... is evident when Joe comes to visit him in London, "Not with pleasure, though I was bound to him by so many ties; no; with considerable disturbance, some mortification, and a keen sense of incongruity " (Dickens 225). He no longer has any desire to see Joe, as it will remind him of his former status as a member of the low class, a source of ... in Victorian England. Dickens uses satirical irony in that he has Magwitch, who is of lower class and criminal, point out the fault that is the criminal justice system. Magwitch notes how he is taking the blame for everything, "It was always me th...

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... Assignment In William Blake's poem "London", the speaker conveys London as corrupt and corrupting . The speaker presents his image of London through his many "wander[ings]" through its streets. He notes the despair of "every" Londoner and their oppression by the "church" and the state. In everyone the speaker passes he sees signs of misery and moral weakness. In fact, the ... poem the speaker achieves a respected viewpoint on London's situation. The poem is rich in symbolic meaning. The 'mind-forged manacles' represent the disturbing sounds of clanking metal chains which were common dur...

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... at work. They become dirty and darker because of the work, just the Morlocks do, and don't receive susceptible ventilation while under the ground. The Morlocks, as The Time Traveller notes, have adjusted to life underground. "My impression of it is of course, imperfect; but I know it was a dull white, and strange large grayish-red eyes; also that there was a flaxen ... of our society's classes. The Morlock are the labourers, ape-like and brutish, working long hours to seemingly please the Eloi. It is the Eloi who are the elite in a sense and the Morlocks to depend on the Eloi for many t...

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