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During the 1830s, Victorian London was experiencing the effects of the Industrial Revolution—a transformation from a rural, agricultural society, to an urban, industrial society. Middle-class society’s economic influence had become as high, if not higher than, that of the British Aristocracy. This caused some insecurities among different classes, as London was obsessed with class distinction. This obsession eventually affected the poor greatly. Oliver Twist is an extreme criticism of Victorian Society: Charles Dickens depicts the hypocrisy and ignorance of the middle class; he criticizes the way the poor were treated and specifically the poor laws which had just been adopted; finally, he criticizes the Victorian stereotype of the poor as criminals from birth, and demonstrates an alternative to the Poor Laws. Oliver Twist illustrates, and condemns the middle-class society in Victorian England. The hypocrisy and ignorance of the middle class during the 1830s came as a result of its insecurity with the British Aristocracy and of the moral value it had assigned to work.
Approximate Word count = 655
Approximate Pages = 2.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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