Talk:Sydney Carton

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Picture?
Is there any image we can use on this page to make it a little less. . . well, plain. I have a good idea for an image: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7kwIiNndOcg/SK_PsUOzf7I/AAAAAAAAE6Y/QuEmud-pONw/s320/Sydney_Carton2.jpg I don't know how to upload it on the page? Can anyone do it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.55.16.47 (talk) 04:44, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Phrasing
"...a young Englishman to whom he directs a strong physical resemblance." What? He directs a resemblance? Perhaps it should be "... a young Englishman whom he resembles." c.pergiel (71.117.211.59 (talk) 05:06, 16 November 2009 (UTC))

Lucie Saint Evrémonde
"Carton steps in and tricks Darnay into trading places with him, and is executed in place of Darnay for Lucie's sake."

Carton's friendship with the daughter of Lucie and Charles was clearly intended by Dickens to markedly define the nobility of Carton's decision to sacrifice his life for that of a man he largely resents. Critics of Dickens' caricatures can be difficult to counter; but this is a rare example of Dickens' idealistic sentimentalism that even Wilde could not have criticised as "ludicrous". Lucie's daughter (and Carton's relationship with her) was surely intended by Dickens to completely negate cynicism when assessing that all-important question of "Why?"

The current listed motive (singular) is inadequate; almost to the point of being inaccurate.

Goscuter1 (talk) 19:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Bible verse?
Carton's final line isn't even close to John 11:25-26 " 25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" Does anyone who's a better Bible scholar know the correct source verse if it is Biblical? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.244.157 (talk) 23:37, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The verse is quoted directly several paragraphs before the final lines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.72.244.157 (talk) 00:39, 26 October 2011 (UTC)