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also partly
ironic in that Sydney Carton must die for this resurrection to take
place, when he is executed on the guillotine in Paris. However, his
death is not in the book as Dicken's idea of poetic justice, as in the
case of the villains, but rather as a divine reward. This is displayed
when Carton decides to sacrifice himself by dying on the guillotine
instead of Darnay, with "I am the Resurrection and the life." This
theme of resurrection appears earlier on with Carton's prophecy, where
he envisions a son to be born to Lucie and Darnay, a son who will bear
Carton's name. Thus he will symbolically be reborn through Lucie and
Darnay's child. This vision serves another purpose, though. In the
early parts of the novel, Lucie and Darnay have a son, who dies when he
is a very young child. This happens because the child was born in
France instead of England, and if the DarnayCarton family is to
survive into the future, they need a son to bear their name. ...

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