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Squeers
Key words and phrases from the extract
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| Wackford Squeers | the headmaster |
| Dotheboys Hall | the school |
| Smike | the older pupil |
| drudge | the term used for Smike |
| brimstone and treacle | to fill them up |
| Nicholas Nickleby | the hero |
| Charles Dickens | the author |
| an incipient hell | the raw ingredients for hell |
| proper and natural enemies | how the Squeers's regarded the pupils |
| this is our shop | how Squeers regards the business of running a school |
| malefactor | an evil-doer |
| the pump's froze | harsh conditions |
| primitive night jacket | harsh conditions |
| rough couch | harsh conditions |
| pale and haggard faces | description of the boys |
| lank and bony figures | description of the boys |
| I'll take the skin off his back | violence from Squeers |
| until his arm was tired out | use of the cane |
| social comment | Dickens' message |
| unregulated schools | Dickens' message |
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