concidences in Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿情节巧合(英文论文)

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Oliver Twist is Charles Dickens first fully crafted novel. It centers on the hard years of an orphan, Oliver Twist, and is set against the seamy underside of the Lon2don criminal world. Dickens created a lively picture of lowlife under the capitalistic system. As the author of the novel, he mounted a direct attack on the cold impersonality of the workhouse system representing the class people with hard - heartedness, tyranny and hypocrisy. He used his unique humor, fierce satire and penetrating insight to expose the dark sides of the then society. Meanwhile he showed his great sympathy for the miseries and hardships suffered by the working people. It is widely acknowledged that the book s main theme is positive and optimistic, which reflects Dickens held radical ideas at that time, and reviews were and are generally favorable.

However, Dickens was severely criticized for introducing many coincidences in the plot of the story. For example, the first person that Oliver Twist picks pockets happens to be Mr. Brownlow, a good friend of his father s. Later, Oliver is forced by Fagin to accompany Sikes in an attempted robbery of a house, (needing a small boy to enter a window and open the door for the (housebreakers), whose owner, Mrs. Maylie, by chance is his mother s elder sister – his aunt. Such incidents which seem to be unbelievable are regarded by many as” uneven and contrary to the real life. ”Seemingly, coincidences become the negative side of the novel. Some even go so far as to think Dickens was not well - thought in plotting the story. As a novelist, Dickens represented English critical realism writing during the 19th century. He was

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highly praised by Karl Marx as “one of the excellent novelists in Britain.” Such a great novelist did not arrange coincidences in the story without purposes. Therefore, to understand coincidences correctly, we must analyze them

systematically from all sides rather than the one - sided approach. Oliver Twist by Dickens is characterized by a few coincidences especially happy

encounters, about which some reviews are unfavorable. This essay , sharing quite opposite opinions to the unfavorable ones ,proves coincidences have advantages by means of systematic analysis from the following four points : Dickens radical ideas ,his unique artistic style as well as his firm belief” good is rewarded with good ,and evil with evil . ”

Coincidences embody Dickens radical ideas

Dickens wrote Oliver Twist at the age of 25 , when he was bursting with

youthful vigor , imbued with vitality and optimism , which became the main drift and purpose of his literary production to the letter. While ruthlessly exposing the dark corners of life and fiercely attacking the cynical reality , he showed us the good trend in the development of the society rather than depicted it as pitch -dark. So from his novel, readers have a strong sense that life is not

utterly hopeless. Dickens chose to convey this message through coincidences in the book.

Oliver is born of a dying mother in a parish workhouse and then sent to an infant farm, run by Mrs.Mann, until he is nine years old, at which time he is

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then returned to the workhouse again, where he is starved and abused. Where there is oppression, there is rebelling. Young and physically weak as he is , Oliver is mentally powerful and brave enough to advance to the master and” ask for more gruel” on behalf of the group. In the undertaker s , he fights for his mother s dignity with Noah Clay pole , another of the undertaker s boy , who offends his late mother , though he pays great cost for it - a more severely physical punishment . Later he runs away to London alone to seek for new life. Such personalities - bravely facing sufferings of life, meeting challenges brought about by misery fate, and rebelling against the evil forces - are the essential conditions for him to happen to meet Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Maylie , which serve as Dickens general purpose of arranging coincidences. He made it clear that no matter how tragic your lot is, no matter how hard your life becomes, the unfortunate will certainly get help from good - hearted men to free him from untold sufferings on condition that he is powerful and bold enough to face the reality and fight against the evil forces. His ideas guiding literary creation of this kind encouraged those who were then living in an abyss of misery, and who, consequently, from his novel, saw faintly a streak of light in the dark. Meanwhile he warned his readers of the dangers of degeneration. So the coincidences that Oliver happens to meet his late father s good friend Mr. Brownlow and his mother s elder sister Mrs. Maylie have the implications of Charles Dickens radical ideas - being optimistic , intense pursuit of the happiness, and his firm belief that” tomorrow will be better. ”

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Creating coincidences is one of Dickens artistic styles - combination of romanticism and realism

Creating coincidences is one of Dickens unique artistic styles. The Russian literary lion Gorky said , realism and romanticism often seemed to combine in great artists. Dickens is such a great one who is characterized by his perfect combination of realism with romanticism in writing , forming his unique artistic style - mixture of the realistic and the wildly improbable. Thus , it is not hard to understand that Dickens story is full of legends and melodramas. As we all know , realistic writers aim at painting pictures in real life , by which they manage to reveal the truth of life while romantic writers pay attention to

imagination and fascination , and they often describe pe2 culiar things in an exaggerated way. In Oliver Twist, the …… 此处隐藏：9276字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……