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Essay Archive - Oliver Twist and Hedda Gabler: Commentary on the Social Conditions of that Time
Oliver Twist and Hedda Gabler: Commentary on the Social Conditions of that
Time
Both Charles Dickens and Henrik Ibsen, writing at the onset of the
Industrial Revolution, made their literary work a commentary on the social
conditions of the time. Their work illustrates the conditions of life at
the time and their characters portray ,if a bit idealized, the nature of
people back then. The characters in their work contain destructive natures
that may be the result of the their surroundings. As always the nature of
these destructive characters, they remain hi....
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