Stephen Blackpool: The Pathetic Figure Charles Dickens's Hard Times is one of the most important novels in the Victorian Age. ... The contrast between Slackbridge and Stephen" characters increase the sympathy to Stephen Blackpool. ... Stephen is generous and unselfish. ... He accuses Stephen that Stephen wants luxury, eats with gold spoon and tells Stephen that Stephen is suitable to sow and raise crops. ... Finally, Bounderby dismisses Stephen and doesn't care whether Stephen will get a new job or not. ...

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Analysis of Hard Times By Charles Dickens Hypocrisy, pompousness and immorality, these are a few of the notions that Dickens successfully adresses and criticizes in his novel Hard Times. Yet Dickens" main point of critique is undoubtedly the upcoming idea of utilitarianism. He brilliantly plays ...

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The novel "Hard Times" written by Charles Dickens is a reflection of the changing ideas established during his time. ... Stephen Blackpool represents the abused worker, suffering under capitalism as expressed by Karl Marx. ... "Stephen looked older, but he had had a hard life. ... Stephen has not known any magnificence in his life. ... Charles Dickens uses this hostility Stephen experiences as an illustration of Marx's point. ...

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In the Charles Dickens novel Hard Times, Dickens paints such a colourful picture of his main characters. ... Blackpool, the poor drunken dissolute wife of Stephen Blackpool. ... Another employee of Josiah Bounderby is Stephen Blackpool. ... She only interacts with Stephen when she is in need of funds. ... Stephen has an estranged relationship with his wife. ...

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When you think of Charles Dickens you immediately think of A Christmas Carol. ... Charles Dickens was born in 1812, in Portsmouth, England. ... Charles Dickens has a lot of critics. ... A critic Stephen Johnson said, "His plots are not upto the plots of other great authors. ... Critic Stephen Johnson thought the convict left the money to Pip, "because young Pip reminded him of his own child, whom he thinks is dead." ...

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