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Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his 1850 novel David Copperfield. Heep is the primary antagonist during the second part of the novel. His character is notable for his sycophancy.
Uriah Heep, fictional character, the unctuous villain in Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield (1849–50). The name Uriah Heep has become a byword for a falsely humble.
Dickens’s physical description of Uriah marks Uriah as a demonic character. He refers to Uriah’s movements as snakelike and gives Uriah red hair and red eyes. Uriah and David not only have opposing characteristics but also operate at cross-purposes.
Uriah Heep is one of the novel's primary antagonists, becoming the main villain shortly after David escapes from Mr. Murdstone 's control. He is initially introduced as an apprentice at Mr. Wickfield 's legal practice, but he eventually becomes Mr. Wickfield's partner.
May 29, 2024 · Uriah Heep and David Copperfield in an illustration of David Copperfield. An illustration by Frederick Barnard from Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield (1849–50). The character Uriah Heep (left) is shown with David Copperfield. (more)
David also becomes quickly interested in the peculiarities of Wickfield's young clerk, Uriah Heep, a deferential and self-effacing person whose principal gratification in life is...
In the moral universe of this novel, we have seen plenty of signs that Dickens approves of men improving their lives through hard work at a profession – after all, like Uriah Heep, both David and Traddles become law clerks and achieve some social stability as a result. What differentiates Uriah Heep from these two is that he never connects ...
