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- Darnay feels that his family, particularly the Marquis, have taken advantage of others and treated people cruely because of their position in society and immeasurable wealth. He is appalled at the actions of his uncle and determined to live a different kind of life.
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Darnay acknowledges his indebtedness to his family but resolves to continue to seek refuge in England and do what he must do to live like everyone else - he will work.
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Why does Charles Darnay return to France after his marriage? Darnay receives a letter from Gabelle, an employee who has been imprisoned due to his work for the Evremonde family. Gabelle begs Darnay to take responsibility and to help him.
Darnay's willingness to atone for his family's wrongs and to work for a living demonstrate that eventually something good can come out of evil, a point that Dickens emphasizes at the end of the novel.
Darnay represented everything that Carton could have been if he had not succumbed to alcohol and apathy. Saving Darnay this time, however, requires that Carton sacrifice his own life. On the surface Carton appears to make the sacrifice simply out of love for Lucie and her child.
Carton’s sacrifice of his life enables him to live in a way that he otherwise could not, for this sacrifice—the only means by which Darnay can be saved—assures Carton a place in the hearts of others and allows him to have undertaken one truly meaningful and valuable act before dying.
Carton says no, that his life was over long ago. But Lucie responds that she believes he has it in him to live a much worthier life, and that she can help him. Carton's past is a mystery.
She works not toward giving life but toward giving death. The Defarges' differing focuses on life and death especially emerge when Barsad discloses the news of Lucie's engagement and Darnay's identity.
