Assignment :- 6 Character Of Oliver Twist
Name :- Rathod Nikita P.
Roll no :- 23
Enrolment no :- 2069108420190038
Semester :- M. A. Semester - 2
Year :- 2018-2020
Paper no :- 6 (The Victorian Literature)
Assignment topic :- Chracter of Oliver Twist
Email - id :- nikitarathod0101@gmail.com
Submitted to :- S. B. Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishankumarshinji Bhavanagar University.
(1) Character of Oliver Twist.
=> Oliver Twist is novel written by Charles Dickens. He was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best - known fictional chracters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
In Oliver twist, Oliver is a main character. Whole story is around him. Oliver twist is born in a workhouse to an unmarried woman called Agnes Fleming who dies giving birth to him. The story takes off when Oliver is twelve years old and he is deemed old enough work. A series of circumstances propel him from a poorhouse to an undertakers as an apprentice and finally to the corrupt parts of London where he unwittingly joinsa gang of pickpockets and thieves. Portrayed as an extremely naive child he does not realise that he is being put through training to become a pickpocket until he watches two of Fagin's boys in the act. He is captured by mistake for their crime and is soon released to Mr. Brownlow who takes care of him. Recaptured by Fagin's gang, the reader gets to see his innate aversion to crime especially in the incidents where he wishes to return Mr. Brownlow's money and books and much later when he decides to warn the inmates of the house he is forced to help rob. Oliver retains an innocence that cannot be corrupted despite the evil situations he is drawn into and this renders him, as several critics have pointed out, unbelievable. Oliver's incorruptibility is a source of consternation of Fagin and Oliver's half brother Monks, who try to make him a thief and thus deprive him of the fortune willed to him by his late father. They fail as Oliver is under the protection of the Maylies who then join forces with Mr. Brownlow to protect him from his corrupt brother. Nevertheless, he is a rather flat character who is uniformly good and is more an instrument to move the plot forward rather than effecting changes on his own.
Oliver is a orphan child. He is innocent. He is kind hearted person. Mr. Bumble is the beadle at the workhouse where Oliver is taken to when he is twelve years old : in fact he has been associated with the boy right at birth for he is responsible for having Christened him with the name 'Twist'. A greedy, hypocritical and self - important man, he preaches morality and yet is unwarrantedly cruel to the pauppers under his care, inflicting corporeal punishment upon them and taking pleasure in doing so. He later marries with Mrs. Corney who is equally materialistic and callous. They both from an alliance with Monks and aid in destroying all remaining evidence of oliver's parentage. Dickens attacks the poor laws of the time through a stringent critique of the poorhouses and workhouses and particularly the people who ran these institutions. In an ironic twist of fate the Bumbles end up paupers in the same poorhouse they lorded over, contributing to the theme of poetic justice that Dickens seems to work through the novel.
As the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest, Oliver Twist is meant to appeal more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities. On many levels, Oliver is not a believable character, because although he is raised in corrupt surroundings, his purity and virtue are absolute. Throughout the novel, Dickens uses Oliver’s character to challenge the Victorian idea that paupers and criminals are already evil at birth, arguing instead that a corrupt environment is the source of vice. At the same time, Oliver’s incorruptibility undermines some of Dickens’s assertions. Oliver is shocked and horrified when he sees the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates pick a stranger’s pocket and again when he is forced to participate in a burglary. Oliver’s moral scruples about the sanctity of property seem inborn in him, just as Dickens’s opponents thought that corruption is inborn in poor people. Furthermore, other pauper children use rough Cockney slang, but Oliver, oddly enough, speaks in proper King’s English. His grammatical fastidiousness is also inexplicable, as Oliver presumably is not well-educated. Even when he is abused and manipulated, Oliver does not become angry or indignant. When Sikes and Crackit force him to assist in a robbery, Oliver merely begs to be allowed to “run away and die in the fields.” Oliver does not present a complex picture of a person torn between good and evil—instead, he is goodness incarnate.
Even if we might feel that Dickens’s social criticism would have been more effective if he had focused on a more complex poor character, like the Artful Dodger or Nancy, the audience for whom Dickens was writing might not have been receptive to such a portrayal. Dickens’s Victorian middle-class readers were likely to hold opinions on the poor that were only a little less extreme than those expressed by Mr. Bumble, the beadle who treats paupers with great cruelty. In fact, Oliver Twist was criticized for portraying thieves and prostitutes at all. Given the strict morals of Dickens’s audience, it may have seemed necessary for him to make Oliver a saintlike figure. Because Oliver appealed to Victorian readers’ sentiments, his story may have stood a better chance of effectively challenging their prejudices.
