Essays on Charles Dickens

In my country, English is taught from primary school to high school. However, if I think of my elementary and high school period, no teacher taught anything by combining English and literature or did not do any activity. We did not read short stories. We…

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was published in 1860, and is widely regarded as examplary for the Victorian Era, as the novel seems to reflect upon the great social changes which occured during that time in Britain. The Victorian Era saw great transformations for the…

Sculpting a fiction within the shell of socio-political issues and agenda but eventually cut out a real factual world, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is a very popular work depicting crime and murder without holding back. Victorian London, to be classed as a “Newgate novel”….

 The total number of words within a sentence in classic books is almost double the quantity in modern literature. For decades, English classes have read classic novels such as A Tale of Two Cities. The term classic novel refers to a timeless, essential piece of…

The novel “A Tale of Two Cities” was a spectacular read by Charles Dickens. The book opens in 1775 sometime before the French Revolution where Jarvis Lorry has news that Lucie Manette’s father Doctor Manette wasn’t dead but was imprisoned in a Bastille located in…

Realism is an imperative theme across Middlemarch and Great Expectations. “The primary aim of realism is to represent real life for the time it is written, and it is the job of the author to create a number of different techniques in order to do…

Miss Havisham one of the main characters of the novel “Great Expectations” written by Charles Dickens in 1860. Miss Havisham is a wealthy woman who was left at the altar by a man named Compeyson who defrauded her. Humiliated and heartbroken, she remained alone in…

Through the story Great Expectations, we see that the main character of Philip Pirrip or Pip narrates his journey of growth from childhood to adulthood as he experiences life and all of the mishaps that go on in his life. We see that through all…

Literature can reflect society. Literature also points out what is wrong with the society. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens exposes the dark side of Victorian era’s industrial age by making his novel a tragedy. Through the character, and structure, Great Expectations can be defined as…

In Charles Dickens novel “Hard Times” Dickens portrays the similarities and different agencies between the three characters Thomas Gradgrind, Sissy Jupe, and Rachel. Dickens evaluates these characters by the different roles they play in his novel. Thomas Gradgrind is successful due to his strong intuition,…

Introduction Obsession is something that everyone goes through at some point but destroys those who take it to the extreme. Richard Carstone is an example of how obsession can consume an individual. Richard’s Obsession and Negative Reactions Towards Scientific Progress In Bleak House, Richard is…

Introduction The characters in Dickens’s famous, rather long and complex novel Bleak House, are all looking for happiness in their short and precious lives, just as all people do, both fictional and real. Everyone in their right mind wants to achieve ultimate happiness, being satisfied…

There are reasons why stories become classics, and Great Expectation by Charles Dickens is undoubtedly a beloved classic with an exceptional plot and many rich themes. This classic is full of odd characters, irony, foreshadowing, and symbolism. ‘Great Expectation’ is a magnificent victorian novel, full…

Not So Great Expectations Charles Dickens was highly looked upon in the 19th century, he has written nineteen novels, and only one is unfinished due to his passing. He was one of the bestselling authors of all time. What made him stand out from other…

Revenge, by definition, is “the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands”. People tend to believe that revenge is a form of justice, however, that is not always the case. In many different scenarios, people…