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        <title><![CDATA[Unfortunately London at the time of Charles Dickens was very...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately London at the time of Charles Dickens was very anti-semitic. Anti-jewish feelings were running high, and it may well have been that,as usual, Dickens was writing from life becuase there is a possibility that he based Fagin on a real life criminal of that time. The man,while he may not have gone out to rob people personally, recieved and sold goods he knew to be stolen. However, it does not look like Dickens did this intentionally...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the novel 'Oliver Twist' why did Charles Dickens choose Fagin, a jew,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the novel 'Oliver Twist' why did Charles Dickens choose Fagin, a jew, to be a leader of the criminal gang?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Analyse Fagin's refusal to pray in the last chapter?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Analyse Fagin's refusal to pray in the last chapter?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Chapter 19, Bill Sikes behavior and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Chapter 19, Bill Sikes behavior and conversation with Fagin portray a number of character traits. All of these character traits are negative except for one. Sikes portrays the good character trait of trust when he refers to Nancy. Fagin wants Nancy to leave the room before he'll discuss details of a robbery with Bill Sikes, but Sikes declares she can be trusted:

"Why, you don't mind the old girl, do you,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist, Chapter 19, with what traits is the character of Bill...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist, Chapter 19, with what traits is the character of Bill Sikes portrayed?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:35:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thank you so much for this :) very helpful!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thank you so much for this :) very helpful!!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:20:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To celebrate his 9th birthday, Mr. Bumble takes Oliver to the workhouse...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate his 9th birthday, Mr. Bumble takes Oliver to the workhouse where he is assigned to the "useful trade" of oakum picking.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:11:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The similarities between Oliver and Fanny are of circumstance and inner...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The similarities between Oliver and Fanny are of circumstance and inner virtue. They both a lost waifs of sorts. They both are taken in by wealthy families and saved from lives of degradation, though of different sorts. They both have nemeses without conscience who attempt to overpower them in various ways. They both find the truth about love in their new families. They both in their own ways mend the families they have been taken into because...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:46:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some similarities between Oliver Twist and Mansfield Park? I...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some similarities between Oliver Twist and Mansfield Park? I need a good essay title.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:06:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 2, how does Oliver celebrate his birthday?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 2, how does Oliver celebrate his birthday?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:15:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The answer to this riddle is "nothing."  The writer assumes that those...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The answer to this riddle is "nothing."  The writer assumes that those who are rich really do not need for anything, although desires are clearly not addressed.  It is also assumed that those who are poor have nothing; of course, this riddle speaks in a general sense and does not address specifics or individuals.  In addition, it is obvious that those who eat nothing die.  This riddle is certainly not new, but those who are not already...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In regards to Oliver Twist, please help me with the following riddle: ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In regards to Oliver Twist, please help me with the following riddle:  A rich man needs______.  A poor man has______.  If you eat_______ you die.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:41:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, the classical Good vs. Evil is the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, the classical Good vs. Evil is the main conflict.  The good is represented by Oliver's pitiful mother who struggles to the workhouse to give birth to the unfortunate Oliver.  Mr. Brownlow and Rose Maylie are also good people who finally rescue Oliver permanently from the criminal life he has been forced to live. 
Exploited by the callous beadle, Mr. Bumble, Oliver runs away after being starved and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:48:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the main conflict (or conflicts) in "Oliver Twist"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the main conflict (or conflicts) in "Oliver Twist"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:52:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Grammardog Guide to Oliver Twist]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the end of Chapter 34 of Oliver Twist, Oliver falls into a half-sleep...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At the end of Chapter 34 of Oliver Twist, Oliver falls into a half-sleep near an open window, and either dreams or senses that Fagin and another man are observing and discussing him. In the first part of Chapter 35, a thorough search is made, since Oliver is convinced they were actually there and he was not dreaming, but no sign of them can be found. The matter remains a mystery until Nancy, the girlfriend of Sikes the robber, goes to see Rose...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:56:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist, at first Giles, Harry, and Mr. Losberne beleive Oliver...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Oliver Twist, at first Giles, Harry, and Mr. Losberne beleive Oliver must have dreamt of Fagin and the old man...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:00:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the main themes of "Oliver Twist"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the main themes of "Oliver Twist"?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oliver Twist Study Guide (Enhanced eBook)]]></title>
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