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VICTORIAN NOVELS AND WRITERS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Belonged to the realism tendency
  - - - Omniscient
        
        Obtrusive
        
        Knows everything and interferes
        
        Unobtrusive
        
        Knows everything but without commenting
      - Not omniscient
        
        Limited point of view
    - - A character in the story
        
        Reliable
        
        Can interpret what he sees correctly
        
        Unreliable
        
        Cannot be trusted
- - - - Bohemian lifestyle, live in pleasure
        
        Try new sensations with drugs for escape the reality
- - - - He gave his opinion with sarcasm and
        irony
        
        Third person narrator omniscient and
        obtrusive because he gave comments
        
        Facts, he didn't leaves no room for imagination
        
        Oliver Twist
        
        Oliver born in a workhouse, he runs away to London, where he meets Fagin, who leads a group of child thieves. Throughout his journey, Oliver faces many challenges but also finds kindness and learns about his true family
        
        The Workhouse
        
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        Oliver wants some more
        
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        Hard Times
        
        Thomas Gradgrind imposes a strict, fact-based education on his children, Louisa and Tom, neglecting their emotional needs. Louisa’s arranged marriage to the much older Josiah Bounderby is unhappy. Tom’s misconduct leads to family disgrace. Gradgrind realizes the harm of his rigid philosophy, acknowledging the importance of imagination and feelings. The industrial town of Coketown, with its polluted factories, reflects the era’s dehumanizing industrialization.
        
        Coketown
        
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        Mr Gradgrind
        
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- - - - Story of the door
        
        Mr. Utterson, a reserved lawyer, and his relative Mr. Enfield, on their regular Sunday walk, pass a peculiar, neglected building. Enfield recounts an incident where he saw a sinister man, Mr. Hyde, trample a young girl in the street. The enraged crowd forces Hyde to compensate the girl’s family, and he provides a cheque signed by a reputable individual. This event intrigues Utterson, especially considering his connection to the person who signed the cheque
        
        This passage is written from Mr. Enfield's point of view as a first-person
        narrator
      - Jekyll’s experiment
        
        In this Dr. Jekyll talks about his experiment to separate the good and bad part, wanting to remove the bad part. So prepare a special potion. When he drinks it, he turns into Mr. Hyde, his evil version. At first Jekyll was happy with this change, but moving on with time Mr Hyde takes over.
        
        The narrator in this part of the story is Dr. Jekyll, in the
        first person.
- - - - The Picture of Dorian Grey
        
        The story takes place in London, the main character is Dorian Grey, a young and handsome man. Basil, a painter, paints his portrait. Dorian meets Mr. Wotton who teaches him to live life with great pleasure. Dorian wants to stay young and handsome forever while doing bad things. He remains young while his portrait ages. Dorian becomes selfish and kills Basil, he also tries to destroy the painting but this causes his death. When he dies the portrait becomes beautiful and young again while he is old.
        
        The preface
        
        He talks about Oscar Wilde's ideas. He says that artists don't have to worry about whether the art is moral or immoral, but it just has to be beautiful. Critics must also share their feelings about art.
        
        The painters studio
        
        This scene takes place in a very nice studio with the smell of flowers, wotton is lying on the couch while watching basil observe his painting. After a proposal from wotton, Basil is happy with his work, but he does not send his painting to any art exhibition.
        Wotton makes it clear that beauty is more important than thought and when a person begins to think for his beauty
        
        Dorian’s death
        
        Dorian Gray, a handsome young man, wishes to remain forever youthful while his portrait ages. Influenced by Lord Henry Wotton, he leads a life of indulgence and vice. His portrait becomes increasingly corrupted, reflecting his moral decline. Overcome with guilt, Dorian attempts to change his ways, but ultimately, he stabs the portrait, leading to his own death, with the portrait returning to its original beauty