The Artful Dodger is a favourite of and one of the most accomplished of Fagin's pickpockets and has the added distinction of having introduced Oliver twist to Fagin. And Rose Maylie is the ward of Mrs Maylie and she is revealed to be oliver's aunt, his mother Agnes's sister. Monks or Edward Leeford is the half - brother of Oliver Twist and the legitimate son of Oliver's father. A vicious man, slightly crippled and prone to frequent attacks of epilepsy, he hates Oliver and attempts to turn him into a thief to prevent him from getting his rightful share of his father's property. Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver. He is also kind hearted person. He takes care of Oliver. Oliver's like a company of Mr. Brownlow. Mrs. Bedwin is a housekeeper of Mr. Brownlow. She also takes care of Oliver.
He was the first child protagonist in an English novel. His generosity of spirit is total, and even when faced with serious maltreatment, he never loses his sense of morality or kindness. Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirises the hypocrisies of his time, including child labour, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children.The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of working as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well.
Oliver is a child that's why he does not know anything. He is completely unknown to the world. That's why he easily becomes the part of pickpocketers. He does know about the situation that happens around him. For him it is completely new and strenge experience. So that's why he learns through that situation are happens around him. He becomes the part of this incidents unknowingly. In the novel is works in workhouse. And Mr. Bumble is a master of workhouse. He is very strick. And when Oliver wants some more food. At that time he is angry on Oliver. Mr. Bumble behaves with children very strictly. They work hard but they does not get enough food to eat. That's why children's are lives in very bad condition. Every child of workhouse has fear of Mr. Bumble. They feels fears. Nobody raises their voice against this situation. Because they feels a fear for punishment. That's why no one can raise their authority. And In another situation Fagin is a mast of this gang. He orders and childrens are follow his rules. And same Oliver also works in this direction. And when Dogger tries to steals the handkerchief of Mr. Brownlow and he captured by people. And the blame goes on the Oliver. And he goes in with the people. And he tries to proves himself as innocent but he fails to proves himself as innocent. At that time Mr. Brownlow understands him. And he believes in oliver's words. And then Oliver proves innocent. And goes with Mr. Brownlow.
Charles Dickens wrote in very humour way. He portrays the characters in very humorous way. That's why it creates a comic atmosphere for readers. And that's why he satires in very humorous way. He satire on the situation of society. That's why through his writing style he gives a comic relief to the audience and also criticise the situation of society. .
Name :- Rathod Nikita P.
Roll no :- 23
Enrolment no :- 2069108420190038
Semester :- M. A. Semester - 2
Year :- 2018-2020
Paper no :- 6 (The Victorian Literature)
Assignment topic :- Chracter of Oliver Twist
Email - id :- nikitarathod0101@gmail.com
Submitted to :- S. B. Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishankumarshinji Bhavanagar University.
(1) Character of Oliver Twist.
=> Oliver Twist is novel written by Charles Dickens. He was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best - known fictional chracters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
In Oliver twist, Oliver is a main character. Whole story is around him. Oliver twist is born in a workhouse to an unmarried woman called Agnes Fleming who dies giving birth to him. The story takes off when Oliver is twelve years old and he is deemed old enough work. A series of circumstances propel him from a poorhouse to an undertakers as an apprentice and finally to the corrupt parts of London where he unwittingly joinsa gang of pickpockets and thieves. Portrayed as an extremely naive child he does not realise that he is being put through training to become a pickpocket until he watches two of Fagin's boys in the act. He is captured by mistake for their crime and is soon released to Mr. Brownlow who takes care of him. Recaptured by Fagin's gang, the reader gets to see his innate aversion to crime especially in the incidents where he wishes to return Mr. Brownlow's money and books and much later when he decides to warn the inmates of the house he is forced to help rob. Oliver retains an innocence that cannot be corrupted despite the evil situations he is drawn into and this renders him, as several critics have pointed out, unbelievable. Oliver's incorruptibility is a source of consternation of Fagin and Oliver's half brother Monks, who try to make him a thief and thus deprive him of the fortune willed to him by his late father. They fail as Oliver is under the protection of the Maylies who then join forces with Mr. Brownlow to protect him from his corrupt brother. Nevertheless, he is a rather flat character who is uniformly good and is more an instrument to move the plot forward rather than effecting changes on his own.
Oliver is a orphan child. He is innocent. He is kind hearted person. Mr. Bumble is the beadle at the workhouse where Oliver is taken to when he is twelve years old : in fact he has been associated with the boy right at birth for he is responsible for having Christened him with the name 'Twist'. A greedy, hypocritical and self - important man, he preaches morality and yet is unwarrantedly cruel to the pauppers under his care, inflicting corporeal punishment upon them and taking pleasure in doing so. He later marries with Mrs. Corney who is equally materialistic and callous. They both from an alliance with Monks and aid in destroying all remaining evidence of oliver's parentage. Dickens attacks the poor laws of the time through a stringent critique of the poorhouses and workhouses and particularly the people who ran these institutions. In an ironic twist of fate the Bumbles end up paupers in the same poorhouse they lorded over, contributing to the theme of poetic justice that Dickens seems to work through the novel.
