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AnalysistoCharlesDickens

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中文题目：

雾都孤儿人物性格分析 

外文题目:

  An Analysis of the Charactersof Oliver Twist    

系    别    ：

 外语系

专    业   ：

     英语     

年    级  ：

  2007级          

学生姓名    ：

 张海文    

指导教师    ：

结稿日期：

 An Analysis of the Charactersof Oliver Twist  

Thesisstatement:

Inthiscomposition,IwillsharemyviewsontheanalyzingforOliverTwistanditsrelationshipwiththecharactersinthework.

Abstract

Charles Dickens is one of the most prominent realists in English literature. Oliver Twist is One of Dickens’ most enduringly popular stories. The novel describes the tragic life of the poor people and reveals the darkness of workhouse in England. Oliver is one of the most successful characters in the novel. He is pure, kind, brave, even in the dark hostile environment; he still remained the perfect character. Dickens has a contradictory opinion about human nature. That is some people’s nature is born with good virtue and will not change with the influence of environment such as Oliver while some people’s character is easily influenced by the environment, such as Nancy.

 Thispaperconsistoffiveparts:

firstly,brifeintroductiontotheworks,thesecondpartmainlyananlysistheCharactersofOliverTwist.thethirdpartfromthepersperctiveofsocialviewananlysistheworkscharacters.thefourthpart:

theauthor,associatedwithmordensociety,exposepeopleindifferentandcoldrelationship.Finally, there will be a conclusion.

Key words:

 purity; kindness; brave; nature.

摘要

查尔斯. 狄更斯是英国文学史上最著名的现实主义作家之一。

《雾都孤儿》是他最具代表性的作品之一。

这部小说描写了18世纪伦敦底层社会中贫苦儿童的的悲惨生活， 揭露了贫民救济所的黑暗。

小说的主人公奥利弗是其塑造的最成功的人物之一，他单纯，善良，勇敢，即使在黑暗恶劣的环境中仍然保持着完美的品德。

狄更斯分析关于人性的矛盾的观点，即:

 有些人的本性是天生的，不会因恶劣的环境而改变天性，例如主人公奥利弗。

而有些人的本性是容易收到环境的影响的，例如南希。

这部作品由五部分构成。

首先简单介绍作品。

第二部分分析作品主要人物性格，第三部分从社会的角度分析作品的写作特点。

第四部分：

，揭示现代社会人际关系的冷漠。

最后是作品的结论部分。

关键词：

纯洁，善良，勇敢，人的本性。

I.Introduction

II.CharacteranalysisofOliverTwist

1.Positivecharacters

AOliverTwist

B.Mr.Brownlow.

C.Nancy

2.Negativecharacter.

A.Fagin

IV.AnViewofsocietyandcharacters

V. Associated with the Modern Society

VI.ConclusionThe result from the research of analysis of Oliver Twist’s character and what can we get associated with the modern society.

I.Introduction

Oliver Twist is one of the most important characters in Dickens’ novels. It is also one of Dickens most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, It is an early work published in 1837.Like many of Dickens’ later novels, the central theme of the novel is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of society. It is a novel reflecting the tragic fact of the life in Britain in 18th century. The author himself was born in a poor family wrote this novel in his twenties with a view to reveal the ugly masks of those cruel criminals and to expose the horror and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London. Oliver himself is born in a workhouse and treated cruelly there as was the norm at the time for pauper children. As the child hero of a melodramatic novel of social protest, the hero of the novel Oliver Twist is meant to appeal more to our sentiments than to our literary sensibilities. Charles Dickens’ protagonist in Oliver Twist is good from birth and who keeps that virtue despite a terrible social environment. Dickens attempts to modify the notion of inherited virtue by using the Romantic concept of a child’s instinctive closeness to heaven and goodness. For we all know that Oliver Twist is not a believable character. Oliver Twist is raised in corrupt surroundings. His purity and virtue are absolute. Throughout the novel, the purpose of Dickens is to use Oliver’s character to challenge the Victorian idea that paupers and criminals are already evil at birth. Dickens is opposed the idea that evil is inborn in poor people. Oliver Twist has brought the public’s attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labor and the recruitment of children as criminals. So the analysis of character of Oliver Twist is significant in literature and for the modern society.

II.AnAnalysisofthepositivecharactersOliverTwist

1.OliverTwist

Oliverisayoung,good-hearted,andkind--butoftenmistreated--orphanwhoisraisedinaworkhouse,andfindshimselfindenturedtoanundertaker,livingwiththieves,andeventuallytakeninbythekindMr.BrownlowandMrsMaylie.Hisgenerosityofspiritistotal,andevenwhenfacedwithseriousmaltreatment,heneverloseshissenseofmoralityorkindness.

