Charles Darnay - Wikipedia Charles Darnay Charles Darnay A Tale of Two Cities character Dr Manette and Lucie with Charles Darnay, by Charles Edmund Brock Created by Charles Dickens Information Gender Male Occupation A member of french ruling class Significant other ( s ) Lucie Manette Nationality French Charles Darnay, Charles D'Aulnais or Charles St. Evrémonde, is a fictional character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Overview Darnay is a wealthy gentleman who spends time in both France and England during the time of the story. However, he resents how the lower classes are extorted and kept in extreme poverty by the upper class. Darnay specifically resents the views of his uncle, Marquis St. Evrèmonde, who has no respect for the people in poverty. He abandons his own family name in favor of his mother 's, D'Aulnais, which he later alters to `` Darnay '' ; relocating to London, he finds work as a tutor of French language and literature. Darnay is put on trial for treason against the Kingdom of Great Britain, but the key eyewitness testimony against him is undermined when his defense counsel directs attention to Sydney Carton, a barrister who has been assisting in the case. The two men bear a strong resemblance to one another, and Darnay is acquitted as a result. Later, Darnay succeeds his uncle as Marquis when the latter is stabbed to death in his sleep by a French revolutionary. Both Darnay and Carton express their love for Lucie Manette, but Darnay courts and marries her. As the French Revolution begins, Darnay is arrested and brought before a tribunal, where the crimes of his uncle and father are brought to light. He is sentenced to death by guillotine, but Carton takes his place so that he and his family can escape. Cinematic and theatrical portrayals In the 1935 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer film adaptation, Charles Darnay is portrayed by Donald Woods. In the 2008 Broadway musical / play adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay is played by Aaron Lazar. In the 1989 Masterpiece Theater Movie, Charles Darnay is played by Xavier Deluc. External links `` Cliffnotes '' article on Charles Darnay SparkNotes : A Tale of Two Cities : Character List Charles Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities Characters Sydney Carton Lucie Manette Charles Darnay Alexandre Manette Monsieur Ernest Defarge Madame Thérèse Defarge Jarvis Lorry Miss Pross Marquis St. Evrémonde John Barsad Jerry Cruncher Stryver The Seamstress Film A Tale of Two Cities ( 1911 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 1917 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 1922 ) The Only Way ( 1927 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 1935 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 1958 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 1980 ) Musicals Two Cities ( 2006 ) A Tale of Two Cities ( 2007 ) This article about a fictional character from a novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article 's talk page. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Darnay&oldid=855416371 '' Categories : Fictional characters introduced in 1859 A Tale of Two Cities characters Fictional marquesses and marchionesses Fictional French people in literature Characters in British novels Male characters in film Male characters in literature Novel character stubs Talk About Wikipedia Edit links This page was last edited on 18 August 2018, at 03 : 56 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is executed at the end of a tale of two cities
Answer: Sydney Carton