Characters


 * Dr. Manette-** (France), "recalled to life", imprisoned for 18 years by the Evremondes, 105 North Tower, hard prison life-deeply scarred, forgot he was a physician but believed he was a cobbler, had money and a beautiful family, wrote a letter to the Church which the marquis' discovered, kidnapped and sent to La Bastille, was brought back to sanity by Lucie, often relapses when things go wrong, his weakness eventually makes him strong, relatable hero with flaws


 * Lucie Manette**- (France), young woman, older than 18, thought her father was dead, blue eyed and golden headed, fair skinned, gorgeous, symbolized innocence, purity, light, and mercy, an amazing pure good-hearted person, hs the ability to melt people's heart/ make them turn better, fancies Darnay, only person to believe in Carton, strong willed and braver than appears


 * Miss Pross**- (England), calls Lucie Ladybird, acts as a mother to Lucie, greatly protective of Lucie, kills Madame Defarge, unafraid of chaos in France, sees it as disgusting and annoying, dislikes France and it's people, unafraid of anything, cries tears of defiance and protection before her spat with M. Defarge, M. Defarge mistakes it for weakness, Pross is boss


 * Jarvis Lorry**- (England), banker of Tellson's bank, very business like but is unable to keep connections from the Manette family, old fashioned/a gentle old man, business still remains important to him throughout the entire story, anti-thesis could be the Wood-sawyer or Mrs. Pross, bad at showing emotions


 * Ernest Defarge-** (France), owns a wine shop which is a place of rebellion, kept Dr. Manette hidden, used to be a servant of Dr. Manette, shows rebels what the Nobles had done to him, shows less anger and vengeance than his wife, represents a clamer more sympathetic side of the revolutionaries that are capable of remorse and sympathy, still willing to go along with evil, begins changing from his wife, knows vengeance is useless against the Evremondes, stays sane throughout the revolution, strong and burly, dark features, handsome


 * Madame Defarge**- (France), wears rose that secretly communicates with revolutionaries, dark features and dark hair, constantly knitting names of people to kill, believes aristocracy should be exterminated, loses sanity (She may have not had any), sympathetic villain, bad/chaotic, always accompanied by the vengeance (symbol for her dead sister as well as hr never-ending thirst for blood, enjoys killing and watches it as if she was at a play, unable to be affected by goodness or mercy, unable to feel emotion or empathy for any other human, sister of a man/woman who were killed by the marquis, raised as an orphan in a fishing village, beautiful although her description and actions seem to make her look ugly and wicked, symbol for darkness/evil


 * Jerry Cruncher-** (England), works for Tellson's bank, odd-job man, young son and simply tolerated by others (including Tellson's, lives in hanging sword alley, abuses wife emotionally/physically, "Poor devil of honest tradesmen" (40), digs up bodies for scientists, has a young son similar in appearance, very comical and rather ignorant, helps a lot without meaning too, works as a body guard throughout the story


 * Jerry Cruncher Jr.**- (England), garnished by tenderer hair spikes than his father, inflicts injuries to other boys, wants to be a "Resurrection man" like his father, has nightmares about a coffin chasing him, begins disrespecting his mom because of his father, bratty and annoying


 * Jaques-** (France),secret name of revolutionaries, three main ways (THREE THE MAGIC NUMBER IN FAIRY TALES), isn't that secret because many spies know about the name


 * Charles Darnay**- (France), typical archetypal hero, prisoner for treason against France, looks oddly similar to Carton,, dark eyes and hair (tall mysterious stranger), very attractive, sees Lucie and falls in love with her, eventually wins over Lucie, gave up name Evremonde because of how ashamed he is of his family's atrocities, hates his family name, promised his mom he would show mercy, most likely sent to jail with help of his uncle, has a lot of virtue, goes to France to save Gaspard, unaware of how bad it is, starts regretting decision when he arrives, ignores Carton as they are "rivals", believes he is worthless


 * Sidney Carton**- (England?), attorney of Darnay, incredibly smart, is a drunk and pathetic at first, loves Lucie and claims to her how worthless he is, is Darnay's antithesis, believes he is nothing, after he cries he goes through a resurrection, becomes confident and stops drinking, finds a purpose in life to save Darnay for Lucie, sacrifices himself for Darnay, doesn't regret it proving he is perhaps better than the hero Darnay, a type of anti-hero, very memorable character, strong, brave, intelligent, handsome, becomes a symbol for sacrifice and love


 * Tellson's Bank**- small, uncomfortable, doesn't function well but doesn't change, grim/dark, represents England


 * Wood-sawyer-** (France), used to be a road-mender, could be anti-thesis of Lorrie, obsessed with the Guillotine, no pity or empathy, enjoys seeing all the heads roll of including women, men and children, agrees to provide evidence for Lucie being a spy, only cares about business, but is truly unable to feel compassion, very odd and creepy


 * Marquis-** (France), often described by words with stone, truly evil and unchangeable, twin brother of Darnay's father, shows differences between peasantry and aristocracy, commits horrible atrocities, tries to imprison nephew as well as succesful in attempt to imprison Manette, often is hidden by a "mask", appears regal and handsome, truly wicked and ugly underneath, a unsympathetic villian