TheheroofthisnovelwasOliverTwist,anorphan,whowasthrownintoaworldfullofpovertyandcrime.Inspiteofthefactthathewasbornandbroughtupintheworkhouseandsufferedenormouspain,suchashunger,thirst,beatingandabuse.Heremainwantstobeloved.Oliverisnotabelievablecharacter,althoughhewasraisedincorruptsurroundings,hispurityandvirtueswereabsolute.Throughoutthenovel,DickensuseOliver’scharactertochallengetheVictorianideathatpaupersandcriminalsarealreadyevilatbirth,arguinginsteadthatacorruptenvironmentisthesourceofvice.Atthesametime,Oliver’sincorruptibilityunderminessomeofDickens’sassertions.OliverisshockedandhorrifiedwhenheseestheArtfulDodgerandCharleyBatespickastranger’spocketandagainwhenheisforcedtoparticipateinaburglary.Oliver’smoralscruplesaboutthesanctityofpropertyseeminborninhim,justasDickens’sopponentsthoughtthatcorruptionisinborninpoorpeople.Furthermore,otherpeoplechildrenuseroughCockneyslang,butOliver,oddlyenough,speaksinproperKing’sEnglish.Hisgrammaticalfastidiousnessisalsoinexplicable,asOliverpresumablyisnotwell-educated.Evenwhenheisabusedandmanipulated.Oliverdoesnotpresentacomplexpictureofapersontornbetweengoodandevil-instead,heisgoodnessincarnate.

Asthechildheroofamelodramaticnovelofsocialprotest,OliverTwistismeanttoappealmoretooursentimentsthantoourliterarysensibilities.Onmanylevels,Oliverisnotabelievablecharacter,becausealthoughheisraisedincorruptsurroundings,hispurityandvirtueareabsolute.Throughoutthenovel,DickensusesOliver’scharactertochallengetheVictorianideathatpaupersandcriminalsarealreadyevilatbirth,arguinginsteadthatacorruptenvironmentisthesourceofvice.Atthesametime,Oliver’sincorruptibilityunderminessomeofDickens’sassertions.OliverisshockedandhorrifiedwhenheseestheArtfulDodgerandCharleyBatespickastranger’spocketandagainwhenheisforcedtoparticipateinaburglary.Oliver’smoralscruplesaboutthesanctityofpropertyseeminborninhim,justasDickens’sopponentsthoughtthatcorruptionisinborninpoorpeople.Furthermore,otherpauperchildrenuseroughCockneyslang,butOliver,oddlyenough,speaksinproperKing’sEnglish.Hisgrammaticalfastidiousnessisalsoinexplicable,asOliverpresumablyisnotwell-educated.Evenwhenheisabusedandmanipulated,Oliverdoesnotbecomeangryorindignant.WhenSikesandCrackitforcehimtoassistinarobbery,Olivermerelybegstobeallowedto“runawayanddieinthefields.”Oliverdoesnotpresentacomplexpictureofapersontornbetweengoodandevil—instead,heisgoodnessincarnate.

EvenifwemightfeelthatDickens’ssocialcriticismwouldhavebeenmoreeffectiveifhehadfocusedonamorecomplexpoorcharacter,liketheArtfulDodgerorNancy,theaudienceforwhomDickenswaswritingmightnothavebeenreceptivetosuchaportrayal.Dickens’sVictorianmiddle-classreaderswerelikelytoholdopinionsonthepoorthatwereonlyalittlelessextremethanthoseexpressedbyMr.Bumble,thebeadlewhotreatspauperswithgreatcruelty.Infact,OliverTwistwascriticizedforportrayingthievesandprostitutesatall.GiventhestrictmoralsofDickens’saudience,itmayhaveseemednecessaryforhimtomakeOliverasaintlikefigure.BecauseOliverappealedtoVictorianreaders’sentiments,hisstorymayhavestoodabetterchanceofeffectivelychallengingtheirprejudices.

ThenovelrevealedthetragicfactoflifeinLondon,includingthecruelcriminals,thedirtystreets,theviolentandhorrorinLondonin18thcentury.Thenoveldescribedthestrugglebetweengoodandevil,beautyandugliness,justiceandviciousness.

2.Mr.Brownlow.

Mr.Brownlowisaveryrespectable-lookingelderlygentleman,whohashadhisheartbrokenmanytimes,includinglosinghisfianceeonthedayoftheirwedding.HetakesalikingtoOliverevenaftersuspectinghimofstealinghishandkerchief,andtakeshimin,doingeverythinghecantohelphim.

Asmostoftheauthor’scharacters,Mr.Brownlowtoo,isbroughtoutwithanindirectpresentationbutitisnotlongafterintroducinghimthathiswholesomegoodnessisrevealedtous.ThoughatfirstheaccusesOliverofthethief,hisconcernoverOliver’swelfareonthestreetisadirecthintofhisinnocencewhichsuccessfullyhelpshimconvinceOlivertoboardathishouse.Agenerousandtrustingmanhewas,perhapstoogoodamantobetrue;butwithallthemaliciouscharactersinthestory,aheroicandpurepersonawasneededtoensureahappyending,withhonestyandgreatwealthashisprimequalities,heassistsOliverinhistimesofneedanddemonstratestosocietywithanexemplarytouch,theattributesofaperfectcitizen.Asthepositiveextremeinbothsocialstatusandbenevolence,Mr.Brownlowisadefiniteaidinthedevelopmentofthethemethroughoutthenovel

3.Nancy

NancyisayoungwomanandprostituteraisedintothatprofessionbyFagin.NancyeventuallybetraysFaginandSikestosaveOliver,butshewillnotleavethem,andpaysherlifeforthisdecision.

AmajorconcernofOliverTwististhequestionofw