Sydney Carton makes the biggest sacrifice one can make, his own death, to save a fellow man, save the happiness of someone he loves, and to save himself. This selflessness is what redeems Sydney in the eyes of himself, others around him, and the readers. Sydney is a very depressed man who felt like the scum of the earth and acted like it. He is drinking constantly and remains in a drunken state for most of his days. However, he meets Ms. Lucie Manette and is instantly taken with her beauty. He professes his love to her and yet says he cannot ever be with her because his overwhelming self-loathing will not allow him to be with such a beautiful woman. Sydney feels that he would only hold back her happiness and so only says that he will always
