want and ignorance? Flashcards
What do ignorance and want represent and how are they described?
described as ‘yellow’, ‘meagre’, ‘ragged’ ‘wolfish’, ‘scowling’ they are the dangers of poverty
How are ignorance and want introduced?
‘They are Man’s and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is ignorance and the girl is want, beware them both and all their degree,but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow i that written which is doom, unless the writing be erased’
what is dickens saying about want and ignorance?
Want is to be feared but ignorance is the worst trait, want can lead to ignorance
-If people are educated and taught how to work then poverty can be avoided, ignorance = unedcuation, if the poor remain uneducated they can’t improve
What are ignorance and want symbolic of?
The poor people, specifically the industrial poor in factories and workhouses
Where do the children emerge from and what does this suggest?
Where do the children emerge from and what does this suggest?
How are ignorance and want described?
“wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable”
what does wretched mean?
a unhappy or unfortunate state, or used to express anger or annoyance
what does abject mean?
very unpleasant and degrading, no pride or dignity
Who does wretched describe?
the poor children - tiny tim
what does hideous mean
repulsive, unwanted
what does ragged mean?
not controlled/ suffering from exhaustion and stress
what does wolfish mean?
animalistic qualities - anthropomorphism - they are are also treated like animals
what is the biblical link of want?
links to eve, her want and desire caused the punishment of mankind
how does ignorance link to dickens issues with the poor?
the wealthy people ignored the poor
