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What Does Chapter 12 And 13 Mean

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The titles of Chapters 12 and 13 are cleverly chosen by the author, showing the irony of both situations described. Firstly in Chapter 12,titled 'The Fellow of Delicacy', Dickens introduces the reader to Stryver's intentions to marry the "golden haired doll", Lucie. However, the way he boasts about how Lucie is receiving a "piece of good fortune" with a "man pretty well off, it is clear that he is not a "fellow of delicacy" as the chapter title presents to us. Instead, he is an arrogant, selfish individual who wants to "provide someone to take care of" himself. This statement is implying that he wants to marry Lucie for her looks and put his happiness above hers, thus giving the chapter its ironic name. However, when we look at Chapter 13,
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