Abstract

Sidney Carton is a minor character in A Tale of Two Cities by the great British writer Charles Dickens. This thesis analyzes three aspects of Carton’s personality as well as the impact of this personality flaw on Carton’s final fate. In face of Lucie, Carton suppresses his emotions and doesn’t dare to express his love for her because of his cowardice. Although Carton is a promising youth, he has no courage to show his talent for his sense of inferiority. Sidney Carton’s loneliness leads to no friends to help him out when in trouble and he has to take all that he had suffered even meets with his tragic fate by losing his life for saving Lucie’s husband’s life.

Key words: A Tale of Two Cities; Sidney Carton; cowardice; inferiority;

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

3. The Analysis of Sydney Carton’s Personality-3

3.1 Sydney Carton’s Cowardice-4

3.2 Sydney Carton’s Inferiority Complex-5

3.3 Sydney Carton’s Loneliness-7

4. Conclusion-9

Works Cited-11