雾都孤儿 OliverTwist概要1.pptVIP

Contents Author Main characters Plots Major themes and symbols My understandings Author: Charles Dickens Birth: 7 February 1812 Death: 9 June 1870 (aged?58) British novelist, withdrawn from school,12 Describe the ugly masks of the criminals and show the horror areas in London His other notable works, such as Great Expectations, David Copperfield and so on. Main characters Negative characters: Fagin - crime leader, trains Oliver as a pickpocket. Bill Sikes -another main antagonist, who kills Nancy. Jack Dawkins -gives Oliver a meal and takes Oliver to see Fagin. Monks-Oliver’s older brother, doesn’t split his inheritance. Positive characters: Oliver Twist –orphan, a kind and pure-hearted child ,suffers in huge pain. Mr. Brownlow - A well-off, erudite gentleman who serves as Oliver’s first benefactor. Nancy -one of Fagin’s former child pickpockets, Mr. Sike’s girlfriend, but she shows sympathy to Oliver. Mrs. Maylie - A kind, wealthy older woman, adopts Rose-Oliver’s aunt . Plots Born in a workhouse as an orphan ,Oliver is forced to work there without being given enough food. Oliver is sold to Mr. Sowerberry , an undertaker (unhappy there, Oliver runs away to London) Oliver is shot while helping Sikes to burgle the house of a Mrs.Maylie (Oliver is adopted and looked after by Rose and Mrs.Maylie) The mystery of Oliver’s parents： Mr. Brownlow is a friend of Oliver’s father(Nancy helps to save Oliver ,Sikes beats her to death .) The endings: Sikes hangs himself to death ,Fagin is arrested and, Monks dies in prison. Oliver finds his aunt—Rose and is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. Major themes and symbols 1、 Goodness VS Evil : Goodness: Oliver, Rose, and Brownlow Evil: Fagin, Sikes, and Monks 2、 Crime and Punishment: Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.(恶有恶报) Bill Sikes hangs himself to death for his brutal acts. Fagin is sent to cower in the cell, sentenced to death by due process . My understandings 1、Oliver is so kind but he is alw