When Sikes brings his dog to Oliver, she jumps to his defense trying to save Oliver for the first time, and shouts at Fagin that she had thieved for him when she was a child not half as old as Oliver. She has been in the same trade, and in the same service for twelve years. 本文来自辣~文^论#文,网，毕业论文
There is no denying that it is her that finds out where Oliver is and catches him back. But when Fagin implements a smart beat on Oliver’s shoulders with the cudgel, she is astonished. She stands up for the protection of Oliver and cries out to Sikes and Fagin. It’s the first time she has the courage to fight against her villainous leaders and wicked fellow gangs. These words are sufficient to express her kindness to astonish the readers. She is so courageous and heroic that she can stand up to offend her boss.
2.2.2 Being Devoted to Love
In Oliver Twist, Nancy is the mistress of Sikes who is the second leader of theft. The author seems to have a deliberate motive when he named Nancy and Sikes while N and S are just like the two poles of the magnetic needle. This ingenious way suggests that these two people themselves are a pair of irreconcilable contradictory unity which is both opposite and unitary, also live together. Maybe Nancy knows that Sikes just sees her as a maid, but she still treats him as her beloved at his mercy. She can’t betray the man she loves blindly and deeply .
When Rose happens to know about Nancy’s tragic fate, she feels great sympathy for her and tries to assist her to pursue a new life. But Nancy refuses over and over again and tells Rose that she will never leave the man even who is the most ruthless of the outlaws and even if she can get out of the sufferings, she will never leave her beloved man. Sarcastically, when Sikes mistakenly believes that she has informed on him, he killed her. In face of death, she pleaded that they can give her a house in abroad and let her live quietly and peacefully. Let her see once again with them, let her kneel in front of them and ask for their forgiveness for both of them. In addition to pray, they will no longer mention the past. But the wrathful Sikes is unlikely to
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