<P> In Dickens' England, resurrection always sat firmly in a Christian context . Most broadly, Sydney Carton is resurrected in spirit at the novel's close (even as he, paradoxically, gives up his physical life to save Darnay's .) More concretely, "Book the First" deals with the rebirth of Dr. Manette from the living death of his incarceration . </P> <P> Resurrection appears for the first time when Mr. Lorry replies to the message carried by Jerry Cruncher with the words "Recalled to Life". Resurrection also appears during Mr. Lorry's coach ride to Dover, as he constantly ponders a hypothetical conversation with Dr. Manette: ("Buried how long?" "Almost eighteen years ."... "You know that you are recalled to life?" "They tell me so .") He believes he is helping with Dr. Manette's revival and imagines himself "digging" up Dr. Manette from his grave . </P> <P> Resurrection is a major theme in the novel . In Jarvis Lorry's thoughts of Dr. Manette, resurrection is first spotted as a theme . It is also the last theme: Carton's sacrifice . Dickens originally wanted to call the entire novel Recalled to Life . (This instead became the title of the first of the novel's three "books".) Jerry is also part of the recurring theme: he himself is involved in death and resurrection in ways the reader does not yet know . The first piece of foreshadowing comes in his remark to himself: "You'd be in a blazing bad way, if recalling to life was to come into fashion, Jerry!" The black humour of this statement becomes obvious only much later on . Five years later, one cloudy and very dark night (in June 1780), Mr. Lorry reawakens the reader's interest in the mystery by telling Jerry it is "Almost a night...to bring the dead out of their graves". Jerry responds firmly that he has never seen the night do that . </P> <P> It turns out that Jerry Cruncher's involvement with the theme of resurrection is that he is what the Victorians called a "Resurrection Man", one who (illegally) digs up dead bodies to sell to medical men (there was no legal way to procure cadavers for study at that time). </P>

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