Oliver Twist as the virtue of dehumanised society explain

Name : Gond Asmita k.Roll no : 1st Paper : 6th ( The Victorian Literature) Topic : Oliver Twist as the virtue of Dehumanized society

P.G.Enrollment no : pg14101017

Year : 2014-15Class :M.A. -1 , Sem--2E-mail Id : asmita.gond414@gmail.com Heenaba ZalaSubmitted to : Department of English M. K. Bhavnagar University

Introduction of Charles Dickens• Charles Dickens was a prominent

writer of English literature• Was Born on 7th February 1812 at a

house in Mile End Terrace, Portsmouth, Hampshire

• His father, John Dickens, worked as a clerk in the pay office of the Royal Dockyard.

• Family moved to London in 1815 when John was posted there.

Oliver Twist the true literary piece as it is , reflects the social condition of its

time.

Society of Victorian age

The Victorian era was a period full of changes; the most important was the reign of Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne in 1837 and ruled the British Empire, restoring stability to the crown. Her reign is considered one of the most prosperous in her time, which eventually became the symbol of a period that took its name, "the Victorian Era"

Condition of workhouse

• T The condition of the workhouse is very bad

Children were starved and ill-treated

The workhouse were ill-managed. They were inadequate to help the real poor.

Corrupt administrators were at fault

The whole thing was hypocrisy .

The condition of the workhouse is very badChildren were starved and ill-treated The workhouse were ill-managed. They were inadequate to help the real poor.Corrupt administrators were at faultThe whole thing was hypocrisy .

Helpless men and women were forced to

do long hour workTheir room were badly

ventilated and poorly furnished

Their children won’t get any facilities

Condition of orphan children

Government and the people were

indifferent towards orphan children

To be orphan was most unfortunate thing

Disobedience of children was made heavy

punishment

“please sir I want some more ”

When Oliver asked some more gruel he was badly punished , because that became rebellious thing.

Condition of public houses

People were addicted smoking and drinking

served by public houses

Public houses were breeding-places of crime and gathering

place of criminals

Residential quarters of people

• The houses had particularly no ventilation .

• They were dark and cell like

• Streets were narrow, muddy and foul smelling

• It out breaks of epidemics.

Crime into the society

Crimes like

Robbery

Pick- pocketing

Murders

Kidnapping of children

Attraction towards

eating and drinking

Training of pick-

pocketing

Class difference into the society• Dickens gives gloomy poverty stricken society

Lower class people struggle for getting food ,clothing and shelter

Upper-class people and their children enjoyed all joys of their life

Charles himself also belongs to the class where he worked

Working class Upper-class

Middleclass

Position of women into the society• Female were not get

proper identity into the society

• Rose is young lady who good breeding and perfect chastity

• Nancy was prostitute women

• Women were shown as good and bad both according to their breeding.

Conclusion

• Oliver Twist novel is the mirror to show the real society of Victorian age

• Dickens' aim to only amuse people and show and light up the dark side of the society

• In Oliver Twist for poor class people society is like hell and for upper-class people it is like heaven

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