Hard Times by Charles Dickens | In-Depth Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, characters, symbols, and themes of Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times.
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Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times centers on a cast of characters making their way in a newly industrialized England.
Resolutely rational schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind attempts to raise his son Tom and daughter Louisa in this perilous environment and takes abandoned Sissy Jupe under his wing.
Thomas's emphasis on fact and reason come into conflict with the realities of human interaction. This includes his daughter's unhappiness with her coerced marriage as well as his son's descent into crime as a result of his dissatisfaction with his station.
The characters deal with thwarted love, the desire for divorce, lack of means, and a new move toward unionization among repressed industrial workers.
Industrial Coketown epitomizes the new reality of the Victorian era. While the advent of technological innovation had sped up the pace of progress, grinding poverty still remained and urban life was difficult for many.
Famous British author Charles Dickens’s Hard Times was first published in 1854. The poverty Dickens faced as a child inspired Hard Times and helped readers connect to his writing, which earned him great, lasting popularity. Dickens's signature cocktail of topical material and human foibles brings the growing pains of western civilization to life.
The novel Hard Times contains many enduring themes, including industrialization, as humanity gets lost as business owners ignore poor working conditions; reason and imagination, as people must balance practical work and study with the wonders of the imagination; and love, as the bonds of love-in romance or family-transcend logic and make life worthwhile. Important symbols include the circus, the bottle of nine oils, and the loom.
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Try watch it in 0.75 speed, much better
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i liked it it kept my concentration
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it's incredible how much this video improves if you play it at 0.75 speed. unfortunatly 0.5 is a little too much, although it is so much more calming, instead of being drilled by the army about 'Hard Times'
Omg, I'm glad I'm not the only one that was triggered by the approach of this person. I'm currently watching it without volume but with subtitles LOL
Yes! I agree
I really enjoy the content, but the presentation is just so stressful that I can't stand listening to it. Quite unfortunate...
same thought, he spoke too fast so hard to grasp the point
Thank you for these videos. The analysis is really useful
Doing this for my coursework. Focusing on Sissy Jupes story so it’s very interesting in my opinion
Thank you!
Great lesson ! Thank you 😊
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Exam about American and British Lit on Tuesday! This helped a lot!
I passed with a B+! 😁
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Very useful analysis! Thank you professor!
Thank you guys so much, this is very helpful and i have lit exams soon
Hi..
I have a hard exam tomorrow lol.
Can I send the questions to you, just to your ability to like understand the question.. bcz my lecturer is manupilaive in his questions lol..
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i have an exam tomorrow for Victorian literature and this helps a lot 😎😎
It would be much better if you had talked a little slower, but the content is great thanks for it 😊
It's very nice and useful thank you
Can you help me to comparsion between the play Antonio and Cleopatra and the play all for love , if you can , I will be happy and grateful
I love this guy
Saying this video saved my ass (pardon my French) would be an understatement, THANK YOU !!
Wow slow down pls
I feel like I’m getting scolded 🥺
So the turtle soup, venison and the golden spoon are like today's soy latte and avocado on toast - where wouldn't we get if we only just gave those up lol
Plzz can anyone answer me, the aptness of the title of this novel
The title of Hard Times is significant because it shows exactly that: that the majority of the people in England, particularly those in the working classes, really were having a hard time.
Charles Dickens would have written a novel about a shouting man who acts like a lunatic for no reason and spoils otherwise very good study guides. What name would Dickens give this person??
I know a lot of Mr. Bounderbys'.
english lit UCAS exam today 😭 wish me luck
Who was the mother of mr bounderby
Mrs. Pegler
why the rush bro
Everything isgreat! but why he keepstalking! with such a weirdstress!
Honestly I ship Louisa and Sissy. Their story reads like a modern day love story, I'm only half way into the book, so I can't say much but I still ship them.
Why are you yelling
Why did he had to talk like that .
u guys are babies is it really that hard to listen to a fast speaker
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Why so serious? It is not possible to focus on the content.
Pls calm down your voice is just like eating too much
Toasted and roasted
JOON WON LEE wow! A lot to unpack that. Have you considered the volume buttons on your device or on CZcams itself? Sorry to hear you’re eating too much
Must he talk so fast😒😒
It's very nice and useful thank you
Can you help me to comparsion between the play Antonio and Cleopatra and the play all for love , if you can , I will be happy and grateful