 103). This quote proves my entire description of Darnay. It shows his compassion and love for Lucie, and how he still respects the clear boundaries of not interfering with their father- daughter relationship. He is saying that he doesn't want to break up or mess up their relationship, but add to it instead. Also you can tell he is a trustworthy man, when he says how he will be faithful to Lucie until death. Charles Darnay is a man of many positive attributes, and an amazing personality.

           

  Light Vs. Dark

          In chapter six of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses light and dark to set the tone of hopefulness for Lucie and Dr. Manette's relationship. He writes, "I want, to let in a little more light here. You can bear a little more?" (Dickens 30) In this quote, Dickens is referring to Lucie as the light. Defarge is talking to Lucie's father, Dr. Manette, and asking if he can let his daughter in. Dr. Manette didn't even know he had a child, but her presence would give I'm the much needed hope and light to help him out of his darkness. Dickens then displays darkness by saying, "Darkness had fallen on him in its place" (Dickens 32). Being imprisoned for years, with nobody to talk to, and nothing to do really put Dr. Manette in a dark place. He became depressed and unpredictable, which made them worried about Lucie going near him because they didn't know what he would do or how he would react. Dickens says, "Then, as the darkness closed in, the daughter laid her head down on the hard ground close to the father's side, and watched him. The darkness deepened and deepened, as they both lay quiet, until a light gleamed through the chinks of the wall" (Dickens 36). This quote really showed Lucie's effect on her father. Although he is in a tough state right now, Lucie is willing to fix him up. Within the first few minutes of being with her father, Lucie has already brought light into her father's life, and has the hope and will to pull him out of the darkness he is trapped in. Overall in chapter six, light is overcoming and driving out the dark. Dickens writes about how Lucie is the light in her father's dark depressing life, and  that she is the one who will save him.

Wine scene

              In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens shows many ways that this wine scene forshadows events that will happen in the future. He says, "The wine was red wine, and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine, in Paris" (Dickens 21). I think Dickens is trying to forshadow the future by having the wine represent the blood that will be on the streets in an upcoming battle. Dickens states, "Some men kneeled down, made scoops of their two hands joined, and sipped, or tried to help women" (Dickens 21). This quote really displays how poor the people were, and how desperate they were for anything they could put into their children's body or their own. "Scrawled upon a wall with his fingers dipped in muddy wine-less-BLOOD" (Dickens 22). This quote also contributes to him forshawdowing that there will be a battle in the future because he calls the wine blood, and shows that people picture it as blood as well.