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Charles Dickens 1812-1870 - Coggle Diagram
Charles Dickens 1812-1870
life
worked in a factory
unhappy childhood
was born in Portsmouth
worked as a journalist
full-time novelist, late in his life
Works
1845 A Christmas Carol
1839 Oliver Twist
1854 Hard Times
Characters
children
moral teachers of adults
upper-middle-class characters replaced by the ones from the lower orders
make people understand how they should behave with each other.
A didactic aim
awareness among the ruling classes about social problems without offending his middle-class readers
Hard Times
setting: coketown is an imaginary Victorian town, full with factories and pollution
industrialisation
plot:
in coketown, Mr Gradgrind is a teacher who believes only facts and repressed feelings and raises his children according to this philosophy;
growing older and unhappy, he understands the damages he caused to his children
themes
utilitarianism
dangers of industrialization
Oliver Twist
themes
workhouses
exploited childhood
condition of poor classes
plot:
After various adventures, he discovers his true identity and is adopted by a loving man.
an orphan, Oliver raised in a workhouse and later forced to live among thieves in London.