Themes In Oliver Twist

Shakespeare in Veronica during the Elizabethan era, the book was published in the first folio of 1623. Oliver twist was written by Charles Dickens in London during the Victorian era in 1968, lastly the Lion and the Jewel which was written by Wole Sonyinke during the post-colonial era, the book was published in 1962 by Oxford University. Romeo and Juliet which was during the Elizabethan era women were compared to man in Verona which were considered much weak, inferior and were considered much more of an object for men to keep. Woman’s only role in life is to please their parents, marriage, pleasing their husbands and taking care of the house and children. The major themes which I will focus on are love, hate and betrayal, we find political

In this era a perfect women was described as dutiful and upright. Women didn’t live in the same public compass as me. The major theme found here is, Good vs Evil for example Nancy was a good person but she was surrounded by bad people, and we also find a social issue which is prostitution and poverty. Agnes was the mother of Oliver, whom lost her life after giving birth, at the beginning of the Novel we find that they don’t give us the name of Oliver’s mother, her being nameless was a symbol and she represented unwed women. She is being referred to a fallen and mistreated women. She was a mistress who fell pregnant these rumours about her being pregnant but not married made her to die in disgrace. Nancy was a prostitute who was warm hearted, a good person whom protected Oliver from the Fagin gang, at a very young age of sixteen. Nancy guided Oliver as her own child. She was strong and efficient, her weakness was that she allowed Sikes to abuse her and she couldn’t leave him because she had no family. Nancy thinks highly of rose and they became close, which leads to Sikes murdering Nancy, he found out that Nancy was talking to Rose, Nancy sacrificed her life in order for him to live. Rose was an orphan adopted by Mrs Maylie, she was an innocent, pure woman who knew her worth. Harry wanted her but she didn’t want to she was worried