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    happy n his environment and‚ after struggles‚ to reach his Creator. PERIODS OF PHILIPPINE LITERATURE I. PRE-COLONIAL PERIOD (--BC to 1564) A. Characteristics 1. Based on oral traditions 2. Crude on ideology and phraseology B. Literary Forms 1. Oral Literature a. Riddles (bugtong) – battle of wits among participants Tigmo – Cebu Paktakon – Ilonggo Patotdon - Bicol b. Proverbs

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    Miss Havisham’s Revenge Although many aspects of revenge resemble the concept of justice‚ these choices do not only affect us as individuals‚ but everyone around us. In the novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens created the character Miss Havisham to portray the concept of revenge. Miss Havisham was left by her fiance at the altar‚ and from that moment on she devoted her life to make sure others felt her pain. She adopted a young girl named Estella and raised her to break men’s hearts

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    Thematic Essay Temptation and self-indulgence can obscure one’s priorities in life‚ leading to irremediable consequences. In the story‚ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ such consequences affect the characters- some less and some more. One victim is the protagonist‚ Pip. Tempted by his greed‚ Pip embarks on a journey to pursue his goal to become a gentleman in order to win over his love- Estella. However‚ he must sacrifice almost everything in able to accomplish his selfish goal. Provoked by

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    A feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen‚ hope. Everyone hopes for a good future but what should they expect. America has done many bad things in the past‚ it hosted slavery‚ racism‚ terrorism‚ The Great Depression‚ genocide and has partaken in many wars. When will it be the end‚ probably soon you would think until you look at the bright side‚ America is a great country where everyone is free and can feel safe with arguably the most powerful military on the planet. The U.S

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    term that in 1800s London was a word that defined everyone. It defined people‚ the way they lived‚ and the way people saw others. If people were not rich and treated respectfully‚ they were poor and treated as peasant-like and a hinderance. Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens about a boy named Phillip Pirrip overcoming social status. This shows that no one’s class or social standing is set from birth. Charles Dicken’s novel uses motifs‚ themes‚ and imagery to make this point clear to its

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    The great philosopher‚ Confucius‚ once said‚ “The expectations of life depend on diligence.” Expectations are everything in life. Where one will end up is completely up to that individual and their work ethic. Expectations can also lead judgement and distrust in individuals that you meet. In the literary classic‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ there is an overarching theme of how expectations can control our lives. At the beginning of the novel‚ the reader meets Nick Carraway‚ a quiet

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    Quote Response “‘... in the ease of his temper‚ and the straitness of his means‚ he appeared to have utterly lost at this time the idea of educating me at all’” (p.58). In Great Expectations‚ Joe’s father made alcohol a priority‚ forgetting about the fact that his own son needed to be educated. This is exactly like Charles Dickens’ childhood since he couldn’t get an education either because his father went to jail for his debts. Both Joe and Charles Dickens had to work at a really young age to

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    Consider the function of the imagery in Great Expectations and explain how it conveys ideas about class or gender. Imagery is a crucial device employed in literary texts that affects how we interpret dominant ideologies of the society represented in the text. This is the case in Charles Dickens’ realist novel‚ Great Expectations (1860-61)‚ which enacts the stratified class structure and power relationships of Georgian and early Victorian England. The novel is a critique of a society where capital

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    The Hands Society Motif Essay Throughout time society as a whole has greatly changed and developed to what it is now. One major part of the society is the social class structure. In Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Dickens expresses his beliefs on that structure in many ways. Since Dickens wrote the novel during the Victorian Era it reflects and evaluates the beliefs and values of the time. For the most part ones place in the social order was based on wealth and the reputation

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    Great Expectations Vocabulary 1) Corroborated (vb) Supported or established by existing evidence. “The hue and cry going off to the Hulks‚ and people coming thence to examine the iron‚ Joe’s opinion was corroborated.” Pocket corroborated Pip’s suspicions that Estella had already taken a huband. Sagaciously (adv) Intelligently or wisely. “I sagaciously observed‚ if it didn’t signify to him‚ to whom did it signify?” Pip dozed off as Pumblechook sagaciously

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