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Dickens use of imagery also serves Dickens’ purpose of presenting Utilitarianism at work. Many of the details of Coketown are based on truths about industrial towns, but Dickens slightly exaggerates them to focus the readers’ attention on the points he would like to criticise. Coketown, as described in Hard Times is a construct of a typical industrial town, many of which were sited around the newly founded factories.
Dickens’ contempt for Utilitarianism is conveyed through the imagery he employs with the opening description of the town. ... Dickens associates Coketown with “the painted face of a savage” – the implication is that like a “savage”, industrialisation is cruel, barbaric and uncultured. ... Dickens associated richness of colour to the preservation of life and individuality; neither black, nor white are considered as colours, and hence, Coketown rejects the idea of individuality and identity. It is robbed of it by the Utilitarianism that is manifested in industrialisation. ... Dickens describes it as being ‘severely workful’ but significantly it is also in a “state of melancholic madness”, because everything in the town is dedicated to production where nothing else matters.
Approximate Word count = 764
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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