2 An Analysis of Nancy’s Double Character

Different people hold different views on whether people are born good or bad. Chinese Confucianism says that all humans are born with good nature. While the Bible says that people are all sinned to Adam. In this novel, Nancy’s character is ambiguous and complex, and she just seems to be a mix of angle and evil. On the one hand, she has done numerous wrongdoings and crimes in the charge of Fagin as a young female thief. On the other hand, she spares no effort to help Oliver out from the thief gang with the awareness of humiliation in herself and evil in her fellow gang, gradually, she wakes up and regrets, stands up and fights against oppression and evil. At last, she overcomes evil by making great sublimation of spirit and significant breakthrough of nature. It’s just this double nature that well reflects the reality and ruthlessness at that time.