I think that Dickens describes Stryver as "the lion" and Carton as "the jackal" because of the way they present themselves. Stryver goes right after what he wants which is Lucie and planst to marry her. Carton instead of attacking like a lion would is almost subservient and instead of sticking up for himself and admitting he likes Lucie, which seems obvious, he just drinks more and more. The lion obviously rules over him and he just sits and takes Stryver's criticism that he should find “some respectable woman with a little property,” so that he doesn't end up broke and alone.
I agree with Mickey when he says Stryver is the lion because of his outgoing nature. From the start, he saw what he wanted and wasn't about to stop until he succeeded. I think that he portrays Carton as the jackal because Carton, compared to Stryver, is a joke. He sits wasting his life, feeding off others like a jackal does in the wild. He doesn't really have a comeback, let alone much of a response, to Stryver's criticism.
I think that Dickens describes Stryver as "the lion" because lions tend to be considered the strong and arrogant kings of the wild. Similar to the lion, Stryver arroganlty describes himself as being "a man of more...gallantry"(142). He thinks that there is no way that Lucie will reject his marriage proposal because he is such a desirbale man. Carton is described as "the jackal" because he is shown as being less significant than Styver. Although Carton obviously has feelings towards Lucie he does not have the courage to express his feelings in order to stop Stryver from proposing. Carton retorically asks Stryver "why should I not approve(of the marraige)?" and he then goes on to accept Stryver's advice to find a respectable woman for himself.
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I think that Dickens describes Stryver as "the lion" and Carton as "the jackal" because of the way they present themselves. Stryver goes right after what he wants which is Lucie and planst to marry her. Carton instead of attacking like a lion would is almost subservient and instead of sticking up for himself and admitting he likes Lucie, which seems obvious, he just drinks more and more. The lion obviously rules over him and he just sits and takes Stryver's criticism that he should find “some respectable woman with a little property,” so that he doesn't end up broke and alone.
I agree with Mickey when he says Stryver is the lion because of his outgoing nature. From the start, he saw what he wanted and wasn't about to stop until he succeeded. I think that he portrays Carton as the jackal because Carton, compared to Stryver, is a joke. He sits wasting his life, feeding off others like a jackal does in the wild. He doesn't really have a comeback, let alone much of a response, to Stryver's criticism.
I think that Dickens describes Stryver as "the lion" because lions tend to be considered the strong and arrogant kings of the wild. Similar to the lion, Stryver arroganlty describes himself as being "a man of more...gallantry"(142). He thinks that there is no way that Lucie will reject his marriage proposal because he is such a desirbale man. Carton is described as "the jackal" because he is shown as being less significant than Styver. Although Carton obviously has feelings towards Lucie he does not have the courage to express his feelings in order to stop Stryver from proposing. Carton retorically asks Stryver "why should I not approve(of the marraige)?" and he then goes on to accept Stryver's advice to find a respectable woman for himself.
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