What Do You Consider To Be Dickens' Intention In The First 4 Chapters Of Oliver Twist'?
In this essay I will try to convey my thoughts on what Dickens' intentions were throughout the first four chapters of "Oliver Twist".
Dickens' intentions are made clear by using chapter headings. These were the episodic titles when he released the story to the public every month. The headings convey what happens in that chapter in a few short words.
"Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending to his birth".
The story begins with Oliver being born and after he gave
"This first proof of the free and proper action of his lungs,"
his mother died, and he was left alone in the world to become a child of the workhouse
Dickens' intention here is to use dramatic irony and the reader knows more than the character. The audience are meant to identify strongly with Oliver.
As Dickens' develops the story, he adds his own opinions and comments, about the state of society in the Victorian times, and his disgust at the political side......
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