The
duchess and the jeweller present a satirical picture of English society as it
was towards the end of the 19th century. The old aristocratic class
found it difficult to survive.
Their limited income from lands could not meet
their rising expenses of daily life. The Duchess is a true representative of
aristocratic class. She is liar and cheater.
Oliver Bacon, the jeweller, is the
central character of the story. His character is a representative of the
Victoria age to which he belonged.
He symbolize materialistic attitude of life.
He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He struggled hard to honour
and social status.
He was hungry of wealth and wanted to amass as much of it as
he could. He knew that wealth was a symbol of social prestige. The Duchess was
a morally corrupt woman. Due to lavish spending, she was always in bad need of
money.
For his purpose she had maintained friendly relations with Oliver Bacon,
the wealthiest jeweller of London. She had once succeeded in selling false
pearls to him. The jeweller allowed her to deceive him because he had a soft
corner of heart for her pretty daughter Diana whom he wanted to marry.
The Duchess
was so morally low that she again came to the jeweller to sell ten more fake
pearls and succeeded in the name of their old friendship.
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