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2. An Analysis of the Works of David Copperfield
David Copperfield's authority offends the weak and the weak. Dickens draws attention to orphans, women and the mentally retarded, showing that exploitation, not kindness or compassion, is the rule in an industrial society. Dickens describes the inhumanity of child labor and prison debtors based on his own childhood experiences. Although his characters are morally good people, they are also being punished by forces greater than themselves. One of the most impressive scenes of the novel is the suffering of the innocent by their own will. As a child, David suffered from hunger at the winery. As his guardian, Murdstone uses Mr. David as a factory worker because the child is too young and dependent on him to disobey. Similarly, the children at Salem House do not take any action against the abusive Mr. Crick. In both cases, children deprived of parental care suffer at the hands of their guardians.
The weak in David Copperfield will never be able to escape the domination of those in power. Instead, the weak should team up with equally strong characters. For example, David opposes Mr. Murdstone and does not object to his power. Instead, he escapes to the wealthy Miss Betsy, whose financial stability gives him the right to protect David from Mr. Murdstone. David's escape does not prove either self-esteem or his own inner qualities, but rather proves the importance of family ties and family money in human relationships.
Marriage equality
In the Romance world, marriages succeed just as couples achieve equality in their relationships. Dickens cites the Strong marriage as an example, showing that a couple can be happy only if one of them does not obey the other. Indeed, none of the strong people considers the other low. Dickens, on the other hand, criticizes the characters above the pair. For example, Mr. Murdstone's attempt to improve the character of David's mother will only destroy his spirit. Mr. Murdstone forces Clara to submit for improvement, which forces her to remain humble and silent. And although Dr. Strong tries to improve Annie's character, he does it not out of a desire to demonstrate his moral superiority, but out of his love and respect for Annie. Dr. Strong is not as rude and domineering as Mr. Murdstone, he is gentle and soothing with his wife. Although Dr. Strong's marriage is at least partially based on the ideal of equality, he still believes that his wife as a woman depends on him and needs moral guidance. Dickens does not dispute his point of view on the role of women in society. But Dickens describes a marriage in which there is some balance of power between a man and a woman, and draws attention to the era of women in power.
In the novel, Dickens criticizes society's views on wealth and classes as a measure of human worth. Dickens uses a rich, influential and noble foam to show that these qualities can spoil rather than improve a person's character. Steerforth is insidious and has a sense of self-worth. On the other hand, Mr. Peggotty and Ham are poor, generous, kind characters. Many people in Dickens' time considered poverty to be a sign of moral decay, and poor people deserved to suffer because of birth defects. Dickens, on the other hand, sympathizes with the poor and believes that their grief stems from their own shortcomings, and not from the injustice of society.
Dickens did not say that all the poor are noble people, and all the rich are completely bad. The poor cheat on David at a young age, although he is also poor and helpless. But Dr. Strong and Agnes, both wealthy citizens with average incomes, are morally stable. Dickens does not paint a black-and-white moral picture, but shows that wealth and class are unreliable indicators of character and morality. Dickens urges us to judge his characters by their personal affairs and qualities, but the cruel world touches them.