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Dombey and Son: The Dickens Collection by Charles Dickens, Owen Teale, John Mullan
4.0
Dombey and Son is about pride. It shows "what pride cannot achieve, what it cannot conquer, what it cannot withstand (Ward, 1882)." One of the antithetical characters is predictably one of the most alluring to human hearts. Dickens wrote, "He was usually addressed as Captain, this visitor; and had been a pilot, or a skipper, or a privateersman; or all three perhaps."
Captain Cuttle was sincere, heart-warming fellow. "A romantic charm of a peculiar kind clings to honest Captain Cuttle and the quant home over which he mounts guard during the absence of its owner (Ward, 1882)." He was "an illustration of the ludicrous forms of goodness of heart can take without ceasing to be real goodness (Johnson, 1965)." He was generous to a fault, both with possessions and wisdom, what of both he did possess. His quaint nautical vocabulary found application in almost every situation. He is a character whose dignity is to be modeled, despite not being the sharpest mate on deck.
Reading others' thoughts about the beloved Captain, I dropped my hook when I ran across this: "We laugh at him because we know what he does not; our seemingly affectionate laughter is gratifying to our own self-esteem (Gane, 1996). So, do you remember the Captain as a noble man or a dim-witted sailor? Both descriptions are accurate. I guess it depends upon which impression stuck with you.
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Gane, Gillian. “The Hat, the Hook, the Eyes, the Teeth: Captain Cuttle, Mr. Carker, and Literacy.” Dickens Studies Annual, vol. 25, 1996, pp. 91–126.
Johnson, Edgar. 1965. "Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and His Triumph," volume 2, Little & Brown, page 633.
Ward, Sir Adolphus William, 1882. "Dickens," Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York.
Captain Cuttle was sincere, heart-warming fellow. "A romantic charm of a peculiar kind clings to honest Captain Cuttle and the quant home over which he mounts guard during the absence of its owner (Ward, 1882)." He was "an illustration of the ludicrous forms of goodness of heart can take without ceasing to be real goodness (Johnson, 1965)." He was generous to a fault, both with possessions and wisdom, what of both he did possess. His quaint nautical vocabulary found application in almost every situation. He is a character whose dignity is to be modeled, despite not being the sharpest mate on deck.
Reading others' thoughts about the beloved Captain, I dropped my hook when I ran across this: "We laugh at him because we know what he does not; our seemingly affectionate laughter is gratifying to our own self-esteem (Gane, 1996). So, do you remember the Captain as a noble man or a dim-witted sailor? Both descriptions are accurate. I guess it depends upon which impression stuck with you.
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Gane, Gillian. “The Hat, the Hook, the Eyes, the Teeth: Captain Cuttle, Mr. Carker, and Literacy.” Dickens Studies Annual, vol. 25, 1996, pp. 91–126.
Johnson, Edgar. 1965. "Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and His Triumph," volume 2, Little & Brown, page 633.
Ward, Sir Adolphus William, 1882. "Dickens," Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York.