Lucie’s external conflicts involve those she loves. Her father (whom she thought was dead) has been imprisoned for eighteen years. She must readjust from the life of an orphan to the life of a devoted daughter. Since her father occasionally retreats into his psychological turmoil, she must stand by him, helping him through this without being torn apart herself. She also must suffer seeing her husband imprisoned and sentenced to death. She believes that, as...
Lucie’s external conflicts involve those she loves. Her father (whom she thought was dead) has been imprisoned for eighteen years. She must readjust from the life of an orphan to the life of a devoted daughter. Since her father occasionally retreats into his psychological turmoil, she must stand by him, helping him through this without being torn apart herself. She also must suffer seeing her husband imprisoned and sentenced to death. She believes that, as much as she wants to fall down in a faint to escape this torture, she must appear to be strong in order to avoid causing Charles even more distress. Almost passed over in the novel, she also suffers the death of her young son, able to find joy in the thought that he is safely in heaven.
Internally also, she is determined to be Sydney Carton’s friend, even though he would like more. She must try to turn him away from being a rejected love to a true friend of the family. This is repaid when Sydney sacrifices himself for her and her husband. She continues to be his friend, even after his death, as prophesied by Sydney at the guillotine.
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