As the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest, Oliver Twist is meant to appeal more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities. On many levels, Oliver is not a believable character, because although he is raised in corrupt surroundings, his purity and virtue are absolute. Throughout the novel, Dickens uses Oliver’s character to challenge the Victorian idea that paupers and criminals are already evil at birth, arguing instead that a corrupt environment is the source of vice. At the same time, Oliver’s incorruptibility undermines some of Dickens’s assertions. Oliver is shocked and horrified when he sees the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates pick a stranger’s pocket and again when he is forced to participate in a burglary. Oliver’s moral scruples about the sanctity of property seem inborn in him, just as Dickens’s opponents thought that corruption is inborn in poor people. Furthermore, other pauper children use rough Cockney slang, but Oliver, oddly enough, speaks in proper King’s English. His grammatical fastidiousness is also inexplicable, as Oliver presumably is not well-educated. Even when he is abused and manipulated, Oliver does not become angry or indignant. When Sikes and Crackit force him to assist in a robbery, Oliver merely begs to be allowed to “run away and die in the fields.” Oliver does not present a complex picture of a person torn between good and evil—instead, he is goodness incarnate.
Even if we might feel that Dickens’s social criticism would have been more effective if he had focused on a more complex poor character, like the Artful Dodger or Nancy, the audience for whom Dickens was writing might not have been receptive to such a portrayal. Dickens’s Victorian middle-class readers were likely to hold opinions on the poor that were only a little less extreme than those expressed by Mr. Bumble, the beadle who treats paupers with great cruelty. In fact, Oliver Twist was criticized for portraying thieves and prostitutes at all. Given the strict morals of Dickens’s audience, it may have seemed necessary for him to make Oliver a saintlike figure. Because Oliver appealed to Victorian readers’ sentiments, his story may have stood a better chance of effectively challenging their prejudices.
The Artful Dodger is a favourite of and one of the most accomplished of Fagin's pickpockets and has the added distinction of having introduced Oliver twist to Fagin. And Rose Maylie is the ward of Mrs Maylie and she is revealed to be oliver's aunt, his mother Agnes's sister. Monks or Edward Leeford is the half - brother of Oliver Twist and the legitimate son of Oliver's father. A vicious man, slightly crippled and prone to frequent attacks of epilepsy, he hates Oliver and attempts to turn him into a thief to prevent him from getting his rightful share of his father's property. Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver. He is also kind hearted person. He takes care of Oliver. Oliver's like a company of Mr. Brownlow. Mrs. Bedwin is a housekeeper of Mr. Brownlow. She also takes care of Oliver.
He was the first child protagonist in an English novel. His generosity of spirit is total, and even when faced with serious maltreatment, he never loses his sense of morality or kindness. Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century.In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirises the hypocrisies of his time, including child labour, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children.The novel may have been inspired by the story of Robert Blincoe, an orphan whose account of working as a child labourer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well.
Oliver is a child that's why he does not know anything. He is completely unknown to the world. That's why he easily becomes the part of pickpocketers. He does know about the situation that happens around him. For him it is completely new and strenge experience. So that's why he learns through that situation are happens around him. He becomes the part of this incidents unknowingly. In the novel is works in workhouse. And Mr. Bumble is a master of workhouse. He is very strick. And when Oliver wants some more food. At that time he is angry on Oliver. Mr. Bumble behaves with children very strictly. They work hard but they does not get enough food to eat. That's why children's are lives in very bad condition. Every child of workhouse has fear of Mr. Bumble. They feels fears. Nobody raises their voice against this situation. Because they feels a fear for punishment. That's why no one can raise their authority. And In another situation Fagin is a mast of this gang. He orders and childrens are follow his rules. And same Oliver also works in this direction. And when Dogger tries to steals the handkerchief of Mr. Brownlow and he captured by people. And the blame goes on the Oliver. And he goes in with the people. And he tries to proves himself as innocent but he fails to proves himself as innocent. At that time Mr. Brownlow understands him. And he believes in oliver's words. And then Oliver proves innocent. And goes with Mr. Brownlow.
Charles Dickens wrote in very humour way. He portrays the characters in very humorous way. That's why it creates a comic atmosphere for readers. And that's why he satires in very humorous way. He satire on the situation of society. That's why through his writing style he gives a comic relief to the audience and also criticise the situation of society. .
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