Charles Dickens provides this situation as one more of the examples of injustices that plagues the poor of the Industrial Revolution. As you can see the significance of Coketown in this novel is of greatest importance just as well as the significance of the characters in understanding the ill effects of Utilitarian Industrialists. Charles Dickens goes on to showcase the contrast between the world of the people who see and live a facts only approach to life while in stark contrast to a group of people who live within a realm of fancy. Charles Dickens offers Louisa as a character void of the ideal Victorian traits a woman would generally possess in this time period. Her entire life has been an environment void of any sort of imagination or
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When faced with situations she tries to see everything in a matter of fact way. She is emotionally detached and ends up living a life of disappointment and confusion. She desires and dreams to be like others but has no idea how to achieve this. Louisa in all her dysfunction even agrees to marry her teacher Mr. Bounderby because she looks at the matter in a systematical way. She knows she does not love him and has absolutely no desire or emotion towards him but she knows it is what her father and Bounderby want for her. This is a sad and repulsive fact of what a life without the ability to think for oneself can do to one’s well being. Louisa was robbed of a life of imagination and emotion while logic took over her entirely. In stark contrast to Louisa Charles Dickens provides the character of Cecelia “Sissy” Jupe as the light to a very dark situation. Sissy is a daughter of a circus clown and is full of life and imagination, compassion, and femininity. She embodies everything that the ideal Victorian woman would …show more content…
The setting and some of the main characters were the themes I found to be of the most importance when showcasing the harmful effects of Utilitarianism. The setting alone provided imagery that allowed the reader to become involved in a suffocating way. The characters further showed the effects of the Industrial Revolution and it’s choking effects on life itself. Charles Dickens shed light on a belief that he believed all people are individuals and that their lives mattered. He provided the people of the Victorian Era a voice and he did so in an unapologetic
When faced with situations she tries to see everything in a matter of fact way. She is emotionally detached and ends up living a life of disappointment and confusion. She desires and dreams to be like others but has no idea how to achieve this. Louisa in all her dysfunction even agrees to marry her teacher Mr. Bounderby because she looks at the matter in a systematical way. She knows she does not love him and has absolutely no desire or emotion towards him but she knows it is what her father and Bounderby want for her. This is a sad and repulsive fact of what a life without the ability to think for oneself can do to one’s well being. Louisa was robbed of a life of imagination and emotion while logic took over her entirely. In stark contrast to Louisa Charles Dickens provides the character of Cecelia “Sissy” Jupe as the light to a very dark situation. Sissy is a daughter of a circus clown and is full of life and imagination, compassion, and femininity. She embodies everything that the ideal Victorian woman would …show more content…
The setting and some of the main characters were the themes I found to be of the most importance when showcasing the harmful effects of Utilitarianism. The setting alone provided imagery that allowed the reader to become involved in a suffocating way. The characters further showed the effects of the Industrial Revolution and it’s choking effects on life itself. Charles Dickens shed light on a belief that he believed all people are individuals and that their lives mattered. He provided the people of the Victorian Era a voice and he did so in an unapologetic