death exchange
Death Exchange Saving and then switching spots with a person when it’s their time to die deserves a great amount of recognition. In his novel Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens delivers a mysterious love drama twisted with history, the French revolution to be precise. In the book there are two main characters I will be focusing on. They are Charles Darnay, he is born aristocrat but doesn’t want to be one, and Sydney Carton, and he is an assistant lawyer. I was highly intrigued with the fact that Carton saving Darnay leads to Cartons ultimate death. First, Carton saves Darnay which leads to his freedom. Then, Darnay’s freedom leads to his imprisonment and carton switching places with him. Lastly, Darnay’s imprisonment; and Carton switching places with him, leads to Carton’s death. First, Carton saves Darnay which leads to Darnay’s freedom. Darnay is on trial for treason to the English crown. It doesn’t look good for Darnay, meaning it looks like he is going to get imprisoned or fined. The strong point for the prosecutor was the witness that supposedly saw Darnay. The witness tells the court that it was dark, but he is almost certain that the man he saw was Darnay. Carton’s boss Mr.Stryver or the head lawyer is arguing his case, and then Carton tosses him a piece of paper. He pauses and then starts asking the witness questions:
““Did you ever see anybody like the prisoner?” Not so like (the witness said) as that he could be mistaken. “Look well upon that gentleman, my learned friend there,” Pointing to him who had tossed the paper over, “and then look well upon the prisoner. How say you?” Are they very like each other?” Allowing for my learned friend’s appearance being careless and slovenly if not debauched, they were sufficiently like each other to surprise, not only the witness, but everybody present, when they were thus brought into comparison.” (66-67). Carton crushes the value of the witness and essentially the whole case by presenting himself and
““Did you ever see anybody like the prisoner?” Not so like (the witness said) as that he could be mistaken. “Look well upon that gentleman, my learned friend there,” Pointing to him who had tossed the paper over, “and then look well upon the prisoner. How say you?” Are they very like each other?” Allowing for my learned friend’s appearance being careless and slovenly if not debauched, they were sufficiently like each other to surprise, not only the witness, but everybody present, when they were thus brought into comparison.” (66-67). Carton crushes the value of the witness and essentially the whole case by presenting himself and