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1、OliverTwistisCharlesDickens’firstfullycraftednovel.Itcentersonthehardyearsofanorphan,OliverTwist,andissetagainsttheseamyundersideoftheLon2doncriminalworld.Dickenscreatedalivelypictureoflowlifeunderthecapitalisticsystem.Astheauthorofthenovel,hemountedad
2、irectattackonthecoldimpersonalityoftheworkhousesystemrepresentingtheclasspeoplewithhard-heartedness,tyrannyandhypocrisy.Heusedhisuniquehumor,fiercesatireandpenetratinginsighttoexposethedarksidesofthethensociety.Meanwhileheshowedhisgreatsympathyforthemi
3、seriesandhardshipssufferedbytheworkingpeople.Itiswidelyacknowledgedthatthebook’smainthemeispositiveandoptimistic,whichreflectsDickensheldradicalideasatthattime,andreviewswereandaregenerallyfavorable.However,Dickenswasseverelycriticizedforintroducingman
4、ycoincidencesintheplotofthestory.Forexample,thefirstpersonthatOliverTwistpickspocketshappenstobeMr.Brownlow,agoodfriendofhisfather’s.Later,OliverisforcedbyFagintoaccompanySikesinanattemptedrobberyofahouse,(needingasmallboytoenterawindowandopenthedoorfo
5、rthe(housebreakers),whoseowner,Mrs.Maylie,bychanceishismother’seldersister–hisaunt.Suchincidentswhichseemtobeunbelievableareregardedbymanyas”unevenandcontrarytothereallife.”Seemingly,coincidencesbecomethenegativesideofthenovel.SomeevengosofarastothinkD
6、ickenswasnotwell-thoughtinplottingthestory.Asanovelist,DickensrepresentedEnglishcriticalrealismwritingduringthe19thcentury.HewashighlypraisedbyKarlMarxas“oneoftheexcellentnovelistsinBritain.”Suchagreatnovelistdidnotarrangecoincidencesinthestorywithoutp
7、urposes.Therefore,tounderstandcoincidencescorrectly,wemustanalyzethemsystematicallyfromallsidesratherthantheone-sidedapproach.OliverTwistbyDickensischaracterizedbyafewcoincidencesespeciallyhappyencounters,aboutwhichsomereviewsareunfavorable.Thisessay,s
8、haringquiteoppositeopinionstotheunfavorableones,provescoincidenceshaveadvantagesbymeansofsystematicanalysisfromthefollowingfourpoints:Dickens’radicalideas,hisuniqueartisticstyleaswellashisfirmbelief”goodisrewardedwithgood,andevilwithevi
