In Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, the concept of sacrifice emerges several times throughout the novel. Dickens expresses his views on sacrifice through the sacrifice of Sydney Carton's life to Lucy, Mr. Lorry's transformation from giving up his personal life for his work to sacrificing his professional duties for his personal life, and Miss Pross's self-sacrifice to protect Lucie. Charles Dickens uses different motivations for sacrifice in each case, but he uses the concept repeatedly to show that it is important for people to sacrifice for the sake of those close to them rather than for themselves. One of the many ways that Charles Dickens promotes the motif of sacrifice in A Tale of Two Cities is when Sydney Carton sacrifices his life for the happiness of Lucie Darnay. Before Lucie married her husband, Charles, Sydney Carton had also professed his unrequited love for her, declaring, “For you and for all those you hold dear, I would do anything” (117). Carton fulfilled his promise of sacrifice when Lucie's husband, Charles Darnay, was sentenced to death by the guillotine. Carton broke Darnay out of prison and traded places for him because they both looked extremely similar. Sydney Carton made the ultimate sacrifice by trading places with Charles Darnay. Carton allowed himself to be killed so that the women he loved could be happy and not have a life of sorrow because of her deceased husband. Dickens shows through Carton's death that sacrifice is the noblest act a person can commit and it brings peace to a person's soul, as Carton's last words before his death are : “It’s a much better thing I’m doing than I ever did.” do; it is a far better rest than I have ever known” (293). Charles Dickens uses Sydney Cart...... middle of paper ......s sacrifice to prevent Dafarge from finding Lucie. Charles Dickens used Miss Pross's sacrifice of leaving her refuge of England as well as her sacrifice of personal safety to help him create his motif. Dickens used Miss Pross's sacrifice to show the strength and importance of maternal relationships by saying how people are willing to sacrifice themselves for others because of the strong maternal bonds between them. Charles Dickens uses the motif of sacrifice throughout A Tale of Two Cities. It presents different forms of sacrifice with Sydney Carton's sacrifice of life for his love, Lucie, Mr. Lorry's sacrifice of his professional life for his personal life, and through Miss Pross's sacrifice of comfort and security for Lucy. Dickens uses sacrifice to show that people sacrifice themselves out of love for others and for the happiness of others rather than for their own happiness or comfort..