The Vicar of Wakefield

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32

Themes

All Themes Humility in the Face of Adversity The Possibility of Redemption Family and Society Equality, Justice, and the Law Travel, Home, and Belonging

Characters

All Characters Dr. Charles Primrose Mr. Burchell (Sir William Thornhill) Squire Thornhill George Olivia Sophia Mrs. Deborah Primrose Ephraim Jenkinson (A Distinguished Old Man) Miss Arabella Wilmot Moses Dick Mr. Wilmot The Town Ladies (Lady Blarney and Miss Carolina Wilelmina Amelia Skeggs) The Butler (The Well-Dressed Gentleman) Flamborough Farmer Williams Timothy Baxter The Primroses’ Cousin The Young Aristocrat The Prisoners The Officers of Justice

Terms

All Terms Vicar Limner Jesuitism Grub-street Officer’s Commission Gaol Tobacco Stopper

Symbols

All Symbols The Fireplace Gooseberry Wine

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Alliteration Allusions Ethos Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Logos Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Pathos Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone

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Oliver Goldsmith

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All Themes
Humility in the Face of Adversity
The Possibility of Redemption
Family and Society
Equality, Justice, and the Law
Travel, Home, and Belonging

All Characters
Dr. Charles Primrose
Mr. Burchell (Sir William Thornhill)
Squire Thornhill
George
Olivia
Sophia
Mrs. Deborah Primrose
Ephraim Jenkinson (A Distinguished Old Man)
Miss Arabella Wilmot
Moses
Dick
Mr. Wilmot
The Town Ladies (Lady Blarney and Miss Carolina Wilelmina Amelia Skeggs)
The Butler (The Well-Dressed Gentleman)
Flamborough
Farmer Williams
Timothy Baxter
The Primroses’ Cousin
The Young Aristocrat
The Prisoners
The Officers of Justice

All Terms
Vicar
Limner
Jesuitism
Grub-street
Officer’s Commission
Gaol
Tobacco Stopper

All Symbols
The Fireplace
Gooseberry Wine

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusions
Ethos
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Pathos
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone

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