In the film Jarvis Lorry, an employee of the Tellson bank, is sent to find Doctor Manette, an unjustly imprisoned doctor, in Paris and bring him back to England. Lucie, Manette's daughter who thought he was dead, accompanied Mr. Lorry. Upon arriving at Defarge's wine shop in Paris, they found Mr. Manette in very poor condition and took him back to London with them. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay In 1780, five years later, Lucie, Mr. Lorry, and Dr. Manette were called to testify against Charles Darnay, a tutor who constantly made trips between France and England and was thus accused of treason, but Darnay was acquitted when a lawyer, named Sydney Carton, looked a lot like him and an eyewitness hesitated to distinguish them for sure. Carton loved Lucie but was a drunkard. Knowing that their relationship was hopeless, he declared that he would sacrifice himself for her or anyone she loved in an emotional conversation. Darnay ended up marrying Lucie. Darnay's uncle Marquis St. Evremonde was murdered by the father of a child he ran over and Darnay inherited the title, Marquis St. Evermonde, now with this title came power. Darnay would not accept it because he did not want to exploit the French people like his uncle did. Around 1790, while the French Revolution was in full swing, Darnay decided to travel to France to save a family servant. Upon his arrival he was immediately imprisoned. Lucie and Dr. Manette soon showed up in Paris at the door of Tellson's French office, where Lorry was already present. Doctor Manette managed to have Darnay released after a year, but was imprisoned again on the same day by Madame Defarge because her family, the Evremondes, had previously exterminated his family. Darnay was tried the next day and sentenced to death. Manette returned to his hopeless state of dementia. Carton arrived in Paris and overheard a plot to kill Lucie and Doctor Manette as well. Quickly, he made his way into the prison with the help of spies and, with his close resemblance, switched places with Darnay. Carton had organized the escape of Lucie, Darnay and Doctor Manette. Madame Defarge had been killed by Miss Pross, Lucie's nanny of sorts, and had eloped with Lucie. Carton sacrificed his life for Lucie, her father and Darnay on the guillotine and then died victorious. Dickens attempted to show his readers the power and dangers of a revolution in the original novel, and this is shown even more so in the film. It had a clear underlying theme that oppression and exploitation by an aristocracy will cause a revolt by those who are mistreated, a fact that made the French Revolution inevitable. Throughout this film, it was evident that Dickens drew a connection between cruelty and disorder. Yet the power of love and sacrifice were, in the end, linked to the renewal of society. The aristocracy's harsh treatment of the poor was constantly on display. In one case, the Marquis St. Evremonde ran over a peasant child and to compensate for this loss he only gave his father a few coins. The anarchy of the revolution was demonstrated by the numerous crowds roaming the streets of Paris. Many nobles had left France and there was no powerful government. Thus a direct link was established between the cruelty of the high society and the outbreak of the revolution which quickly turned into chaos. Dickens had a sympathy for fools, especially children. The idea that victims, if forced long enough, would rebel was a central idea behind.