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CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) - Coggle Diagram
CHARLES DICKENS
(1812-1870)
LIFE
LOWER MIDDLE CLASS
FATHER IN PRISON
1812, ENGLAND
WORK IN A FACTORY
JOURNALIST: THE PICKWICK PAPERS
1870, LONDON
OLIVER TWIST
GENRE: SOCIAL NOVEL
SETTING: WORKHOUSES, LONDON SLUMS
PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY INSTALMENTS
PLOT
IS ARRESTED
IS CAPTURED AGAIN
MEET PICKPOCKETS
KNOW IS IDENTITY
OLIVER TRAVEL TO LONDON
IS ADOPTED BY MR. BROWNLOW
THEMES
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
POOR LAW 1834: PUBLIC CHARITY WAS ADMINISTRATED TROUGH WORKHOUSES, BUT THE CONDITIONS WERE HARD FOR DISCOURAGE THE POOR, THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE WAS CRIME AND PROSTITUTION
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF POOR
ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
INNOCENCE AND CORRUPTION
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS
DICKENS WORKED IN A FACTORY
CHARACTERISTICS
PLOTS COMPLICATED AND UNREAL
DIDASCALIC, EDUCATIONAL, MORALISTIC PURPOSE
CHARACTERS: CARICATURES WITH VICES OR VIRTUES
CHANGE HUMAN HEART
SOCIAL CRITICISM: IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON THE POOR
SETTING: URBAN LIFE, DIRTY STREETS, POOR CONDITIONS
HARD TIMES
MORAL AND SOCIAL DECAY
DEHUMANIZATION AND HARSH WORKING CONDITIONS
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION
SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE
SETTING: COKETOWN, SIMBLE OF INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
UTILITARIANISM