David Copperfield is the most autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was published on 1850 and is consider his favority work. Dickens lived on the Victorian period where the Industrial Revolution causes a social degradation. Thus, he used his social apreciations as recurrent themes. Indeed, the majority of victorian literature portraits the dichotomy of humans beings. Nevertheless, David Copperfield remarks a reversal of the standard believes. Intead of show a person who restrain a disrupted personality, it shows a character who is force to suppress her love due to social constructions. Thus, he shows the processes were Clara Copperfield change until become a stranger for her song. The novel is told using a first person narrator, David, who portraits remarkable family images at the beginning, event though his family does not meet the social estardars due to the lack of a father role, his memories remain happiness. His first encounter with Edward Murdstone is the first lesson and sign that show that David is lacking a father role; consequently, David reacts against the fact of acepting a stepfather and the possibity of losing his mother’s love. After Clara married Edward, she is force to change the eduational method as a request of Mr. Murdstone and his sister. Since she was also force to study, she is forces to lose direct contact with her own son. For instance, the novel contains many dialogs like “Now Clara,” “be firm with the boy” and “make him know it” were Clara is criticized because of her lovely way of talking to her boy. As a result, when Clara says to her son: “now Davy, tries once more, and don’t be stupid” is the first representation of double moral. Since she is force to hide her kindness in order to fullfil Mr. Murstone and his sister, the reader can consider them as the representation of sociaty which demands from us the necessity to fit an space that socity demands for us.
David Copperfield is the most autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was published on 1850 and is consider his favority work. Dickens lived on the Victorian period where the Industrial Revolution causes a social degradation. Thus, he used his social apreciations as recurrent themes. Indeed, the majority of victorian literature portraits the dichotomy of humans beings.
ResponderEliminarNevertheless, David Copperfield remarks a reversal of the standard believes. Intead of show a person who restrain a disrupted personality, it shows a character who is force to suppress her love due to social constructions. Thus, he shows the processes were Clara Copperfield change until become a stranger for her song. The novel is told using a first person narrator, David, who portraits remarkable family images at the beginning, event though his family does not meet the social estardars due to the lack of a father role, his memories remain happiness. His first encounter with Edward Murdstone is the first lesson and sign that show that David is lacking a father role; consequently, David reacts against the fact of acepting a stepfather and the possibity of losing his mother’s love. After Clara married Edward, she is force to change the eduational method as a request of Mr. Murdstone and his sister. Since she was also force to study, she is forces to lose direct contact with her own son. For instance, the novel contains many dialogs like “Now Clara,” “be firm with the boy” and “make him know it” were Clara is criticized because of her lovely way of talking to her boy. As a result, when Clara says to her son: “now Davy, tries once more, and don’t be stupid” is the first representation of double moral. Since she is force to hide her kindness in order to fullfil Mr. Murstone and his sister, the reader can consider them as the representation of sociaty which demands from us the necessity to fit an space that socity demands for us.