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Hierarchy in Chapter 16 (Oliver Twist) (Nancy power (Fagin was raising the…
Hierarchy in Chapter 16 (Oliver Twist)
Sikes power over Nancy
Shutting Nancy down even though she was helping
"What's the good of telling me that? I can hear it, can't I?"
Use of rhetorical questions demeans Nancy
"that's all you women think of"
"that's all" suggests women have nothing to their character except emotion
Weakness
Reinforcing gender stereotypes that women are all emotional
Feminist theory
Nancy would have harmed Fagin "had not her wrists been seiized by Sikes, upon which she made a few ineffectual struggles and fainted"
Sikes power over Fagin
Fagin says the note is his
"Mine, Bill, mine"
However, Sikes blackmails Fagin saying if it's his then Oliver belongs to Sikes; insults Fagin and takes it
"you avaricious old skeleton; give it here!"
Suggesting Fagin is close to death, lost humanity
Sikes power over Oliver
"'Do you hear?" growled Sikes, as Oliver hesitated"
"Growled" zoomorphism
Makes Sikes seem wild, unpredictable
Sikes is controlling Oliver's movements
Oliver has no freewill/freedom
Use of exclamatives
"See here, boy!"
Could easily have spoken this to his dog ("boy")
Oliver dehumanised, low in hierarchy
"Get on, young un!"
Telling Oliver he's young and weaker, can't resist
"Here, Bull's-eye!"
Nancy power
"the child shan't be torn down by the dog, unless you kill me first"
Sikes says Nancy has gone mad, nancy replies:
"No she hasn't"..."no she hasn't Fagin;don't think it"
Even though she knows she could get attacked she still talks back to them
Trying to show power
Fagin was raising the club, "when the girl, rushing forward, wrested it from his hand.
"She flung the fire with a force that brought some of the glowing coals whirling out into the room"
Strength, willpower
Went against Fagin's wishes
"stamped her foot violently on the floor"
"The Jew saw that it would be hopeless to affect any further mistake regarding he reality of Miss Nancy's rage"
She bested the Jew
Fagin "shrinking involuntarily"
Weakness, fear
In contrast to stereotypes of men being strong, women weak
Feminist theory
"mutely appealed" to Sikes
Too weak to speak
Sikes swore at Nancy but "they produced no visible effect on the object against whom they were discharged"
Nancy described as an "object", even with power she's still objectified
Stereotypes don't go
Feminist theory
"you are the wretch that drove me to them ["cold, wet, dirty streets"] long ago"
Blaming Fagin for her position in life
Would have rather died
"she's uncommon strong in the arms when she's up in this way"-Sikes
Not feminine, an oddity
Feminis theory
Doesn't fit in with rest of society
Like Oliver
Fagin power over Oliver
""The Jew inflicted a smart blow on Oliver's shoulders with the club"