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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.
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...
Feb 7, 2012 · Uriah Heep is unique in that respect (and many others) and in part it's simply because Dickens made this villain from "David Copperfield" so repulsive – bereft of eyelashes and brows, high ...
Dickens contrasts good versus evil throughout his book. For example, readers learn to like the kind and generous Peggotty quickly and detest the cruel and selfish Mr. Murdstone. David Copperfield and Uriah Heep are also contrasted between good and evil.
