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Oliver Twist
Oliver’s mother had a locket and a wedding ring, which Sally stole and Mr. Bumble’s wife took. Oliver's mother barely made it to the workhouse before she died shortly after giving birth to...
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Oliver Twist
Rose Maylie, née Fleming, has been adopted. In reality, she is a sister to Oliver Twist's mother, Agnes Fleming. She comes to love Oliver after she learns of his tragic past, to which she may be...
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens was a social commentator who often brought attention to the deprivation of the poor. Specifically, in Oliver Twist, Dickens rails against the treatment of the poor in workhouses and...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver was taken to Fagin’s den in London. Oliver actually gets taken a lot of places throughout the book. He is taken from the workhouse to the undertaker, where he is supposed to be...
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Oliver Twist
Social justice is a concept that has to do with equality and fairness in society. This could include ideas such as the fact that all members of society deserve to be treated fairly under the law,...
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Oliver Twist
In Oliver Twist, Dickens presents us with a character so good and pure that nothing can touch him. Despite all of the hardships he experiences and the depravity that he endures, Oliver never...
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Oliver Twist
Fagin thinks that Nancy is cheating on Bill. Fagin knows that Nancy is mistreated by Bill Sikes. As a woman, she is particularly vulnerable in this criminal lifestyle. She stays with Bill for...
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Oliver Twist
Charley Bates laughs at Oliver’s replies because they show how naïve he is. When Dodger brings Oliver to Fagin, Oliver has no idea what he is getting into. He just thought Dodger was being...
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Oliver Twist
"The old story...no wedding ring" means that a young woman has fallen in love with a married man or a man who either refuses to or cannot marry her because of their different social standings or...
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Oliver Twist
Toby Crackit informs Fagin that he and the other robbers had to flee the scene of a botched robbery. Oliver is missing because he was shot and Crackit and the others fled their pursuers, leaving...
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Oliver Twist
Both Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist are characters from classic works of literature that are frequently referred to as examples of the cruel treatment of orphaned children during the Victorian era....
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Oliver Twist
Jane Eyre and Oliver Twist were both poor orphans. As a young boy, Oliver was orphaned and sent to live with a wet nurse named Mrs. Mann. When he was still a boy, he was sent to live at a dirty...
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Oliver Twist
The most interesting part of the story is when Sikes murders Nancy. The most interesting part of any book might be in the eye of the beholder. There are certainly many interesting parts of the...
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Oliver Twist
We first meet Mr. Bumble in the workhouse where Oliver is born. His role is beadle of the workhouse but his attitude towards the orphans is one of cruelty and neglect. In Chapter 3, for instance,...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist is innocent because he is incorruptible. The subtitle of this book is “The Parish Boy’s Progress” for a reason. A progress is a type of story where the main character is not...
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Wuthering Heights
The first thing to consider is that the Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, in the second longest reign in English history, only recently surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II. This was a period of...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver seems to be fainting or ill in key moments of the novel for several reasons. The first being that he needs to remain intact from the outer world and maintain his innocence. It is implied...
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Oliver Twist
In the desperately poor and exceedingly peculiar world in which Charles Dickens' protagonist, Oliver Twist, finds himself, a pocket-handkerchief is considered an item of luxury, despite their...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist was serialised in the journal, Bentley's Miscellany, from February 1837 to April 1839 and was also published in three volumes in 1838. While the book brought Dickens critical acclaim...
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Oliver Twist
At the beginning of Chapter 8, Oliver Twist runs away from Mr Bumble's and decides that he will head to London. In his mind, this city offers an exciting opportunity. As he says: London!--that...
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Oliver Twist
In Chapter 13 of Oliver Twist, Fagin is very much troubled by Oliver's separation from the thieves. This separation occurrs in Chapter 10, when Oliver picks the pocket of a "very...
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Oliver Twist
Chapter seven presents some very important events in the novel, Oliver Twist. When it begins, we find Noah frantically searching for Mr Bumble to tell him of their confrontation. Noah embellishes...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver's behavior and hints about his parentage tell us that he has an aristocratic heritage. Foreshadowing is a hint that an author gives the reader at later events in a book. Authors use it to...
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Oliver Twist
The story is narrated in third person omniscient from Oliver's perspective. Third person point of view is a type of narration that follows a character without that character directly telling the...
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Oliver Twist
Monks is greedy and manipulative. Monks is Oliver’s half-brother. His intention is to ensure that Oliver cannot inherit from his family, so he tries to make sure that he never finds out who his...
