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Works appreciation(作品赏析)•Characterization•Artistic Style•Theme (ideas)1Oliver twist(hero)Fagin (bad man)Nancy(kindness)Mr.brownlow(nice)happy lifeadoptedsavedtaught himto stealworksBill sikes(bad man)partners2Main CharactersOliver Twist: an orphan, who was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered a lot .At last ,he led a happy life 3the evil Fagin : He was a powerful crime leader who had an affection for only money and would kill anyone who stood in his way, the symbol of evil, corruption and manipulation back4 Nancy A woman who worked for Fagin and tried to help Oliver which eventually led to her death. She was passionate, caring, and loved Sikes, who eventually killed her, as partially righteous, partially villain（邪恶）Nancy was killed by Bill since she helped Oliverback5Mr Brownlow: a kind man helped Oliver Twist. He is a best friend of Oliver Twist’s father ,too, representing purity, integrity and goodness,back6 the brutal Bill Sikes: a fierce robber, Nancy’s lover, force Oliver Twist to help them rob.back7Artistic style•Verbose rhetoric•Creating coincidence•The Power of Exposure•Mixture of reality and imagination•Exaggeration•Humor and satire8•Verbose rhetoric the plot of the novel is developed with abundant verbosity which quite caters to the tastes of his contemporary readers.•Creating coincidence to make the story complicated , unexpected and exciting and draw the numerous persons into the current of events.Eg. In London, Oliver happens to meet his late father’s good friend Mr. Brownlow and his mother’s elder sister Mrs. Maylie, 9•The Power of Exposureexpose the Britain all depressed classes, poverty-stricken and the upper organization and the absurd social reality, reflecting the terrible life of London underworld. •Mixture of reality and imaginationIn Oliver Twist, Dickens show us the miserable reality through the imagination of arranging many coincidences and describing the inner world of characters. So, it’s also a combination of realism and romanticism ( the Romantic Realism)10•ExaggerationIn this novel, Dickens exaggerated some peculiarities of certain characters, in giving them exactly the actions & words that fit them: that is, right words & right actions for the right person. Eg. Bill Sikes, Oliver•Humor and satire 1.employs humor to enliven a scene or lighten a character by making it (him or her) eccentric.2.uses satire to ridicule human follies or vices.Eg. Fagin11Themes 7 main aspects•Goodness VS Evil•Institutional cruelty•Virtue VS Environment•The inhumanity under capitalism•The individualism•crime and misery--the by-product of poverty•positive and optimistic 121.Goodness VS EvilGood is rewarded with good ,and evil with evil. Goodness surviving through every adverse(不利的) circumstance and triumphing over evil at last. 2.Institutional crueltyEg. When asking for more, Oliver was just beaten severely by the principal of workhouse where the children could be sold by 5 pounds respectively. The typical reflect of cruelty, hypocrisy, and inhumanness 13“Please sir, I want some more.”143.Virtue VS EnvironmentEg. Although Oliver is raised in corrupt surroundings, he still keeps pure and naïve in mind. Dickens uses Oliver’s character to argue that a corrupt environment is the source of vice(恶习). 4.The inhumanity under capitalismAt that time, there was a large group of unemployment, then the rate of social crime reached a new peak, like theft, murder. And deeply affected by capitalistic monetary value, people tended to be selfish, greedy and hypocritical,155.The individualismIndividualism is quite prevailing in Capitalist society, which only centers on self-interest, and believes that the group’s interests are best maintained if every individual looks out for the number one, or himself. (Fagin, Monks)6.Crime and misery--the by-product of povertyAll the crimes and miseries held among people in the book were caused by poverty.Eg. Due to the poverty, Fagin went to ruin the young children. This leaded to a terrible and passive spirit in the society. 167.Positive and optimistic •Dickens wrote Oliver Twist at the age of 25 , when he was bursting with youthful vigor , imbued with vitality(活力活力) and optimism. In the novel, little Oliver took a positive attitude towards life, brave, kind, clever and with a strong resistible spirit. So he had a happy ending .17。