• In chapters 15-17, Elizabeth Gaskell uses "North and South" to voice various opinions of relations between the factory workers and owners. Discuss this theme in the light of the novel as a whole.

     

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Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'In chapters 15-17, Elizabeth Gaskell uses "North and South" to voice various opi', 1.
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Extract

In the novel North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, the rivalry between the workers and the masters of the factories begin from the unwillingness of both sides to communicated with each other, and therefore, resulting in their ignorance of the motives and views of the other and from that, the social divide becomes deeper, especially the upper classes looked down upon the lower classes and considered them worthless. However, this was also a period of time where there were general sentiments that something should be done about the situation of the poverty and misery of the working classes and…

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