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Oliver Twist
An example of personification is "Oliver and Nature fought out the point between them" (Ch. 1). Personification is when you describe something inanimate or not human as if it were a person or had...
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Oliver Twist
Mrs. Mann teaches Oliver the basics of reading, but not how to write. When Oliver Twist was born, his mother was an unwed mother with few options. She ended up dying in childbirth, and he was left...
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Oliver Twist
When Oliver Twist is born at the workhouse, it is time for the O's in the naming of newborns, so "Oliver" is chosen by Mr. Bumble, the beadle, who is responsible for the naming of the children in...
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Oliver Twist
One clear example of Fagin's greed can be seen in Chapter IX of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. In this chapter, after Fagin believes Oliver has fallen asleep, he pulls out a box hidden in the...
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Oliver Twist
Dickens is able to engage the reader in the first chapter of Oliver Twist through the depiction of difficulty and struggle that define the protagonist's life. The dominant element in the first...
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Oliver Twist
In his novel Oliver Twist, with the characterization of little Oliver, whose very last name connotes the gallows, the social reformer Charles Dickens dispels the common notion of his day that the...
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens is justifiably famous for his portrayals of downtrodden youth—kids who face difficult circumstances and abusive situations. Dickens begins his novel Oliver Twist, appropriately...
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Oliver Twist
In the novel Oliver Twist Dickens paints the Jewish character Fagin in a very negative light. He is portrayed as villainous, sinister, unkempt, and elderly. Later Dickens adds to the dreadful...
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Macbeth
Fagin and Macbeth are both opportunists who had little moral character of their own, but were manipulated by people who were even more greedy and evil. Although both Fagin and Macbeth were bad...
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Oliver Twist
Truly a poignant tale, Oliver Twist is a social criticism by Charles Dickens meant to awaken the consciousness of his contemporary readers who were unaware of the dehumanizing conditions of the...
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Oliver Twist
A discussion of the main characters in Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist must, of course, begin with the title character, Oliver, born in a “workhouse” to a mother whose last comment was...
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Oliver Twist
Monks is cruel because he wants Oliver ruined, and tries to get Fagin to do it. Monks is the only one who knows Oliver’s true identity, and instead of helping Oliver he makes sure to hand him...
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Oliver Twist
There are several articles below that either address cruelty with respect to specific characters in Oliver Twist (1837-39) or discuss the brutalization of the poor by the society at large, a theme...
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Oliver Twist
Part of what makes the ability to find quotes in Oliver Twist a bit of a challenge is because of the style of narration that Dickens offers. He is the consummate storyteller. His narrative voice...
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Oliver Twist
To paraphrase Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story Silver Blaze, the dog that didn’t bark could indicate that an absence of scholarly articles discussing the theme of...
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Oliver Twist
Fagin and Monks, a villainous man, meet in Chapter XXXIX, after Monks has a meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Bumble after the death of old Sally, who, on her deathbed reveals the identity of Oliver's...
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Oliver Twist
In the middle of Dickens' novel, the exploited Oliver Twist is taken by the brutal Sikes on a long trip outside London. Poor Oliver does not understand the purpose of this trip, but when they cross...
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Oliver Twist
There are a number of great similarities that you have already identified in the question above. It is also important, however, to consider the differences between Renfield and Nancy. What is clear...
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Oliver Twist
Dickens characterizes Oliver's father as having fallen in love with Agnes, Oliver's mother. In true Dickensian fashion, this love is interrupted by the pursuit of economic wealth. A relative died...
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Oliver Twist
An essay on Oliver Twist could focus on the theme of social justice in Victorian England. When writing an essay on Oliver Twist, there are many places to start. You can write about a theme, trace a...
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Oliver Twist
Mrs. Mann is the strongest commentary on the social conditions of the time because of the way she treats the infants in her care. Mrs. Mann is responsible for raising the orphans who come to the...
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Oliver Twist
The surgeon who delivered Oliver when he was born said “the old story,” referring to the fact that he was born out of wedlock like many poor babies. Oliver’s mother (Agnes Fleming) was not...
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Oliver Twist
On the surface, the question of who narrates the story and the answer itself is simple enough: the narrator is an unnamed person speaking in the third-person omniscient—that is, he or she is not...
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Oliver Twist
Oliver is first convicted and committed to three months hard labor, but is then discharged so he does not go to jail. When Oliver is arrested for stealing Mr. Brownlow’s handkerchief, no one...
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Oliver Twist
The adage “Crime doesn’t pay” applies to Fagin, Monks, and Sikes because all of them paid for their crimes, and none of them were successful. Fagin was hanged for his in the end. All of...