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    only do you good in the long run. Instead of taking the best you can from it‚ some people take suffering as a way to mourn and be miserable‚ and tell other people how unfortunate you are. This will do you no good. Dickens uses both of these in Great Expectations‚ and it shows you a different side of each of his

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    Jasmine Arana Mrs. Ramirez English 9/ Period 1 20 January 2015 Great Expectations Great Expectations is a comprehensive novel written by Charles Dickens that shows the spiritual and moral development of the main character‚ Pip. Pip is a young orphan child that lives with his sister‚ Mrs. Joe‚ and her husband‚ Joe and is best friends with a beautiful‚ smart girl named Biddy. He lives a happy childhood with his apprentice‚ Joe‚ until one day Uncle Pumplechook invites him to “play” at Miss Havisham’s

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    Macbeth and great expectations Alan Voong Shakespeare and dickens are very effective at presenting the flaws and weaknesses of key characters in both Macbeth and great expectations .using different techniques‚ miss havisham and lady macbeth and lady macbeth both impact others characters and events in a negative way. Females would have been seen during that time period as passive‚ gentle and weak therefore the characters would be appealing to and acceptable to the audience to have a common stereotype

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    Anna Catherine Chapman Mrs. White H English 10 September 7‚ 2014 Pip’s Benefactors Thesis: Through Charles Dickens’s use of doubles in Great Expectations‚ Dickens illustrates that it is possible to control future happiness and that it is not based on past experiences. Great Expectations’ main character‚ Pip‚ meets both his pseudo benefactor and his true benefactor in very interesting ways. As Pip is in the graveyard visiting his deceased mother and father‚ he stumbles across an escaped convict

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    FAIRY TALES & GENDER ROLES Some things about fairy tales we know to be true. They begin with "once upon a time." They end with "happily ever after." And somewhere in between the prince rescues the damsel in distress. Of course‚ this is not actually the case. Many fairytales omit these essential words. But few fairytales in the Western tradition indeed fail to have a beautiful‚ passive maiden rescued by a vibrant man‚ usually her superior in either social rank or in moral standing. Indeed‚ it is

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    Imagery is a crucial device employed in literary texts that affects how readers interpret dominant ideologies of the society represented in the text. In the case of Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens successfully enacts the stratified class structure and power relationship by employing imagery in the form of characterization‚ pathetic fallacy and figurative language. Through such imagery‚ the novel specifically conveys a critique of a society where capital indicates social position‚ where wealth

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    After being exposed to the life of the upper class and apprenticed to a blacksmith‚ Pip‚ from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations takes a walk with his friend Biddy and confesses his inordinate desire to become a gentleman on behalf of a beautiful‚ yet snotty Estella. As Pip struggles through the snare of distress over his aspirations‚ he dismisses Biddy’s difference in opinion about the significance of the upper class. Through this‚ Dickens expresses that the misperceptions of class bring unnecessary

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    REVENEGE IN THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS NAME: TARYN LUU| DATE: NOVEMBER 13‚ 2012| COURSE: ENG4U9-A| TEACHER: K‚ VILCIUS Revenge is a primary theme in the novel Great Expectation by Charles Dickens. In this novel‚ many characters go out of their way to extract revenge‚ leading them to misfortunes such as death and imprisonment. Dickens makes it very clear that nothing positive can come from revenge through his characters and the results that come from their revenge. These acts range from petty resentment

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    ABC Fairy Tale: Tarzan As the baby cried‚ the lonely gorilla‚ Kala‚ came to the rescue. Behind the covers‚ a baby boy was discovered. Cradled in Kala’s arms‚ the baby fussed as the jaguar Sabor appeared. Desperate to get away‚ she jumped in the boat for safety; and‚ took her new discovery to her family. Even though Kerchak didn’t want Kala to keep the baby‚ she raised Tarzan as her own. For years‚ Tarzan tried to get Kerchak’s approval. “GRRRR”‚ growled Sabor as he came out of nowhere; Tarzan

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    are actually nice‚ but seem mean due to rumors other people have made up. We don’t ever think about what happens “behind the scenes” owing to the fact that society has already given us an image of what happens. Even Samara Green‚ the author of “Fairy Tales and Gender Stereotypes”‚ said “Maybe it’s because of the books and movies we grow up learning from and the characters we idolize.” There are numerous movies out there that show the dumb jock and mean girl stereotype such as “Mean Girls” and “Clueless

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