Back to category: Novels Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Critique of Victorian Society Critique of Victorian society: Dickens blames the huge class stratification of Victorian England on the selfishness of the rich and, implicitly, on the Poor Laws that keep down the underclass. Scrooge is the obvious symbol of the greedy Victorian rich, while the Cratchits represent the working poor. But Dickens goes beyond sentimental portraits and reveals the underbelly of the city, notably in Stave Four. Even in the scene of the thieving workers divvying up the dead Scrooge's possessions, the acco... Posted by: Cinthia De Ruiz Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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