David Copperfield Study Questions

David Copperfield Questions

The attached questions will guide our discussion of David of David Copperfield. Make notes, and prepare to answer them in class.

 David Copperfield: Study Questions

1. Note the fairy-tale elements in the early sections of the noel !chapters 1-1"#. $ow do they function thematically%

&. 's you read the noel, note (ickens) use of tag sayings and gestures. *ist them and discuss the function of (ickens) use of repetition in each case.

+. haracterie the relationship etween each lara and (aid.

/. (iscuss the role of fathers or paternal figures in the early chapters !chapters 1-0 in particular#.

". Note the title of the noel. hat other names is (aid called during the no el% hat is the significance of the many names and of each one%

David Copperfield Questions

2. 34amine the illustrations in the noel. $ow does $alot 5. 6rown characterie (aid%

7. hy does (ickens include the suplot that inoles Mr. 8eggotty, $am, little 3m)ly, and Mrs. 9ummidge% !Trace throughout the noel.#

:. hat is the function of the Micawer family in the noel% !Trace them throughout the noel.#

0. ompare and contrast Mr. ickfield and (r. Strong.

David Copperfield Questions

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11. ompare and contrast (ora and 'gnes.

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1+. (iscuss the influence of the =ictorian reliance on phrenology in this noel.