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"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens, 2002.
This paper analyzes the story, "Hard Times," by Charles Dickens, specifically the character Sissy Jupe, one of the major characters in the novel.
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This paper discusses the techniques that Dickens uses to portray the character Sissy Jupe in "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens. The author feels that Dickens describes Sissy delicately and with grand detail; he sees her as the innocent angel of the story. The paper concludes that Sissy Jupe is a major character in farcical novel; she is the good character who somehow manages to touch all the other characters' lives.
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"In the end, the book only ends satisfactorily for Sissy. She eventually has children, who her dear friend Louisa comes to love. Louisa loses her brother, who is the only person she really loves. Tom is banished for the bank robbery. When he tries to return home, he dies before he gets there. Louisa's husband also dies, and Mr. Gradgrind finally discovers that education, along with facts and figures, is not everything in the world. Life ends happily for Sissy because she is truly good and decent; it is the only thing imaginable that could happen to her. Life ends tragically for the others because they did not have the goodness in their hearts such as Sissy did."
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"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens, 1990.
Analyzes Dickens' use of realism in constructing a social message in his novel "Hard Times".
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"Realism was a reaction to the romanticism in literature at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and realism manifested itself in a number of ways in different works of fiction by different writers. Realism was an attempt to recreate the world as perceived by the novelist. The novel had always tended toward realism over supernatural elements--Nathaniel Hawthorne had called several of his novels "romances" for this very reason, because they contained supernatural elements or hints of the supernatural and so were not in his view novels as then defined. The realists took this further and presented people in real settings without the sort of allegorical underpinnings found in, say, Herman Melville and instead strove for a form of psychological and social reality in which human actions could speak for themselves. Realism is an essential element in Charles..."
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"Pride & Prejudice" ( Jane Austen ) & "Hard Times" ( Charles Dickens ), 1997.
Compares novels' depictions of nature of power (in politics, economics, society, domestic & gender relations) in 19th Cent. England.
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" This study will argue that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens' Hard Times present very different perspectives of the role and nature of power in England in the first half of the nineteenth century in England. At the same time, they each portray a society in which the economic basis of power prevails, with Austen focusing primarily on the domestic realm and Dickens focusing largely on the public realm. Both works can be seen as social critiques, although, again, Dickens focuses on more public issues (education, labor, capitalistic economics), while Austen focuses on the private sphere (love, marriage, gender issues).
In those contexts, both authors make clear who they believe has the power in society. To Dickens, the rich capitalists and their underlings control society, and they do so through.."
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Labor Activism in Charles Dickens' 'Hard Times', 2005.
This paper reviews 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens, one of his last great pieces of work.
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This paper examines Charles Dickens' treatment of trade unionism and labor activism in 'Hard Times'. The paper notes Dickens' distaste for wanton capitalism but notes also his distaste for the factionalism and divisiveness sparked by labor militancy. As it turns out, his preference is for workers and employers to find a common ground and to re-discover their common humanity.
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"The work of Charles Dickens surely ranks among the best and most moving in all of English literature. Dickens' work is especially poignant when he talks of the plight of the laboring poor in nineteenth century England. The following paper will explore Dickens' attitude towards trade unionism and labor agitation by looking carefully at one of his last great works, 'Hard Times'. As will soon become apparent, Dickens was far in advance of his times when it came to according labor activists the respect they deserved - with a few notable caveats. With that in mind, it is to a discussion of Dickens' Hard Times that this paper now turns. Dickens' attitude towards trade unionism and labor agitation was plainly evident in 'Hard Times'."
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Charles Dickens's "Hard Times", 2002.
Examining the themes of reason and imagination in Charles Dickens' "Hard Times".
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This paper shows how throughout the novel Dickens satirically portrays the fallacy of reason as society?s main motivator not to suggest that imagination?s role is more important or should dominate reason, but rather to arouse an awareness of the need for middle ground, an equal helping of both reason and imagination in order for Coketown to maintain its ?great place under the sun."
