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Oliver Twist What is the importance of the character of Nancy? Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist was written in the 19th century it provides a valuable insight towards the life of the British during the Victorian times. Through the character of Nancy, Dickens is able to advance the plot and send out a social message. She is a useful contrast against the other character because there is no one like her. Her character is important because in the Victorian times there was a huge divide between men and women. Women did not have as much say as men. They were just expected to serve the men. In the novel Nancy does not serve the men she does what she has to do to survive. We are first introduced to Nancy in chapter 9 but our view of her is coloured by the innocence of Oliver; he believes them to be 'very nice girls'. Nancy and her friend's demeanour are described with a great deal of ambiguous adjectives such as 'free and agreeable' which could mean two things, free spirited or free sexually. We are later introduced to the irony of her not being free. She is controlled by Bill. She is also described as 'stout and hearty', 'not very pretty' and having 'colour in their faces'. This is a contrast to the devilish character of Fagin. By seeing the difference ion physical description we can tell that Nancy and Fagin are going to be two very different characters. The readers
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Charles Dickens's novel, Oliver Twist, is a tale of misfortune and coincidence, fear and entrapment, and reward for humility and suffering. While recounting the tale of the orphan Oliver Twist, Dickens comments on the implications of the New Poor Law, which increased the hardships of impoverished Victorians, and on the well-fed hypocrisy of the middle classes, who distinguished between the "deserving" and the "undeserving" poor. In this essay I will be analysing how Charles Dickens presents the underclass, first of all looking at the purpose of his novel. Charles Dickens's motive for writing 'Oliver Twist' was to show the reader the harsh social conditions of 19th Century London, as most of the readers of his novels would be those who could afford books- the upper class. Dickens wanted this book to entertain, supplying shock, horror, and suspense, whilst also attempting to influence people's political ideas. As Dickens lived in London, he had an excellent knowledge of the city and so it inspired him to set the novel there. Most of the characters in 'Oliver Twist' are stereotypes of their social and financial backgrounds, for example Fagin. Fagin is an underclass Jew and therefore Dickens depicts him as being scrounging and tight fisted- ' took from it a magnificent gold watch, sparkling with jewels. "Aha!" said the Jew, shrugging up his shoulders and distorting every
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Oliver Twist For my English coursework, I will be focusing on the character of Nancy in Oliver Twist. The story of Oliver Twist is about an orphan called, Oliver who was born in the workhouse. He grew up their with other children and they ate gruel every single day. One day, Oliver went to the chef and asked for more gruel, which led him to big trouble. A couple of days later, Oliver was sold to, the Undertakers, people who sold coffins. Oliver ran away from them and was found by two thugs on the streets, named Jack Dawkins the "artful dodger" and Charlie. They took Oliver to a large house owned by two criminals, Fagin and Bill Sikes. They introduced Oliver into a life of crime. Oliver met a lot of people during his stay, including a young prostitute named, Nancy. Nancy looked after Oliver in Fagin's house. People were treated like, "dogs" in the workhouse. They were treated like poor people (even though they were). The poor had to work hard in the drenching atmosphere. They were treated cruelly and were shown no respect, whatsoever. People were probably being picked on and chucked around like some, "bunch of potatoes". It was not easy for the poor, because they had to struggle with those conditions, but they did have to get the money, for them and their family. In the Victorian times, it was very unfair to the poor. A law was passed on,
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Oliver Twist - As the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest, Oliver Twist is meant to appeal more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities. On many levels, Oliver is not a believable character, because although he is raised in corrupt surroundings, his purity and virtue are absolute. Throughout the novel, Dickens uses Oliver's character to challenge the Victorian idea that paupers and criminals are already evil at birth, arguing instead that a corrupt environment is the source of vice. At the same time, Oliver's incorruptibility undermines some of Dickens's assertions. Oliver is shocked and horrified when he sees the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates pick a stranger's pocket and again when he is forced to participate in a burglary. Oliver's moral scruples about the sanctity of property seem inborn in him, just as Dickens's opponents thought that corruption is inborn in poor people. Furthermore, other pauper children use rough Cockney slang, but Oliver, oddly enough, speaks in proper King's English. His grammatical fastidiousness is also inexplicable, as Oliver presumably has not been educated well. Even when he is abused and manipulated, Oliver does not become angry or indignant. When Sikes and Crackit force him to assist in a robbery, Oliver merely begs to be allowed to ¡°run away and die in the fields.¡± Oliver does not present a complex picture
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Oliver Twist Coursework How does Dickens create a world of violence and fear in chapters 47 & 48 of Oliver Twist? Dickens immerses the reader into a dark atmosphere containing only evil, by using contrasting personalities and heinous crimes. In Fagin, Dickens attempts to portray a character who is resonant of terrifying wrongdoing. Fagin's manipulation of Sikes is successful, as it shows both the naïvety of Sikes and the extraordinary self-control of Fagin. Sikes's volatile reaction to the misinterpretation of events by Noah, suggests the unpredictability of Sikes's character and his willingness to go to extremes, based even on a low amount of evidence. By concentrating on his irrational behaviour and his devastation at his actions, Dickens shows Sikes as the very insensitive character he is. Dickens begins the chapter by describing Fagin in terminology, that otherwise, wouldn't relate to human behaviour. By using words and phrases such as "old lair", "he bit his long black nails" and "fangs", Dickens is comparing the human and non-human activity of Fagin. He is described in such a way, that the image created, is comparable to a mysterious creature authors often use to represent evil. Dickens employs a technique where Fagin is shown as he is about to act like an animal, like when he uses the word "crouching", as if to suggest Fagin is going to move in an unexpected way.
