Reflection of ‘Culture’ in Oliver Twist

•Paper: The Victorian Literature•Presented By: Poojaba Jadeja•Roll No.: 22•Year: 2014, semester 2nd •Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Guardy Department of English, Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Reflection of ‘Culture’ inOliver Twist

‘Oliver Twist’

Reflection of Culture in Oliver Twist

• Historical fact- biography of the writer

• Satire on so called ‘culture’

• Reflection of hidden culture

• Victorian culture of ‘gentlemen’

• Juxtapose of act and outer appearance

• Juxtapose of Culture and Character

• Shows goodness of so called ‘darker side’!

• Examples of characters

Mr. Bumble

• Church official • Preaching morality • ‘Devil’ for children of workhouse

Mr. Monks• Oliver’s half

brother• Coming from

comfortable background

• Cause of Oliver’s bad reputation

Nancy

• Prostitute• Lover of Bill

Sikes• Tries to save

Oliver

Oliver Twist

• Orphan• Work at workhouse• With pickpockets’

gang• Innocent child

• Do you accept people like Nancy and Oliver rather than Mr. Bumble and Monks in your surroundings???

The EndThank You