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

The temperament of Lucie Manette in A boloney of Two Cities             Lucie Manette, in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, is a quiet young woman.  She is deeply human but never develops a real believable character.  Her feelings, which argon standardised in all cases, are revealed to us when she interacts with her father 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 find out her slowly coming out of the darkness.  Next she is described as young, with flamboyant hair, and a dress.  Her words are the primary(prenominal) point of study, though.  The reader has been gaunt in by the first superficial description and now we dribble 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, all over and over.             Miss Manettes conference 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 summary 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 plenty visit Lucie, an exageration but still many pay visit to her fireside in Soho. Because Lucies character is not fully developed and because we dont fully cut her, we are left wondering what part of her character, or pers onality, makes her so pleasant to everyone.