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  1. Bill Sikes’s dog, Bull’s-eye, has “faults of temper in common with his owner” and is a symbolic emblem of his owner’s character. The dog’s viciousness reflects and represents Sikes’s own animal-like brutality.
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    Sikes’s dog (whose name is Bull’s-Eye, but we only hear the name mentioned once or twice) is like Sikes’s shadow. He has some of the same personality flaws as Sikes, including a violent temper. Because the dog is always with him, it’s tempting to read the dog as a kind of stand-in for some part of Sikes’s psyche.
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    The presence of a dog in Sikes's life acts as a mirror to Nancy, the prostitue who loves Bill Sikes, only to be killed by him. By including a dog in Oliver Twist, Dickens exemplifies how characters such as Sikes often get away with the mistreatment of not only animals, but humans.
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    Bill Sikes - Wikipedia

    In the 2021 movie, Twist, Sikes is altered into a female portrayed by Lena Headey with a pet Doberman named Bull's-eye and appears to be a lesbian when seen in a supposed relationship with Nancy. Television. See more

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    William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists (alongside Monks) in the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. … See more

    Dickens describes his first appearance:
    The man who growled out these words, was a stoutly-built fellow of about five-and-thirty, in a black velveteen coat, very … See more

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    In the theatre, Sikes was played by Richard John Smith in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (1839), and by Henry Irving opposite Nelly Moore as Nancy in Oliver Twist at the Queen's Theatre in London (1868). See more

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    Bill Sikes is the main antagonist of Disney's 1997 movie, Oliver Twist. He is a thief and murderer. Bill Sikes is first seen entering Fagin's warehouse with his girlfriend, Nancy and his dog, Bull's Eye to discuss business with Fagin and to …

  8. Oliver Twist Characters - Charles Dickens Info

    Jul 13, 2018 · Here's an alphabetical list of Oliver Twist characters. The list includes the Artful Dodger, Mr. Sowerberry, Nancy, Bill Sikes, Fagin and more.

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