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Throughout the book, A Tale of Two Cities the theme of sacrifice is used to help the reader realize the cost of life, as well as to develop the plot through the effects of

those sacrifices. Through the characters of Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, and Ms. Pross

the theme of sacrifice is developed. The theme of sacrifice brings key aspects of the

plot together, and Carton's sacrifice brings the novel to closer in the end.



Sydney Carton paid the highest cost of sacrifice with his life, and in doing so he was

very similar to Jesus Christ. Carton laid down his life for a man who had never done

anything for him and who in fact had abused his relationship as demonstrated on page

191 when Carton describes himself in Darnay's view as "a dissolute dog who has never

done any good, and never will." Similarly Jesus Christ let himself be beaten, abused, and

killed for the same people who spit in his face. Other people in both cases thought that

Jesus and Carton were not......

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