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AS and A Level: Charles Dickens

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  1. Coketown described by Charles Dickens - Criticism

    • Essay length: 512 words
    • Submitted: 18/03/2012

  2. Social class in Great Expectations and its effect upon the characters

    • Essay length: 1958 words
    • Submitted: 04/07/2010

  3. Compare chapter one of Great Expectations(TM) in which Pip first meets the convict, with chapter thirty nine, when the convict returns.

    • Essay length: 1381 words
    • Submitted: 01/06/2009

  4. How does Dickens use setting to convey the mood in the opening chapters of Great Expectations?

    • Essay length: 1152 words
    • Submitted: 18/05/2009

  5. Presentation of Estella

    • Essay length: 1287 words
    • Submitted: 09/11/2008

  6. Trace the importance of duty and loyalty as demonstrated by at least three characters in the novel.

    • Essay length: 1631 words
    • Submitted: 10/09/2008

  7. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

    • Essay length: 848 words
    • Submitted: 10/06/2008

  8. Discuss how Dickens creates sadness in Book the Second

    • Essay length: 2621 words
    • Submitted: 21/05/2008

  9. Using Chapters 1-3 of 'Hard Times', discuss Dickens presentation and criticism of the Education for the Labouring class

    • Essay length: 1046 words
    • Submitted: 10/01/2008

  10. the portrayal of children and family relationships in A Christmas Carol by Dickens

    • Essay length: 1141 words
    • Submitted: 09/01/2007
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  • Discuss how Dickens creates sadness in Book the Second

    "To conclude, Dickens uses language and dramatic disasters to create sadness throughout the second book. In 1854, the time at which the book was written, people loved romantic tragedy and trauma which the second book has with both Rachel and Stephan, and Mr Harthouse and Louisa. The death of Mrs Gradgrind is another tragedy which Dickens portrays well and is very emotional. He uses the metaphor of life as a river in which we all just drift down until the end and these uses of language as well as others he uses throughout the book are methods which Dickens uses to sadden the reader. The final scene in which Louisa lets out her emotions upon her father, condemning the day she was born and questioning his motives which lead her to be so dispassionate."

  • Compare Charles Dickens' description of Miss Havesham's dressing room with Charles Bronte's description of the red-room.

    "I think my response was stronger to 'Great Expectations', as I found it more intriguing. One of the main causes of this would be that there was actually a person present in the room as it was being narrated. A very interesting person aswell, somebody that can capture your attention. I would imagine so because I simple don't hear of people who lock themselves up like that, although it is a fictitious character. I didn't get into 'Jayne Eyre' as much, it seemed to float past me as I went through it without making much of an impact. As I said a few moments ago, it is probably as there isn't a person in the room as I'm reading the story to interest me as such. I felt that the writing in both stories conjured up a respectful amount of imagery in my mind, but in all I think my preference has swayed towards 'Great Expectations'. Jason Warner"

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