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In ‘Hard Times’ Dickens writes about Coketown, a fictional industrial city in the mid nineteenth century England. What image does he create in the opening description of Coketown, and how is this image achieved?
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Benjamin Ferns 10/1 Thursday 29th September In 'Hard Times' Dickens writes about Coketown, a fictional industrial city in the mid nineteenth century England. What image does he create in the opening description of Coketown, and how is this image achieved? In 'Hard Times' Charles Dickens creates an image of an over-industrialised city, which is very polluted, boring and disliked by many, especially himself. This city is called Coketown, a fictional town, which is set in mid-nineteenth century England. The city is set across in an image of a black, dull, death-ridden place, in which many people live in complete chaos. In this essay I will explore the image created by Dickens of Coketown, and how this is achieved through the use of his language, imagery and punctuation. Dickens writing style is imaginative; with many descriptive details setting the scene. He is trying to depict what happens when imagination gets strangled, through overwork and routine,...
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