... that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dykes and mounds and gates ... , with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the ... wind was rushing, was the sea; and th...

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... sinful place and the thought of the "black river", an allusion to the river Styx, almost makes it look like hell. All the streets look alike, all the people look alike, their days are all like the previous days and every year the counterpart of the last and next. It is simply a horrible place. Apart from being the embodiment of evil, more importantly, Coketown is also the embodiment of fact. It is a compilation of squares, straight lines ... has a purpose; even his hair is present on his head because it has the task of keeping the wind from its surface. Even the classroom is an embodime...

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... , as "this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard." The use of bleak shows a dull, dark place and nettles gives an impression of sharp and stinging. He describes the marshes as "the dark flat wilderness" giving an idea of it being wild and harsh. He describes the river as a "low leaden line." It's grey looking, and he describes the sea as "the distant savage lair" he's describing it as if ... ." Children were treated badly as well; Dickens also has been through his own experience of these when his father was imprisoned. He is using the character of Magwitch to show his stro...

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... that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, Late of this Parish, and Also Georgiana Wife of the Above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesais, were also dead and buried; and that after dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds and gates ... , with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant ... savage lair from which the wind was rushing over the sea..." (G...

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