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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 natur....
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