Saturday, May 25, 2019

Coketown described by Charles Dickens †Criticism Essay

This passage has come across a monotonous and wordy township surrounded by industrialization. There is no colour, no aesthetic beauty but just buildings and factories that be an eyesore to the whole town.This town was once a nice place and it was a town of red brick but because of all the smoke, dust and dirt it has now all changed to black brick. There is no keep left in the inhabitants of the town. They argon just servers to the town and they arent even considered the characters of the passage. They are dehumanized and instead the buildings are the characters that target over. The buildings seem to literally take over the human qualities and are given priority and superiority to the people. There is no change or difference between one building and another. The lock away might subscribe to been the infirmary the infirmary might have been the jail. There is a sense of sameness and uniformity.Other people get bearing out of what Coketown sacrifices. The people of this town ar e stuck with this lifestyle forever as there doesnt seem to be any way out if it. The town is literally doomed. There is the image of serpents which give off the evil part to this town. It is almost as if the people are under the influence of this evil chore master from which the inhabitants can never hope to escape. There is also the image of water which is usually the symbol of life and purity but in this aspect the water has become a victim of this so called progress. This lifeless town is basically sustained by what it makes and produces. These people are sacrificing their lives and their town in put to survive. The only thing that seems to be done in this town is work and more than work there are no natural sights or sport in its perspective. Everything is made just for purpose and function. Even the chapel built which is supposed to be an inspiring building and have meaning to people is expound as a warehouse.There is a feeling of entrapment in this town such as the bird cage image used. These people have no knowledge of life out of this town. They are mechanical soldiers who feel enslaved to working for this town and feel like it is their only purpose to life. The people are alienated from each other as they dont even seem to try and change this strict and totalitarian system. There is nothing more than facts and nothing seems important besides facts. It is a perverted world where people have lost their humanity and inanimate objects get a life of their own.This town seems to be what controls the people and unfortunately the people all seem to be too intimated by the system that they wont even consider intercommunicate up about the corrupt lifestyle they all live each day. There is a major devoid of natural life and the people are helpless to the situation.

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