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heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....

- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...

In six pages the ways in which the political economy of Great Britain is attacked in these works are compared along with the socia...

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

family and they come to be grateful for what she has done for them" (ClassicNotes). In the end of the story we are told, by Dicken...

their reactions. For example, Josiah Bounderby is the mill-owner and principal villain in Hard Times. Bounderby is so unremittin...

Hard Times. Coketown as it appears in Dickens Hard Times, is also painted as a rather dismal environment and in fact, some...

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

one down. It is a story of hope in a world where there is hunger and darkness. It is an uplifting book because Oliver goes through...

view of reality that emphasizes a more Biblical approach to life. Through the "good" characters of the novel, principally Sissy, S...

allotted the same rights and responsibilities as whites. Assigning economic reasoning to the phenomenon seems logical, however,...

in which the employers basically had the ability to "starve" their employees back to work, on the employers terms. The 1850s in En...

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

the ideals of Dickenss time, in which Victorian societal values were to be accepted as the best values ever to come into existence...

all intents and purposes, Ebeneezer Scrooge was extremely narcissistic, self-absorbed, vain and uncaring. According to the origina...

would never come true" for his father was arrested and then sent off to prison for failing to pay a debt (Anonymous Charles Dicken...

Harmons son enter the picture, hiding his identity, in order to watch the woman his father said he was to marry. And, to make it e...

of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...

a time of many contrasts. While many history books prefer to remember it as a time of self-help, entrepreneurial spirit, laissez-...

In five pages this paper discusses how Victorian Era individuals perceived the world in a comparative analysis of Angela Thirkell'...

In 5 pages the Victorian class consciousness that reached a pinnacle during the mid to late 19th century is examined as it is refl...

In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...

In five pages this paper considers the 1946 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel by director David Lean in a discussion of ho...

In five pages the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel is examined in terms of his childishness and self centered ways. There ar...

Charles Dickens' classic work is discussed in terms of characterization as well as setting. The work is discussed in historical co...

In three page this paper examines biological determinism in a brief overview that references Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. ...

the tender age of 10 to help support the family by pasting labels on bottles of shoe polish at the Warren Blacking Company.5 The r...

love but rather sees it as simply a different option he is being offered in terms of continuing to love her and be devoted to her....

of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family, edited by Boz" (Hamilton). Hamil...

had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of ...