topic : 'character of nancy' in oliver twist

2. CHARACTER OF NANCY
● NAME : KHUSHALI. K . DAVE
● SEMESTER: 2
● PAPER :6, VICTORIAN LITERATURE
● PRESENTATION TOPIC : CHAREACTER
NANCY
● UNIT: 1 , OLIVER TWIST
● ROLL NO : 12
● ENROLMENT NO : 2069108420170006
● EMAIL ID :khushalidave8@gmail.com
● COURSE : M.A ENGLISH
● BATCH NO : 2016-2018
● SUBMITTED BY : SMT. S.B. GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH MKBU

3. OLIVER TWIST
(1838)

4. ABOUT THE NOVEL
● ' Oliver twist ' written by Charles Dickens in 1838.
● This novel genre is Children story; detective story ; novel of social protest.
● This novel in protagonist hero is oliver twist.
● This novel' s major conflict is : Although Oliver is fundamentally
righteous, the social enviroment in which he raised encourages thivery
and prostitution. Oliver struggles to find his identity and rise above the
abject conditions of the lower class.
● The themes of this novel: the failures of charity; the folly of
individualism; purity in a corrupt city; the countryside idealized
●

5. Charecter of Nancy
● Nancy is a fictional character in the novel ' oliver twist'.
● She is a member of Fagin's gang and the lover, and eventual victim, of
Bill skies.
● It is strongly implied that nancy implied that Nancy is a Prostitute
as well as a thief.
● Dickens expressly asserted this his edition is in :
● ''the boys are pickpoketes and the girl is a prostitute.''
● Despite her Criminality
● Nancy is portrayed as a Sympaathetic figure ,for oliver overcome.
● Her loyalty to skies and fagin.

6. Nancy's childhood lost
● Then Nancy is losted her childhood.
● Nancy was corrupted at a young age by fagin.
● Nancy is a poor and orphan girl , so again her life in early
age in her meet to fagin for a job.
● Fagin is havily drinking to nancy and he created
prostitution by Nancy.
● So she's yong age of 12 year in her destroyed to young age
and childhood ambition.
● She's mentally and physically destroyd in her life

7. Nancy as a 'prostitute' v/s Normal
emotional girl

8. Nancy and bill's love relation

9. Nancy's loyality for mr. bill
● Nancy is beloved of bill skies .she's marry to him.
● She's spent her life with mister bill.
● She's very love much to mister bill. But bill did not love for her .
● His always doubhting ,violating for nancy .
● His economically depended to nancy .
● Then his crual ,doubhtful nature is involving to his crime in nancy .
● He killing her , and his lost of her love ,but live nancy always loyal for
mister bill.
● So Nancy is true love for him.

10. Relationship to Oliver twist

11. ● Then nancy see to oliver so she feel her past life and future
life ,she 's feeling to always :'' i am lost my child life ''.
● So she's protected to kidneped 'Oliver twist' .
● Her not like to oliver's situation is similer to othor orphan child 's
life,she think for better life of oliver .
● So she save his life and future
● Her and oliver between in 'mother and child ' type of relation
showing that.
● So novel in nancy meets mr. Brownlow and rose at London
bridge to plan how to save oliver.

12. conclusion
● Such a Nancy 's charecter is very loyal , important and
criticised.
● Dikence criticised to Nancy's character , how Nancy is a
loyal, petty and helpfull.
● Because novel in her presented to she's connected to
criminals, prostitution.
● Then Novel in real hero is a nancy , because her life
was sacrifice for a Oliver twist.
● When the novel is proved to Nancy 's real charecter.