Bleak House
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emphasize the sense of desperation that exists at the heart of the novel
• Children
rarely happy or adequately cared for
Analysis
Narrator • Tone • Writing Style • Symbolism, Imagery & Allego• the ninth novel by Charles Dickens
• published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 • one of Dickens's finest and most complete novels, containing vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots
Intro
geographical location：London and its suburbs just a few streets away from the mansions(宅邸） of the super-rich were the collapsing tenements of the poor
• The Ambiguous Definition of “Mother”
the role of mother is filled by women who often are not “real” mothers at all
Motifs
• Secrets
e.g. Lady Dedlock
• Suicide
Bleak House
• It is a mystery story, in which Esther Summerson discovers the truth about her birth and her unknown mother's tragic life. • It is a murder story, which comes to a climax in a thrilling chase, led by one of the earliest detectives in English fiction. • And it is a fable about redemption, in which a bleak house is transformed by the resilience of human love.
Lady Dedlock
revered and wealthy, has kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life The self-centered actions of her youth bring trouble on everyone around her, cause her constant fear, and threaten to destroy her marriage. Even when her softer side is manifest, the way she shows it is selfish and thoughtless, with a couple of rare exceptions.
Ada Clare
John Jarndyce
cousin & couple
Richard Carstone
owner of Bleak House
Esther Summerson
• wise, humble, not particularly clever, but good-hearted and kind • Selflessness drives everything she does. • Rather than following her own dreams or desires, she chooses to give up the man she loves in order to keep a promise made to another. • Although she eventually does find her mother, circumstances prevent them from developing a relationship.
Thank you for listening.
genre: autobiography family drama literary fiction mystery
Intro
• "bleak" :hopeless, comfortless, dreary, oppressive
England is bleak in the grip of impenetrable and inhuman systems and institutions like the High Court of Chancery(大法官法院）
John Jarndyce
• He provides a warm, happy home for the three young people. • He refuses to let himself become engulfed in the Jarndyce case. • His main goal in life is to do good for others. • His behavior towards women is consistently gentlemanly and respectful, but towards men who mistreat others he shows neither respect nor patience.
Narrator
• First Person (Central Narrator): Ester • Tone: Curious, Wide-Eyed, Empathetic, Soft • Writing Style:Matter-of-Fact, Reportage • in the past tense
summery
An Inheritance Case : Jarndyce VS Jarndyce
major characters
illegitimate daughter
Esther Summerson
close friends
Lady Dedlock
mistress & wife
guardian
Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory
• The Ghost Walk
• Miss Flite’s Birds • The East Wind • The Painting in Tulkinghorn's Office
The ghost walk
• The walkway constantly sounds like someone is walking on it from the moment Lady Dedlock figures out that Esther is her child.
• The Search for Love
Themes
a search that proves to be equally rewarding and difficult
• The Importance and Danger of Passion
sometimes healthy and satisfying, sometimes harmful and destructive
Narrator
• •
• • •
Third Person (Omniscient) Tone: Cynical, Outraged, Hard Writing Style: Didactic, Moralizing, Poetic in the present tense range widely across geographic and social space gives full rein to Dickens's desire to satire the English chancery system
• Children
rarely happy or adequately cared for
Analysis
Narrator • Tone • Writing Style • Symbolism, Imagery & Allego• the ninth novel by Charles Dickens
• published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 • one of Dickens's finest and most complete novels, containing vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots
Intro
geographical location：London and its suburbs just a few streets away from the mansions(宅邸） of the super-rich were the collapsing tenements of the poor
• The Ambiguous Definition of “Mother”
the role of mother is filled by women who often are not “real” mothers at all
Motifs
• Secrets
e.g. Lady Dedlock
• Suicide
Bleak House
• It is a mystery story, in which Esther Summerson discovers the truth about her birth and her unknown mother's tragic life. • It is a murder story, which comes to a climax in a thrilling chase, led by one of the earliest detectives in English fiction. • And it is a fable about redemption, in which a bleak house is transformed by the resilience of human love.
Lady Dedlock
revered and wealthy, has kept the secret of her illegitimate child throughout her life The self-centered actions of her youth bring trouble on everyone around her, cause her constant fear, and threaten to destroy her marriage. Even when her softer side is manifest, the way she shows it is selfish and thoughtless, with a couple of rare exceptions.
Ada Clare
John Jarndyce
cousin & couple
Richard Carstone
owner of Bleak House
Esther Summerson
• wise, humble, not particularly clever, but good-hearted and kind • Selflessness drives everything she does. • Rather than following her own dreams or desires, she chooses to give up the man she loves in order to keep a promise made to another. • Although she eventually does find her mother, circumstances prevent them from developing a relationship.
Thank you for listening.
genre: autobiography family drama literary fiction mystery
Intro
• "bleak" :hopeless, comfortless, dreary, oppressive
England is bleak in the grip of impenetrable and inhuman systems and institutions like the High Court of Chancery(大法官法院）
John Jarndyce
• He provides a warm, happy home for the three young people. • He refuses to let himself become engulfed in the Jarndyce case. • His main goal in life is to do good for others. • His behavior towards women is consistently gentlemanly and respectful, but towards men who mistreat others he shows neither respect nor patience.
Narrator
• First Person (Central Narrator): Ester • Tone: Curious, Wide-Eyed, Empathetic, Soft • Writing Style:Matter-of-Fact, Reportage • in the past tense
summery
An Inheritance Case : Jarndyce VS Jarndyce
major characters
illegitimate daughter
Esther Summerson
close friends
Lady Dedlock
mistress & wife
guardian
Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory
• The Ghost Walk
• Miss Flite’s Birds • The East Wind • The Painting in Tulkinghorn's Office
The ghost walk
• The walkway constantly sounds like someone is walking on it from the moment Lady Dedlock figures out that Esther is her child.
• The Search for Love
Themes
a search that proves to be equally rewarding and difficult
• The Importance and Danger of Passion
sometimes healthy and satisfying, sometimes harmful and destructive
Narrator
• •
• • •
Third Person (Omniscient) Tone: Cynical, Outraged, Hard Writing Style: Didactic, Moralizing, Poetic in the present tense range widely across geographic and social space gives full rein to Dickens's desire to satire the English chancery system