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Department of EnglishName : Baldaniya Vanita VelabhaiSemester: 2 (part : 1)Roll no: 29Subject : The Victorian Literature Paper: 6Topic: Oliver Twist (symbolism)Email id : vanitabaldaniya0806@gmail.comGuidance by: Heenaba Zala
Image of Charles DickensAcquaintance of Charles Dickens
Born: 7 February 1812.Died: 9 June 1870.Notable Works: 1) the Pickwick papers. 2) Oliver Twist. 3) A Christmas Carol. 4) David Copperfield. 5) Hard Times. 6) Little Dorrit. 7) A Tale of Two Cities. 8) Great Expectations.
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Oliver Twist
Author: Charles Dickens
Year of Publication: 1838
Type of Work: Novel
Age: The Victoria Age
Symbolism (Oliver Twist)
Symbolism
London-Corrupti
on
God- Fear
Work-house- Remote
Area
Child- Innoce
nt
London= corruption
Child= Innocent
Work-house = Remote area
God = Fear
The novel of symbolic presentation. The soul, or cultural synthesis,
“expresses itself in a universal language of symbols.”
The novel is shot through with another symbol, obesity, which calls attention to hunger and the poverty that produces it by calling attention to their absence.
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