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"The text first presents this persisting need for balance through its portrayal of the industrialized city of Coketown. In its physical description, Coketown is portrayed as a ?town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves? as well as a town ?where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness? (Dickens 20-21). The narrator describes the factories further as ?fairy palaces burst[ing] into illumination, before pale morning showed their monstrous serpents of smoke trailing themselves ... all the melancholy-mad elephants, polished and oiled up for the day?s monotony, were at their heavy exercise again? (56). In addition to imaginative description, the text makes repeated reference to the book The Arabian Nights as well as allusions to other fairytales and mythic stories. In emphasizing the imaginative aspects of the strictly Utilitarian Coketown, passages ?invoking the world of fairy-tale ironically, making the inhabitants of this drab, gritty, Victorian mill town re-enact the motifs of folk-tale and legend, [Dickens] drew attention to that repression or elimination of the human faculty of imagination ... which he believed was the culturally disastrous effect of governing society according to purely materialistic, empirical criteria of ?utility?? (Lodge 408). This repressive Utilitarian work ethic of Coketown inspires an imaginative ?craving? in the townspeople for ?some relaxation, encouraging good humor and good spirits,? a craving that ?must and would be satisfied aright, or must and would inevitably go wrong, until the laws of the Creation were repealed? (Dickens 23). The text here implies that one of its purposes is to stress the importance of an equally balanced social order?work/play, reality/fiction, reason/imagination?and fully realizes its purposes through the actions of its characters."
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Charles Dickens' ?Hard Times?, 2002.
A critical review of Charles Dickens' Novel -"Hard Times".
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An exploration of the main themes raised in this novel and the comments that the novel makes on society. The paper focuses on the issue of the struggle between fact and fancy/fantasy. It also deals with Dickens' comment on the Lancaster education system and looks at the idea of education as a microcosm of society.
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'In ?Hard Times,? Dickens presents education as a microcosm of the social picture of the times. The Industrial Revolution has taken root in England, and ?Coketown? is a typical city: smoke stacks of factories belching out pollutants, black soot and grime enveloping the city. A new breed of employee?the factory worker has been born. The novel opens with Thomas Gradgrind admonishing the children of a school he has helped set up. Gradgrind emphasizes facts. While pursuit of facts is the very definition of education, Dickens (mis)uses the word to mean a very stringently, narrow focus of education. In Gradgrind?s world, education is assumed to mean strict dedication to the accepted norms of the sciences, engineering and mathematics. According to Gradgrind, children are empty vessels that need to be filled with knowledge. Any pursuit of the arts or creativity, derived from an active imagination, is derided as a flight of fancy. Even the teacher aptly named M?Choakumchild is very literate but equally uneducated. The novel is really a struggle between Fact and Fancy.'
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Charles Dickens' "Hard Times", 1994.
This paper discusses portrayals of personal and social good and evil in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Charles Dickens' "Hard Times".
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"The struggle between good and evil is a primary subject in art and literature, and the conception of evil that is adopted by the artist determines the way that struggle is depicted. Novelists Charlotte Bront? in Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens in Hard Times show different conceptions of evil, conceptions that shape the way they portray their characters and the struggle of those characters with their own personal battle with good and evil. Evil for Bront? is a palpable entity in the world, deriving from a metaphysical and psychological framework and thus with a strong religious underpinning that infuses not only the acts of human beings but the very landscape within which they interact. That view of evil is not found in Dickens, where evil is rather a more truly human product. For Dickens, evil is to be found in the destructive institutions of society and in class ... "
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Charles Dicken?s " Hard Times", 2005.
This paper discusses that Charles Dicken's " Hard Times" was written as propaganda against the powerful forces, which rely on the deprived underclass for their profits.
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This paper explains that Charles Dickens held to a social philosophy, which differed from the "invisible hand" theory proposed by Adam Smith that the self-interest of people ultimately leads to advancement of the common good. The author points out that the novel depicts the aristocracy, which is on the wane; the middle class, which is comprised of wealthy industrialists; the struggling working class and a fourth class, which is used for comic relief and as impetus to the plot, a circus group, who represents entertainers, whose role in society is to bring happiness and enjoyment.
