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    at anything and everything just to drive Pip nuts. Drummle uses his money to marry Estella‚ he flaunts his money as much as possible‚ he actively mocks Pip for his relative commonness and he also bullies him in public to make him look bad. Drummle hits Pip the hardest when pursuing after Estella not because he loves her but in spite of Pip and she would just be good to marry. He is getting old which makes Estella the best he will get. She is beautiful and rich which makes it all of the more reason

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    Joyce’s Araby begins as a story about a young boy and his first love‚ his neighbor referred to in the story as Mangan’s sister. However‚ the young boy soon turns his innocent love and curiosity into a much more intense desire‚ transforming this female and his journey to the bazaar into something much more intense and lustful. From the beginning‚ Joyce paints a picture of the neighborhood in which the boy lives as very dark and cold. Even the rooms within his house are described as unfriendly‚ "Air

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    Question: How does Dickens in his portrayal of Miss Havisham explore the theme of isolation? The oldest of eight children‚ Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. Dickens experienced a very traumatic childhood which included the ordeal of seeing two of his brother pass away. John Dickens‚ his father‚ worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office‚ due to his occupation‚ the Dickens family had to move a lot. Financial problems led to the imprisonment of John Dickens‚ who couldn’t afford to look

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    Magwitch‚ then an unknown runaway convict to me‚ asked me to “bring [him]…[a] file and [some] wittles” (Dickens 12). Like my brother-in-law later said‚ “[I] wouldn’t have [the convict] starved to death” (Dickens 48)‚ as he looked to be a “poor miserable fellow creatur” (Dickens 48) and a felt a sense of compassion to him. Even though I felt the guilt of stealing‚ “I stole some bread‚ some rind of cheese‚ about half a jar of mincemeat[‚]…some brandy[‚]…a beautiful round compact pork-pie[‚…and] a file”

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    What is the importance of "fairytale mode" in Great Expectations? Great Expectations is like a fairy tale without a fairy tale ending‚ reinforcing the idea that we need to make our own way in life‚ and can’t expect it to be given to us. A poor orphan is granted riches by a secret benefactor. It sounds like the plot of a fairy tale. Great Expectations may start out as a fairy tale‚ but in the end the poor orphan is left not much better off than he started--except that he’s wiser for it. Like

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    For my transformation I choose the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens and transformed it into a poem that targets the attitude and pain of the main character Miss Havisham. One of my main attempts was to focus on her loneliness and bitter personality. I wanted to grasp these points in particular to show the links between her attitude and hatred towards men and the world around her. She has a vengeful side which is portrayed in her violent language ‘stab’ and ‘death’. Her attitude towards

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    husband once married. Miss Havisham is the antithesis of the social norm as a self sufficient woman living off her own means. Dickens develops her character throughout the novel as a controlling yet bitter and decaying woman. The novel is written retrospectively using first person narration. This gives the reader the impression that they are part of an intimate and confessional storytelling. Pip first meets Miss Havisham when he is summoned to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Satis house is set

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    A criminal named Julian is leaving prison after being incarcerated for three years. He took the fall for a crime he and three friends committed. Julian is picked up from prison by his three friends Mark‚ Bruno‚ and Chris. They all go out to a bar celebrate his release. During his time at the bar‚ he runs into another recently released cell mate telling him to be weary and that his days are numbered if he doesn’t live an honest life. Julian is respected for not testifying for a reduced sentence

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    and ’Havisham. ’ In this essay I will be linking the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham ’. The poem Cousin Kate was written by Christina Rossetti and is the story of a cottage maiden and how she was seduced and used by the lord of the estate for which she worked. The poem then goes on to describe how she became jealous of her cousin‚ Kate‚ as she then went on to marry the lord. "Havisham" is a poem written in 1998 by Carol Ann Duffy. It responds to Charles Dickens ’ character Miss Havisham in Great

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    company. It’s quite inevitable that people change as the environment changes. Life in Miss Havisham’s family is so gentle and elegant and Estella is such a well-educated fair lady that attracts pip so much. So under the encouragement of Miss Havisham‚ Pip is determined to be a gentleman that matches perfectly with Estella. He firmly believes that Miss Havisham pins great hope on him‚ while she is just playing with him. He feels ashamed and disappointed when he realizes he actually has no means to

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