ge heaps of the London dumps as a symbol of filthy money. The novel is also notable for its suggestive use of London River Thames.had completed about one-third of his novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood when he died. Nobody shows how Dickens intended the story to end. Scholars and readers throughout the years have proposed many possible solutions for the mystery. place in literature.is now considered one of the major figures of English literature, but his position was not always so high. His reputation declined between 1880-1940. This was partly due to the psychological emphasis that became fashionable in novels after Dickens s death. Critics valued Dickens chiefly as an entertainer and above as a creator of a huge gallery of comic, pleasant, and famous characters. They recognized him as a master creator of plot and scene, and as a sharp-eyed observer of Lodon life. But they considered his outlook simple and unrealistic. They believed he lacked artistic taste and relied too much on broad comedy, dramatic effects, sentimentality, and superficial psychology., Since 1940, numerous books and essays have described Dickens as a writer of considerable depth and complexity. He has also been praised as a sensitive and philosophic observer of human struggles thing social institutions. In this sense, Dickens has been associated with such authors as Herman Melville, Franz Kafka and Fyodor Dostoevsky.criticism has demonstrated that Dickens can no longer be regarded only as a entertainer, though his ability to entertain is probably the major reason fo his popularity. Whatever his other claims to greatness may be, Dickens ranks as a superbly inventive comic artist. His characters have been compared to those of Shakespeare in their variety, color, energy, and life. Dickens was aware of human evil, but he never lost his perspective. His art was sustained by an awareness and appreciation of the human comedy.
Symbolism in Great Expectation
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In life, symbolism is present all around us. Whether it is in the clothes we wear, the things we do, or what we buy, everything has a meaning. Symbolism is also present in literature and it is shown in Charles Dickens Great Expectations.symbols of isolation, manipulation, the tragic hero, and wanting to be someone else are seen throughout the book through the characters of Estella, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Pip . character of Estella represents the symbols of isolation and manipulation.acting as an adult when she was still young, she separated herself from Pip and others. This was due in large part to the way Miss Havisham, her stepmother, raised her. She had no emotion, as Miss Havisham used her for revenge on men. On his first visit to the Satis House, Pip overheard Mis...