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"The aristocracy is represented by Mrs. Sparsit and James Harthouse. Sparsit is motivated by her attempt to retain the aristocratic values of the upper class, even though her position is simply that of housekeeper to Bounderby. Her housekeeping duties consist of the outer trappings of the aristocratic lifestyle. But she inwardly despises Bounderby, whom she sees as a pretender. She is motivated by revenge against him. Harthouse is a bored aristocrat who is removed from the realities of life. In his position as a spokesman for a political party, he is not motivated to accomplish good, but to amuse himself. His interest in Louisa is equally shallow, because when she rejects him, he simply moves on to another town with no worse damage than a wounded ego."
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Freedom of the Heart in Dickens' 'Hard Times', 2001.
An analytical essay that discusses the faulty nature of a seemingly perfect society in Dickens' novel 'Hard Times'.
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This paper analyzes the themes of courage, natural goodness, bravery and strength in Charles Dickens' novel, "Hard Times". The author discusses the applicability of these themes and their relevance.
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"Dickens confronts mid- nineteenth century views of workers in industrial England. In Hard Times, certain members of the working class are highlighted as complex, noble and sentimental individuals. The workers struggle to survive against the repressing forces of industrial society obsessed with statistics and fact. Dickens characterizes the working class in order to reveal the abuses of a system obsessed with profit. In his depiction of the lower class, a collection of social disgraces surface. Both Stephen Blackpool and Cecilia Jupe are affected negatively by the system. Stephen Blackpool remains a victim of the unjust society, yet proves that there is hope within the crowd of workers. Cecilia Jupe is also a victim, yet maintains happiness regardless of her inability to assimilate. Cecilia and Stephen are hurt by notions and prejudice of the working class, yet exert the most admirable qualities of the ?heart? in Dickens Hard Times."
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"All Quiet On The Western Front" ( Em Remarque ), "Hard Times" ( Dickens ) and "Jacob The Liar" ( Jurek Becker ), 1999.
Examines the three novels' treatment of the characters' search for meaning in life in harrowing circumstances of dehumanization and oppression.
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"This study will examine three works' treatment of the common theme of searching for meaning in life under harrowing circumstances. The three works are Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Charles Dickens's Hard Times, and Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar.
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"This study will examine three works' treatment of the common theme of searching for meaning in life under harrowing circumstances. The three works are Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Charles Dickens's Hard Times, and Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar. The novels deal with various aspects of European history which portray the rise of forces of dehumanization which occurred in the 19th and 20th century (through World War II). Remarque deals with world war and its impact on individual human beings.
Dickens' novel deals with social and economic forces which lead to the dehumanization of workers and children. Becker's novel deals with the dehumanization of victims of a second world war, and specifically with a victim of the Nazi concentration camps which were a central horror in that war. Each of the books also deals with the ..."
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Karl Marx and Charles Dickens, 2002.
A look at what Karl Marx's reaction what have been to the anti-proletariat feeling in the book "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.
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This paper will discuss the negative reaction Karl Marx would have had in relation to the book "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens. By understanding the anti-proletariat feeling that Dickens would have stood on, Marx would not have agreed on the philosophies that are espoused. The main facts will be drawn from the book "Hard Times", as well quotes from Marx on the subject.
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Hard Times, 2007.
This paper discusses the characterization of Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby in "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.
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In this article, the writer analyzes Charles Dickens' novel 'Hard Times' and notes that it is constructed around the opposition between fact and fancy. The writer points out that Dickens criticizes the nineteenth century materialist and utilitarian philosophy, which had turned man into a simple cog in the large machine of the society. The writer maintains that the book is, at the same time, a social and a philosophical critique. The writer relates that Dickens denounces the political economy and the law system of the age, which were only concerned with raw facts and statistics, not minding the poverty and the hardships of the working class individual. The writer concludes that Dickens completely demolishes the materialist and reductionist philosophy of his age, showing the absurdity of cultivating nothing but the totally inhuman ideas connected with fact and palpable reality.
