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Prepared By: Maitri. R. Munjpara
Roll No. : 19
Semester: 2
Year: 2013-14
Paper Name & No. : 3. The Victorian Literature
Topic: Representation of women in “Oliver Twist”
Submitted To: Dept. Of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University.
Women characters in Oliver Twist
• Nancy
• Agnes Fleming
• Mrs. Maylie
• Mrs. Corney
• Mrs. Bedwin
• Mrs.
Sowerberry
• Betsy
• Mrs. Mann
• Mrs.
Thingummy
Major women Character of Oliver Twist
Agnes Fleming Nancy
Agnes Fleming
Absent character
of the novel
Having good
appear
Fall in love withher
father’sfriendwhenshe
was just 19 year old
Got pregnant
before marriage
Run away fromhome
to avoidshaming
Nancy
Complicated
Character
Minorbut
important
Character
17 year old
Belovedof
Bill Sikes
Sometimes
behaves
Hysterical
Some Facts Related To Nancy
 The quote about her suffering in childhood.
 "I thieved for you when I was a child not half as old as this (pointing to
Oliver). I have been in the same trade, and in thesame service, for twelve
yearssince;don’t you knowit? Speakout! don't you know it?"(16.82).
 Dickens neverused the word “Prostitute” for her in the novel,.
 The quote by Nancy at the end of theirsecondmeeting.
 "Whensuchas me, who have no certainroof but thecoffin-lid, and no
friend in sickness or death but thehospital nurse, set our rottenhearts on
any man, and let himfill theplace that parents, home, and friends filled
once, or that has been a blankthrough all our wretched lives, who can hope
to cure us?" (41.103)
Reasons behind their situation
Treatedlike
dog
Never able to
showtheir
feeling
Male control
women
Ruined the
charmby
society
Social status of Women in The Victorian Age
 Upper Class Women
 Middle Class Women
 Lower Middle Class
Women
 Lower Class Women
 Under Class Women
Psychological State of Women in Victorian Age
 Hysteria: Womenwere deniedtasks suchas
reading or social interactiondue to a fear of
becoming a hysteric.
 Nymphomania: was a fear of aggressive
women. Thosewho tooka stand for their
beliefs or exerciseda sexual emotion were
deemedinsane as theyrejected the feminine
ideal
 Anorexia: was an attempt to fit the male
standardof beauty. These women refused
food in order to appear “feminine” and
become a frail ornament for their husbands
to show off.
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The representation of women in Oliver Twist

  • 1. Prepared By: Maitri. R. Munjpara Roll No. : 19 Semester: 2 Year: 2013-14 Paper Name & No. : 3. The Victorian Literature Topic: Representation of women in “Oliver Twist” Submitted To: Dept. Of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
  • 2. Women characters in Oliver Twist • Nancy • Agnes Fleming • Mrs. Maylie • Mrs. Corney • Mrs. Bedwin • Mrs. Sowerberry • Betsy • Mrs. Mann • Mrs. Thingummy
  • 3. Major women Character of Oliver Twist Agnes Fleming Nancy
  • 4. Agnes Fleming Absent character of the novel Having good appear Fall in love withher father’sfriendwhenshe was just 19 year old Got pregnant before marriage Run away fromhome to avoidshaming
  • 6. Some Facts Related To Nancy  The quote about her suffering in childhood.  "I thieved for you when I was a child not half as old as this (pointing to Oliver). I have been in the same trade, and in thesame service, for twelve yearssince;don’t you knowit? Speakout! don't you know it?"(16.82).  Dickens neverused the word “Prostitute” for her in the novel,.  The quote by Nancy at the end of theirsecondmeeting.  "Whensuchas me, who have no certainroof but thecoffin-lid, and no friend in sickness or death but thehospital nurse, set our rottenhearts on any man, and let himfill theplace that parents, home, and friends filled once, or that has been a blankthrough all our wretched lives, who can hope to cure us?" (41.103)
  • 7. Reasons behind their situation Treatedlike dog Never able to showtheir feeling Male control women Ruined the charmby society
  • 8. Social status of Women in The Victorian Age  Upper Class Women  Middle Class Women  Lower Middle Class Women  Lower Class Women  Under Class Women
  • 9. Psychological State of Women in Victorian Age  Hysteria: Womenwere deniedtasks suchas reading or social interactiondue to a fear of becoming a hysteric.  Nymphomania: was a fear of aggressive women. Thosewho tooka stand for their beliefs or exerciseda sexual emotion were deemedinsane as theyrejected the feminine ideal  Anorexia: was an attempt to fit the male standardof beauty. These women refused food in order to appear “feminine” and become a frail ornament for their husbands to show off.
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