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When Oliver first escapes Fagin and his band of thieves, Nancy is sent to steal him back from Mr. Brownlow and return him to Fagin. Nancy immediately seems to regret her part in removing Oliver from his new and better life.
Nancy, who is fiercely protective of Oliver and harbours a great deal of motherly affection and pity for him, tries to prevent him from being kidnapped a second time, after Oliver has finally managed to find safety in the household of the Maylie family, whom Sikes tried unsuccessfully to rob.
Oliver calls for help and flees, but Sikes threatens to set his vicious dog, Bull’s-eye, on him. Nancy leaps to Oliver’s defense, saying that they have ruined all his good prospects. She has worked for Fagin since she was a small child, and she knows that a life of disrepute lies in wait for Oliver.
Having Nancy killed is at least as beneficial to Fagin as to Sikes, but Fagin is unwilling to risk doing the deed himself. Instead, he uses his knowledge about Nancy and about Sikes’s character to manipulate Sikes into committing the horrible crime.
Key learning points. In this lesson, we will read about Bill Sikes' brutal murder of Nancy. We will analyse the extract and consider how Dickens presents Bill as a villain. Contains references to sexual or domestic abuse.
Nancy tells them about The Three Cripples, and gives them all the information they could need to find Monks there, without arousing anyone’s suspicions. Mr. Brownlow tries to convince Nancy to take his help to escape her life with Sikes and Fagin, but she will not be persuaded.
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Understand every line of All's Well that Ends Well. Read our modern English translation. The protagonist of the play, Helen is strong-willed and clever. She is a remarkably active and powerful female character in a society where women are assumed to be weak and inferior to men.
