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1、AnalyzingNancy’CharacterandHerFateinOliverTwistIntroductionCharlesDickens,thegreatestrepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism,wasthesonofanEnglishnavyclerk.InhisoutstandingnovelshemasterlydepictedthelifeofcontemporizedEnglishsociety.OliverTwistwasDickens’secondnovel,wh
2、ichmarkedthebeginningofDickens’literarylife.Itconcentratesonthehardyearsofanorphan.Itisthefirstnovelthatledthereaderstoaverysadworld.Thisnovelisapowerfulexposureofbourgeoissociety.Itshowstheextremebrutalityandcorruptionoftheoppressorsandtheiragentsunderthemaskofphila
3、nthropy.Dickens,thegreatcriticalrealist,givesvividdescriptionsofthesufferingsofthepoorandoppressed.Thisnovelwasfamousforexposingthedarksideofpeoplelivedatthattime.InthisnovelNancyisatypicalcharacterofthepoorpeoplewholivedatthebottomofthesociety;shehadthesamesuffering
4、withOliverTwist,butshedidn’thaveahappyendinglikeOliverTwist.ThisthesisisprovidedtohelpreadersappreciatethecriticalnovelbyanalyzingNancy’characterandherfate.DickensdescribedNancynotonlyfromthegoodsidebutalsothebadside.Therearemanydifferentopinionsonwhetherpeoplearebor
5、nwellorbad.Inthisnovel,Nancy’characteriscomplexandambiguous;sometimesheisgood,sometimesheperformsbadbehaviors.Itisjustthiscomplexnaturethatwellreflectstherealityofthattime.Chapter1IntroductionofOliverTwist1.1AbstractofOliverTwistOneofDickens’mostenduringlypopularstor
6、iesisOliverTwist,anearlyworkpublishedin1837-8.Likemanyofhislaternovels,itscentralthemeisthehardshipfacedbythepeoplewholiveatthebottomofthesociety.OliverTwistwasborninaworkhousein1830s,England.Hismother,whosenamenooneknowswasfoundonthestreetanddiedjustafterOliver’sbir
7、th.Hewasbroughtupintheworkhousewhereheandotherorphansweremaltreatedandconstantlystarved.Oneday,becausethatOliveraskedformoregruel,hewassenttoanundertakertoworkasanapprentice.NoahClaypole,aboyworkedwithOlivermadedisparagingcommentsonOliver’smotherandOliverwasunabletob
8、earit,soheattackedhimandranawaytoLondon.TherehefellintothehandsofagangofthievesheadedbyoldJewFagin.Inthethieves’denOliverwastaughtt