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the growth of slums and a lack of social welfare which led Carlyle to criticise the leaders of society for their obsession with ma...

presented with a picture of London where Mr. Darnay understands that he needed to work for what he got. "He had expected labour, a...

illustrating how misery is a product of human actions. This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of h...

at Blakesware in Lambs mothers native county of Hertford (Ward and Waller, 2002). The business of London contrasted greatly with ...

One of the reasons for this is that Dickens expertly wove just about every emotion and every tale of human nature into this one gr...

work, but not nearly to the extent that hie was influenced by his wife. In fact, the influence of Macdonald, whom Mackintosh marr...

how they were hindered and helped by his educational options. Pip, like Dickens, encounters a great deal of frustration with the e...

kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by o...

obviously keenly intelligent, and it is clear that, if he applied himself, he could have achieved any goal to which he might have ...

rivals. In retrospect, many have said that Chaplin was the better director but some critics "consider Keatons work as less pretent...

does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...

alone could carry the long swords (Dunn, 1977, Sellen, 2002). Dunns appreciation of some of the key elements of the classes explai...

One of the main themes in this Dickens novel is that of disillusionment, and we see this theme emerge on many different levels wit...

for journalism and suspicious attitude towards unjust laws. His sharp ear for conversation helped him reveal characters through th...

therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...

impoverished class lacked proper legal or parliamentary representation. It was a bitter indictment against a system dominated by ...

doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...

of ever-growing interest. So, with great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered" (Dickens NA). We are then presented ...

133). Pips struggle to make sense of the inscription on his parents tombstones has been interpreted by some critics as his firs...

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

and represents his coming of age as a painter, with the Anglo influence evident in the works "polish and refinement" (Parker, 1938...

of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...

been misrecognized for so long that they often feel that they are unworthy. "They have internalized a picture of their own inferio...

a very good life with his mother but then his mother marries and he is sent away to a place called Salem House. It is London board...

inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...