Darnay's Actions In A Tale Of Two Cities

Time and again, people have a difficult time converting their personal thoughts and ideas into actions that achieve the goal that they had in mind. The lack of translation between personal thoughts and actions usually leads to disappointment or detrimental effects on one or more individuals’ well-being. Results often differ from intentions because the way an individual views results is dependent upon the viewer’s perspective, and whoever performs the actions sometimes can’t comprehend all the implications of their actions. In Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Darnay, Mme. DeFarge and Dr. Manette’s actions all appear irrational or senseless because the reader and outside characters can’t see the actions of those individuals from the same perspective, thus giving the results an entirely different light. …show more content…
The first time in the book that Darnay encountered Monseigneur the Marquis, Charles Darnay renounced his inheritance, claiming that they are “lost to me” (125). The way in which Darnay stated that his property is lost, instead of just renouncing his property, implies that Darnay understood the magnitude situation and was trying to do the right thing. As Darnay returned to France to save Gabelle, he was stopped by the French revolutionaries under the premises that he had committed an offence. When Darnay asked what, a revolutionary responded, “We have new laws, Evrémonde, and new offences” (256). Not only does this demonstrate that the revolutionary hardly knew who Darnay was, but he couldn’t even say what Darnay was being accused