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    法的虚伪和童工制度的残酷,并向穷人表达深切的同情,这些值得我们现代人仔细品读和反思。本文从《雾都孤儿》创作的历史背景及作家的生平出发,分析了维多利亚时期批判现实主义的特征及其在《雾都孤儿》中的具体体现。 关键字: 查尔斯·狄更斯 《雾都孤儿》 维多利亚时期 批判现实主义 Critical Realism in Oliver Twist Abstract: Charles Dickens is one of the greatest representatives of English critical realism writers in the 19th century. Oliver Twist is a masterpiece of critical realism of Charles Dickens. In this novel Charles Dickens took Oliver’s experience as a clue showing the miserable life of the poor‚ exposing

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    Oliver Twist Oliver Twist is a novel teeming with many closely interrelated ideas. There is preoccupation with the miseries of poverty and the spread of its degrading effects through society. With poverty comes hunger‚ another theme that is raised throughout the book‚ along with Dickens’s notion that a misguided approach to the issues of poverty and homelessness brings many evils in its wake. One of the worst consequences

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    England and Commander in Chief of Royalist Prince Rupert Born - 17th December 1619 in Prague‚ Bohemia. Died - 29th November 1682 in London‚ England. Army - Royalist Role - Commander in Chief‚ Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness. Oliver Cromwell Born - 25th April 1599 in Huntingdon‚ England. Died - 3rd September 1658 in Whitehall‚ London. Army - Parliamentarian (Roundhead). Role - General of Horse‚ New Model Army. Thomas Fairfax Born - 17th January 1612 in Denton‚ Yorkshire

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    treason and executed in 1649‚ putting England into the hands of Oliver Cromwell‚ the leader of the Puritans. Cromwell was extremely unpopular and died in 1658‚ which‚ not so coincidentally‚ was the year that Topsell published his book about fantastic beasts (Sax 2013). The lore of the unicorn was incorporated in many Catholic traditions. Therefore‚ during the war‚ the unicorn was a representation of the Catholic side. Once Cromwell died‚ and Topsell ended the unicorn’s silence‚ the Catholic people

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    OLIVER TWIST ESSAY- Topic 3 In ‘Oliver Twist’ Charles Dickens exposes the lives and conditions of the poor in England to his affluent readers. He describes the extreme hardship and harsh treatment of the authorities of that time. At the time of Dickens’ writings there was an institution that was set up to deal with poverty stricken people. In his books he clearly depicts the cruelty of the jurisdiction in the workhouse as it really was. He describes how they were fed a minimal amount of food while

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    the battle because they outnumbered the Royalists by 19‚000 to 9‚000.  Parliamentarians walked all the way around the royalists to attack the other half of the land.  This took the royalists by surprise and they were not completely prepared.  Oliver Cromwell devised a plan to outsmart the royalists.  He placed the New Model Army on a slant hill so the Royalists failed because if they came up it would be suicidal.  He

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    Timeline: 13th June 1625 King Charles Marries May 1626 Parliament Dismissed 13th March Parliament Recalled 22nd August 1628 Buckingham Assassinated March 1629 MPs Arrested 1632 Thomas Wentworth 18 June 1633 King of Scotland 1640 Oliver Cromwell Nov 1640 Long Parliament 20 May 1641 Wentworth Beheaded 1641 Revolt in Ireland 22 Oct 1641 catholic rebellion in ireland 4 Jan 1642 Charles Arrests five MPs Jan 1642 Preparations for War March 1642 Militia Ordinance 22 Aug 1642 Civil

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    Paradise Lost

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    In what ways does “Paradise Lost” reflect John Milton’s Puritan Beliefs? Introduction Paradise Lost is a poem by John Milton that is about the Fall of Man‚ how Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent who is Satan‚ and how God sent them out of the garden. Satan makes the angels turn against God leading to his expulsion out of paradise as well. God’s mercy‚ the son of God and the ultimate salvation and redemption are brought out in this epic poem. The poem is a series of arguments that were an

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    are a sign of war or battle. ’Death the Leveller’ generally has a rhyme sequence of AB‚ AB‚ CC‚ AD. ’Come and tomb’ in stanza three are an exception. The poem is written in English‚ and was printed at the time of the parliamentary victory for Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Undoubted‚ such drastic events traumatized writers like Shirley who had sympathized with the monarch. That’s why he uses royalty in ’Death the Leveller’ and death as the main theme. He uses personification

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    Was Charles I the architect of his own downfall? Charles I became King of England‚ Scotland and Ireland since 1425 until 1449 where a civil war took place because of Charles wrong decisions he kept making. A civil war is regions within the same country‚ this civil war begun because of religion‚ money‚ and power. He didn’t care about these‚ which sadly leaded him to his own execution. First of all‚ Charles made his subjects and Parliament turn to his new religion‚ which was blindly Catholic‚ however

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