A Christmas Carol: Context Flashcards
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Dickens father worked in a debtors prison
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Dickens put to work at 12, ignorance and want from experience, he emphasised with the poor
2
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1834 new poor law
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If poor- goverment helps- free in workhouse and accommodation, but basically cold factory floor, dickens saw more as punishment and was critical
3
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Thomas maltus
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This guy had a theory- overpopulation= reason for poverty. Pandemics and disease and good as it kills and reduces overpopulation- dickens no like cause it was insensitive. Said poor people deserved to die and took away pressure from gov to help. Surplus population.
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Industrial revolution
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Victorian writer, created social divide- rich vs poor
