Critically comment on the character of Charles Darnay NU In A Tale of Two Cities Charles Darnay is a man divided between two worlds By birth he belongs to the cruel French aristocracy By choice he lives a simple life in England He refuses pride wealth and power Instead he follows honesty love and justice Through him Dickens shows that true nobility comes from character not from birth Soft-hearted person Darnay refuses his family title and leaves Paris for England In England he lives like an ordinary man and works as a tutor He hates the French aristocrats system where the poor are oppressed Falls in love with Lucie Manette In England he meets Lucie Manette and marries her with Doctor Manette s consent Before the marriage he honestly tells Doctor Manette that he belongs to the Evr monde family He says I am a Frenchman born Book two chapter