Dickens Treatment of Funerals in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield'

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
Cover of the book Dickens Treatment of Funerals in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield' by Franz Kröber, GRIN Verlag
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Author: Franz Kröber ISBN: 9783656134114
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: February 16, 2012
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Franz Kröber
ISBN: 9783656134114
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: February 16, 2012
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Kent (School of English), course: Charles Dickens and Victorian England, language: English, abstract: Charles Dickens´s view on funerals in Victorian England is widely known. The descriptions of burials in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield' mirror that '[s]howy and elaborate funerary display had been a longstanding grievance with' him. Beside this critical view on burials and its procedure and features, the funerals in these narrations differ noticeably in the way they are presented and in the way they are treated by the author. By comparing 'Dombey and Son' with 'David Copperfield' and by carefully analyzing the funerals pictured in these narrations, one has to admit that there is no overall critique view on this particular Victorian custom. As a matter of fact, Dickens finds fault with the histrionic character of funerals, the absurd rules and conventions of this ritual and the funeral homes that consider a human being´s death a bonanza. But still, the funerals in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield' have the function of expressing grief or even the meaning of connecting characters to each other. Especially Dickens characterization of Mr Omers funeral does not only mirror Dickens´s reservation against burials. Hence, Dickens finds fault with the Victorian funeral´s theatrical and ritual character as well as he questions an excessively enrichment by death. Yet, as it is expressed in 'David Copperfield', he tones down his critique by the positive characterization of the undertaker Mr Omer and his family. To justify this thesis, the funerals of Fanny Dombey, Paul Dombey and David´s vistit at Mr Omer´s will be analyzed on the way they are treated by the author.

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Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Kent (School of English), course: Charles Dickens and Victorian England, language: English, abstract: Charles Dickens´s view on funerals in Victorian England is widely known. The descriptions of burials in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield' mirror that '[s]howy and elaborate funerary display had been a longstanding grievance with' him. Beside this critical view on burials and its procedure and features, the funerals in these narrations differ noticeably in the way they are presented and in the way they are treated by the author. By comparing 'Dombey and Son' with 'David Copperfield' and by carefully analyzing the funerals pictured in these narrations, one has to admit that there is no overall critique view on this particular Victorian custom. As a matter of fact, Dickens finds fault with the histrionic character of funerals, the absurd rules and conventions of this ritual and the funeral homes that consider a human being´s death a bonanza. But still, the funerals in 'Dombey and Son' and 'David Copperfield' have the function of expressing grief or even the meaning of connecting characters to each other. Especially Dickens characterization of Mr Omers funeral does not only mirror Dickens´s reservation against burials. Hence, Dickens finds fault with the Victorian funeral´s theatrical and ritual character as well as he questions an excessively enrichment by death. Yet, as it is expressed in 'David Copperfield', he tones down his critique by the positive characterization of the undertaker Mr Omer and his family. To justify this thesis, the funerals of Fanny Dombey, Paul Dombey and David´s vistit at Mr Omer´s will be analyzed on the way they are treated by the author.

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