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The Character of Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two CitiesLucie Manette, in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, is a quiet young woman. He's deeply compassionate but never develops a truly believable character. His feelings, similar in all cases, are revealed to us when he interacts with his father, Dr. Manette, Charles Darney, and Sydney Carton. During the scene in the cobbler's shop the reader gets to know her daughter Manette through descriptions, actions and her words. First of all, we imagine her slowly emerging from the darkness. She is later described as young, with golden hair and a dress. His words, however, are the main point of study. The reader was drawn in by the first superficial description and now we expect his words to build a strong character in Lucie. Her words, however, may be important to Dr. Manette's awakening, but they do not create a real, strong, realistic character. The comforting words are just bad sentimental melodrama and she says "cry about this, cry about this!" over and over again. Miss Manette's conversation with Carton is a similar type of conversation in which she reassures Carton several times. The phrase "If this is any consolation to you", is the summary of the conversation between Carton and Lucie. Lucie Manette is in the center of the group in Soho, a suburb of London. Since Lucie is a main character, we expect her to be in the middle of encounters. Miss Pross says hundreds of people visit Lucie, an exaggeration, but many still visit her Soho home. Since Lucie's character is not fully developed and since we don't know her completely, we wonder what part of her character, or personality, makes her so attractive to everyone..