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How does Charles Dickens build tension in chapter 47 The writer Charles Dickens is one of the most famous English novelists of the Victorian era. He began his writing career with being a journalist. When being a journalist he drew sketches of characters which seemed real. They were related to the people he saw and talked with in his society. He was fond of reading picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett and Henry Fielding as a child. The novel he wrote about Oliver Twist was first a sketch of an orphan who was abandoned by the state in a magazine. His novels were often based on the society and the people he had met. He was a harsh critic of the poverty and social stratification of the Victorian society. Oliver Twist had many purposes that are brought up through Oliver's journey. This novel brought forward the issue of poverty, selfishness, capitalism, social welfare and child labour. One other very important reason why this novel was written was because he wanted to criticize the poor laws during the Victorian time. This is as the middle class people believed that people were poor because they were sinful and corrupt. Charles Dickens tried to show the middle class people through his novel that this was not true. Charles Dickens literacy techniques in the novel 'Oliver Twist' provided the readers with a portrait of a young boy so good that his values are never changed. Even by
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For my English Coursework, I will be focusing on the character of Nancy in Oliver Twist. This is the story of a young orphan named Oliver, who was born in a workhouse, his father was dead before his birth and his mother died straight after giving birth to Oliver. I will not be writing about what happened at the start of Oliver Twist instead I will begin from when Oliver was born. Where living conditions were very bad children were given one bowl of gruel One day Oliver went to the chef and asked for more gruel and unfortunately got quite a bad response from the chef a couple of days later, Oliver was sold off, reason being because he asked for more which was very strictly forbidden from someone who worked in a workhouse. After getting treated badly by his new owner Oliver decided to run away, and was found by two thugs named Jack Dawkins the artful Dodger and Charlie. They took Oliver to a large house owned by two criminals, Fagin and Bill Sikes. Oliver twist was introduced into the criminal world where he met quite a few people including Nancy who was actually a prostitute but she was still very caring and came forward as good character. Nancy liked Oliver because he was very polite and had good manners compared to most of the other people in that house. She was a paradoxical character and he was "The victim of a systematic course of treachery and deception" A few days
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Oliver Twist What are the most effective settings in "Oliver Twist" and why ? Set in 1848, Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan, born in a workhouse and brought up in harsh and cruel conditions, half-starved by the corrupt parish authorities. He is unlucky enough to be chosen to ask for more gruel and is immediately found employment in an undertaker's establishment where he is treated quite as badly as he was in the workhouse. He escapes and makes his way to London where he falls in with the Artful Dodger, a boy of his own age, who introduces him to the villainous Fagin. Fagin runs a gang of boys who are pickpockets and thieves, and whose associates are Bill Sykes, a violent criminal, and his girlfriend, Nancy. Oliver is caught up in a series of misadventures in which he is wrongly accused of thieving, is taken in by Mr Brownlow, a kindly benefactor, and is recaptured by Fagin. Forced to take part in a robbery with Bill Sykes, Oliver is saved by the humanity of Nancy who betrays her former friends. Bill Sykes murders her and is himself eventually trapped but dies before he can be arrested. Oliver is taken in by Mr Brownlow and given the promise of a better life. All stories have settings. The setting is the place in which each scene takes place, the time it takes place and the different circumstances that arise in each scene. When describing a setting you are supposed