Lucie Manette

Lucie Manette is the daughter of Doctor Manette. For the first 17 years of her life she believed her father to be dead. She's beautiful, but is so nice that no one is jealous of her beauty. She's very realistic and grounded.

Lucie is the main focus of almost every male character in A Tale of Two Cities. As a result, and as what usually happens to the main female characters in a novel, she is put on a pedestal by everyone. Stryver describes her appearance on page 96 as, "a golden-haired doll," and the "picturesque Doctor's daughter...." which shows that her hair is the main focus of her beauty and the source of light that is associated with her name. Lucie's innocence, purity, and faith in other people has proven that she is worthy of an angel, and is given Little Lucie which can be seen on page 209. Lucie may seem to be an almost perfect lady, however her some of her experiences have shown that she can be just as emotionally weak as others. One of these occurrences was upon meeting her father after 17 years. Another example is when her son, Baby Darnay died, and her feelings of suicide. Throughout these experiences her emotions had more control over her than anything else which shows the reader that she is a real person and that there is no need to be put on a pedestal. Lucie's personality is more complicated than what Dickens just tells us between her conversations with other characters.

Not only does Lucy show how human she is through these instances, but she shows it through her compassion and pity for Sydney Carton. She listens enough to him to understand his real personality.

 

 

IN TODAY'S WORLD:

favorite toys: Barbie,

favorite music: Jewel, Joni Mitchell, No Doubt (mostly their older stuff), Dave Matthews Band, Billy Holiday, Dido

car: silver jetta

favorite book/author: Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin

favorite movie: A Walk to Remember,