The Novel, David Copperfield was written in 1849 by Charles Dickens. The era in which this was written in also seen the beginning of the industrial revolution. This significant new change caused the emergence of the middle class. There are also other details included in the novel that were first seen in Dickens' time such as depting prison was a common punishment introduced to the penal system. This is where most people would have been sent …showed first 75 words of 1482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1482 total…a dank, cold fish is repulsive and this makes the sordid tough of Heep seem all the more disgusting. In conclusion makes Uriah Heep an unsympathetic character by making him come across as a repulsive, loathsome individual. Certain aspects of the novel portray this, such as the way Dickens describes his sinister movements and foul speech. Also the way he describes him using animal imagery gives the reader a better sense of his unscrupulous characteristics