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Essay Archive - Charles Dickens' Hard Times
Charles Dickens' Hard Times
In the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens, Stephen Blackpool’s life and death were symbolic. Stephen was a forty year old man that looked older, who worked for a man named Bounderby as a power-loom weaver. His life was filled with the troubles that a lower-class person must withstand. His name, Blackpool, was symbolic of his life. He lived a life in a “Blackpool”, meaning he was looked down upon by most of his associates. He was even looked down upon by his own working class. At the Bounderby factory, Stephen did not li....
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