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1、AnalysisofDickens’Anti-SemitismSentimentinOliverTwistAnti-SemitismistracedbacktoancienttimesinEurope,whenChristianEuropeannations’distain,detestation,andhatredfortheJewishpeoplebegantoburstout,andduringthelonghistoricperiodacollectivesubconsciousnessofChristianEuropeansgraduallyc
2、ameintobeingthattheJewishpeopleweredissentersthatwerebornwithugliness,wickedness,andgreed.Asamatteroffact,Judaism,thereligionoftheJewishpeople,istheparentofChristianity,butonaccountofvarioushistoricfactorsChristianityreformedsomeoftheteachingsofJudaismandwassoonseparatedfromJudai
3、sm,developingintoanewindependentreligion.Thereafter,thetwoantagonisticreligionswerelandedintoalongfiercedisputeoverwhichnationwasthepeopleoftheGod,and,worsestill,ChristianslaunchedrelentlesspersecutionsandslaughtersagainsttheJewishpeople.TheyevenaccusedJewsofmurderingJesus,whichw
4、astheheaviestandmosteffectiveblowontheJewishpeopleastheimageofJewswassobadlydamagedthattheybecametheincarnationofSatan,theevil,intheeyesoftheothernationsinEurope.AtypicalexamplethatconfirmsthisisthatduringtheBlackDeath(aviolentepidemicdiseaseofbubonicplague,whichsweptallEuropedur
5、ingthe14thcentury)somepeoplebelieveditaplotbyJewstopoisontheentireChristianworld,andmanyJewswerekilledbypanickedmobs.Literaturemirrorssocialreality,andtheabovementionedreality,inreturn,havedirectlyinfluencedthewritingmodeofEuropeanliteraryworksandit,tosomeextent,becameafixedmodeo
6、fEuropeanliteraturetoassociateJewswithnegativevaluesanddevil-likeimages,asisseeninlotsoffamousEuropeanliteraryworks.Tonameafew,ChaucerattributesJewstobemurdersofChristianchildreninCanterburyTales;Shakespearehassuccessfullycreatedaselfish,covetousandwickedJewishloansharkinMerchant
7、ofVenice.Dickens,withoutexception,wasalsoaffectedbythiswritingmodeinthathiscriticismtowardsocialrealitywasunabletodisguisehisprejudiceagainsttheJewishpeople.ReadingthroughOliverTwist,wemayhavetwostrongfeelings:oneisthatwheneveraconspiracywastobecarriedout,theJewishpeoplenevergrud
8、gedtheirpresence,beingeitherthemastermin