Charles Darnay

  Charles Dickens portrays Charles Darnay as a brave, smart, and loving man in A Tale of Two Cities. The novel reads "The accused, who was (and who knew he was) being mentally hanged, beheaded, and quartered, by everybody there, neither flinched from the situation, nor assumed any theatrical air in it" (Dickens 47.) This description comes while Charles is in court after being accused of treason. The fact that he doesn't even show any emotion in something so life altering shows that this man has some guts in him. Your average person would be sweating buckets, but Darnay is brave enough to face what ever comes his way and to stand there being ridiculed by just about everyone else, and not even bat an eye. Dickens writes "...Mr. Charles Darnay was established in English as a higher teacher of the French language who was conversant with French literature" (Dickens 99.) Any human who is mentally capable to teach lesser knowing people a considerable amount of knowledge in a certain area must have some good brain power. Also, knowing multiple languages is not a simple task itself, so I applaud him for that. "Dear Doctor Manette, I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disinterestedly, and devotedly" (Dickens 101.) Charles loves Lucie so much that he uses such elegant language when inquiring her father for her hand in marriage. To say these flattering words about anyone illustrates your caring and loving trait inside of you. I truly believe that Charles Darnay is the great human that the book so far depicts him to be.