Montreal Dickens Fellowship Study Questions: “David Copperfield”
June 2, 2020
Chapters 52-64
- Is Ham suicidal in his heroic efforts during the tempest?
- Would he have volunteered to help had he known he was risking his life for Steerforth?
- Comment on how the storm’s tragedy helps David to mature.
- Did Steerforth deserve his death at sea away from home, friends and family?
- Discuss the coincidence of Creakle, Heep and Litimer in the prison?
- Comment on the rewards and punishments for good and evil respectively that Dickens metes out in David Copperfield.
- What did you like best about this book?
- What did you not like (if anything) about this book?
- Is David the hero of his own life?