Lucie Manette is described like human being in a real life who is able to be compassionate and kind. Lucie Manette is Dr. Manette’s daughter. She is also a
young English lady. In the story A Tale of Two Cities Lucie Manette is described to be a young lady not more than seventeen. She has a short, slight, pretty figure
with a quantity of golden hair. She also has a pair of blue eyes and a young and smooth forehead p. 18; ch 4; book 1. Lucie Manette is attractive, caring, loving,
compassionate, and brave.
4.2.1 Attractive
Lucie Manette is an attractive person. Almost every man in the story A Tale of Two City is attracted to Lucie. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, and Mr.
Stryver are the men who are attracted to Lucie Manette. Charles Darnay sees her for the first time during his own trial in London.
From the first time Charles Darnay sees her and hears her voice, he is already attracted to Lucie Manette.
‘ Miss Manette look upon the prisoner.’ To be confronted with such a pity, and such earnest youth and beauty, was
far more trying to the accused than to be confronted with all the crowd. Standing, as it were, apart with her on the edge of his grave, not all the
staring curiosity that looked on, could for the moment, nerve him to remain quite still. His hurried right hand parceled out the herbs before him
into imaginary beds of flowers in a garden: and his efforts to control and steady his breathing shook the lips from which the colour rushed to his
heart. The buzz of the great flies was loud again p. 58; ch 3; book 1.
It proves that the sight of Lucie Manette alone is able to make Charles Darnay attracted to her. Furthermore, she is able to make Charles Darnay imagine any
kind of beautiful things. Sidney Carton experiences the same situation as Charles Darnay. The
moment he sees Lucie Manette for the first time, he likes her. Yet Sidney Carton
thinks that she does not deserve to be together with man like himself, so he suppresses his own feelings. Even though he suppresses his feeling, he does not
stop to love Lucie Manette. The feelings of love that Sidney Carton has eventually will lead him to his own death. Sidney Carton loves her so much that he hates to
see Lucie Manette in despair. One example of how Sidney Carton shows his love for Lucie Manette is when he sacrifices himself in order to save Lucie Manette’s
husband. He knows that Lucie Manette is sad because of her husband’s imprisonment. Therefore to bring Lucie Manettes’ happiness back, he replaces
Charles Darnay position to free him pp. 300-301; ch 13; book 3. From this part of the story, one can understand how deep Sidney Carton’s love for Lucie Manette
is. Mr. Stryver who is Sidney Carton’s boss thinks that Lucie Manette is the
most appropriate person to be his wife. Mr. Stryver usually does not think about marriage and only focuses on his work and makes money. However, after he sees
Lucie Manette, he suddenly wants to marry her. Mr. Stryver plan to marry Lucie Manette fails though, because she rejects his proposal pp. 116-125; ch 11; book
2. Even Miss Pross has to admit that Lucie Manette is an attractive woman.
The reason is that everyday Miss Pross sees with his own eyes that many men come to Dr. Manette house just to see Lucie Manette. The men who come to Dr.
Manette’s house are not just two people but dozens. Dozens of people come to Dr. Manette’s house everyday just to meet Lucie Manette p. 80; ch 6; book 2.
People can see that Lucie Manette is an attractive woman from other characters point of view. Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, and Mr. Stryver agree
that Lucie Manette is an attractive woman. Lucie Manette’s attractiveness comes from her youth, beauty, sweet voice and compassion toward others.
4.2.2 Loving
