The presentation is about women portray in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

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

5. Nancy
Complicated
Character
Minorbut
important
Character
17 year old
Belovedof
Bill Sikes
Sometimes
behaves
Hysterical

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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