Dickens’ Hard Times “Now‚ what I want is‚ Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.” (Dickens‚ 1854‚ p.1) With these beginning sentences of the novel “Hard Times”‚ Charles Dickens has made readers doubt whether it is true that facts alone are wanted in life. This question leads to the main theme of the story‚ fact against fancy‚ that author has never been written this kind of plot in his other stories before. In fact‚ Hard Times is considered as "the
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This symbol stood out to me when Mrs. Sparsit notices that Louisa and Harthouse are spending a bunch of time together. As she notices this‚ she imagines that Louisa is running down some sort of staircase into a “dark pit of shame and ruin at the bottom.” I believe that this staircase represents her belief that Louisa is going to disappear with Harthouse and ruin herself forever. Mrs. Sparsit has disliked Bounderby’s marriage to the Louisa and has always hoped to marry him herself. So this makes her
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The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature The role of women in literature has typically been influenced by their role in society. In the 18th and 19th centuries their role in society began to change. Women began their transformation from anonymous objects of their fathers ’ and husbands ’ possession into animate‚ productive members of society. This change was reflected in the literature of the time‚ regardless of the gender of the author‚ and in a variety of genres and styles. Whether
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boys and girls nothing but facts" states Gradgrind. It makes you realise what kind of way the pupils were taught‚ in the nineteenth century. Learning was so cold‚ strict and harsh. Facts were important‚ always having the correct answer; the answer that teachers wanted to hear was the only way. "Plant nothing else and root out every thing else. You can form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of service to them‚ "Gradgrind stresses. The sentences make you realise
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social perspectives of the time. Regarding the novel Hard Times‚ there are several issues and characters we could point out‚ such as progress‚ social limitations‚ poverty‚ development‚ educational patterns of the time‚ Mr. Bounderby‚ Mr.Gradgrind‚ Louisa‚ Tom‚ Cecilia Jupe (Sissy)‚ Mr. Harthouse‚ Stephen Blackpool among others. However‚ the one we identified the most with‚ was “Girl Number 20” or Cecilia Jupe (Sissy). Through out the whole story‚ Dickens shows her as an innocent‚ unprotected an abandoned
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can examine some of the major characters in the story. Gradgrind faces hardship when his philosophy falls apart; Sissy Jupe loses her father‚ but never gives up on him; James Harthouse is restless‚ and bored‚ and when he finally falls for Louisa and expresses his love to her‚ she runs from him. Mr. Bounderby loses his wife and is exposed as an outright liar etc etc... The head V’s the heart The Head V’s the heart is a major theme. Mr. Gradgrind represents wisdom of the head; he believes in facts‚
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Charles Dickens LIFE He was born on February 7th 1812 in Land port In 1822 he moved to Camden Town‚ London In 1824 he was imprisoned with his family because his dad’s salary was not enough -> Dickens had to start working in a factory to gain a few money and to ho help his family = TRAUMATIC EPISODE of his life that made him a SUPPORTER of POOR PEOPLE He began to work as a parliamentary reporter In 1834 he began writing articles about life in London and then he became a successful writer
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to Tom and Louisa Grangrid‚ brother and sister‚ we soon find out that Louisa has a great love for her brother Tom‚ a love that was so strong to the extent that she would give her life in an instant for her brother. Tom takes advantage of Louisa’s love in many ways and doesn’t treat her fairly at all. Tom uses Louisa; Tom knows he will need financial help in the near future‚ he also knows that a wealthy man and friend of his father’s has a love for Louisa. Tom essentially forces Louisa to marry Mr
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Chuan Phan Mrs. Pokalo Brit Literature May 1‚ 2013 Hard Times Hard Times is the tenth novel‚ which wrote by Dickens. The novel described the English society and highlighting of the social and economic pressures during 1850s. It is appraise about injustice and lack of concern for others in England during the revolution of industrial. Industrial brought so many good things for people in the Coketown. Many factories built‚ people start to get some jobs. However‚ the process of industrialism
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1850’s when the novel was written in instalments in ‘Household Words’‚ Victorian England was in the age of reform‚ which was creating new tensions between social classes‚ and creating a new type of ‘master’ represented by characters such as Mr. Gradgrind and more particularly Mr. Bounderby. Conflict is shown between nature and the increasing rise of industrialisation. In Chapter 3 ‘The Key Note’ Dickens describes the setting of industrial Coketown‚ which is partially based upon 19th century Preston
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