In Oliver Twist (1838), Charles Dickens portrays Fagin as a cunning and sometimes depraved man. Fagin shows neither fear nor remorse as he manipulates Artful Dodger, Oliver and Nancy into stealing for him. When Fagin is introduced as the respectable Old Gentleman on page 62 or when he conspires with Noah Claypole in “The Jew and Morris Bolter Begin to Understand Each Other” (Dickens 343), he appears confident and completely in control. However, Fagin finds himself brought to justice for his misdeeds in Chapter LII, he shows his fear for the first time. George Cruikshank's penultimate illustration, "Fagin in the Condemned Cell" (431), accompanying Dickens's text, presents a different Fagin, one who first shows his dismay and dread as he waits for 'to be hanged. If the eyes are the windows to the soul, Dickens recognizes this when describing Fagin as he faces his death. When he is in the courtroom, Fagin notices that “curious and eager eyes peer from every square inch of the space” (426) and he cannot escape their judgment. As Fagin listens to the judge, his eyes "turn sharply" (427) toward his jury in the hope of finding even one person who feels sympathy for him. However, such a friend is nowhere to be found, and when the guilty verdict is returned, Fagin is sent to prison to await sentence, "to be hanged by the neck until he dies" (429). Once Fagin is brought to his cell, his eyes stop wandering and “casting his bloodshot eyes to the ground” (429), he attempts to collect his thoughts. In Cruikshank's illustration, Fagin's eyes dominate the entire scene. They stand out from Fagin's face and, in accordance with Dickens's text, "shone with a terrible light" (433). Where in "Oliver Introduced" and "The Jew...... middle of paper ......th last hours of his life in darkness contemplating the death he deserves. In this penultimate chapter, Dickens and Cruikshank have worked together to transform Fagin from the cheerful, corrupt man he is in Oliver Twist into a frightened, cowering creature who inspires the turnkey question: "Fagin!" Are you a man? (435) Fagin responds sadly: “I won't be one for long” (435); he is finally punished for his criminal transgressions. Dickens goes on to describe the black apparatus of death. Through this illustration, Cruikshank presents us with a Fagin contemplating his transgressions and fearing his fate in the hours before his death. Works Cited Dickens, Charles. Olivier Twist. New York: Oxford, 1978. Print. Killian, Greg. “The meaning of the number seven.” Guardian. Np, and Web. 25Fed 2011. .