First Entry

Right before Jerry tells Mr. Lorry the results of the trial, Dickens notes that Carton and Darnay are "so alike in feature, so unlike in manner" (81). This is significant because Carton's resemblance to Darnay is what causes Darnay to be named innocent. Physically, the two are very similar. However, their "manners" are quite different. While Darnay is mature and eloquent, Carton is more eccentric and seems lazy (but later we discover he works hard). Darnay is the kind of man Carton could have been, and Carton acknowledges this when he says "He shows you what you have fallen away from and what you might have been!" (89). Carton says that no one cares about him. Carton's jealousy of Darnay is apparent.