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"The emphasis on the name is significant, as the character sees himself as a sort of epitome for the mechanic philosophy. He is constructed as being directly related to the philosophy he represents. Gradgrind shapes himself thus as to fit perfectly in the general mechanism of the world. Personality, no less than life itself, is based entirely on facts. Everything, including a human being, has a precise definition according to Gradgrind, who seems to imply that "Thomas Gradgrind" is only another name for definitions, calculations and demonstrations."
"There are many metaphors in the novel that support Dickens' characterization of Gradgrind."
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"Hard Times", 2005.
A review of "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.
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This paper discusses how through the use of various literary devices such as plot, characterization, setting and symbolism, Charles Dickens is able to develop what becomes a poignant piece of propaganda in his novel "Hard Times," focusing his lens as a novelist on the plight of the poor and to awaken the conscience of his readers. It looks at how although Dickens is not in the end, a propagandist, he is able to develop a viable argument against a Utilitarian philosophy of rational self-interest and to awaken the audience's sensibilities to the depraved environment that this philosophy fosters.
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"In Hard Times Charles Dickens depicts a society that is suffering in the wake of the climate of the Industrial Revolution. Certainly this reflected the realities of the Victorian England in which Dickens himself lived. During ..."
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Charles Dickens and Karl Marx, 2002.
This paper examines whether Charles Dickens embraces Marxist principles in his novel "Hard Times".
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This paper explores Dickens?s support and elaboration on Marx?s critiques of Industrial Society,however, it fails to embrace communism. If "Hard Times" is a response to The Communist Manifesto, then Dickens chooses to take a more moderate view than Marx. This paper shows how Dickens's novel basically comes down to a morality tale in which those who are ?good? are rewarded, or at the very least martyred, and those who are ?bad? face punishment for their deeds.
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Charles Dickens wrote his novel Hard Times only a few years after Karl Marx outlined his philosophical principles in The Communist Manifesto. Although Hard Times is a fictional work written for entertainment, it can be seen as a response to Marx?s representation of class inequality. Dickens espouses many of Marx?s political views by attacking the capitalist, or bourgeois system of thought. In particular, Dickens supports Marx in his portrait of commodification and of class oppression. However, instead of envisioning a revolution, as Marx does, Dickens leans more towards reform as a solution.
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Charles Dickens, 2005.
This paper discusses the life, works and participation in social activities of Charles Dickens, the nineteenth century English novelist.
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This paper explains that Charles Dickens was one of the most admired and great fictional intellects of all time; only Shakespeare can compete with his creativity. The author points out that Dickens' quick grasp of conversation helped him to create colorful characters through their own words. The paper relates that Dickens was not only a writer but also a public figure, extensively regarded as the best after-dinner speaker, the best part-time actor of his day and a mythic figure.
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Introduction
Life of Charles Dickens
The Works of Charles Dickens
Life Experiences of Charles Dickens
Contributions of Charles Dickens
Social Class according to Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens on Childhood
Conclusion
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"Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812 to John and Elizabeth Dickens. His father John Dickens worked as a clerk at the Navy pay office in Portsmouth. He later worked in Chatham and Charles the second of seven children went to the local school. John Dickens found it hard to afford for his growing family with his scanty income. In 1822, the family shifted to Camden Town in London. John Dickens unpaid sum had become so huge that all the household goods were sold. As he was not able to convince his creditors, he was arrested and sent to Marshalsea Prison. Charles found work at Warren's Blacking Factory at the age of twelve and he was paid six shillings a week for covering shoe black bottles. Six months after John was sent to prison, one of his relatives died leaving behind a large sum of money. John used this money to pay off his debts and he left the prison. Some money he used for educating Charles in a nearby private school, Wellington House Academy."
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