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    Pip's Character

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    The protagonist to "Great Expectations"‚ Pip is kind and compassionate‚ devoted to his friends‚ and always willing to lend a hand to someone in need. Though his "great expectations" tend to lead him astray‚ Pip always manages to redeem himself- relying on his conscience and inherently kind nature to pull him through. Joe’s attitude toward Pip is full of kindness‚ staying along his abusive wife solely out of love for him. He is a strong example for Pip‚ teaching him that common sense

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    Characters Migrate

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    epigraph to Mister Pip ‘characters migrate’ relates to both the protagonist Pip in Great Expectations and Matilda in Mister Pip. Throughout both novels these characters migrate physically from place to place‚ which initiates a cognitive migration in their values and attitudes. This migration presents the themes of family‚ honesty‚ hard work‚ imagination and religion to the reader. At the start of Great Expectations Pip is a simple country boy of seven years‚ content with his status and future who

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    Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations and William Wordsworth’s collection of poems portrays images of a variety of young women. Dickens’ novel establishes a wide set of personalities through a variety of female characters. The works of William Wordsworth sets a same set of characteristics of girls throughout his poems. Dickens has a more realistic view of women and girls whereas Wordsworth has a slightly more idealistic view of them. Though the works of these two writers are different in terms

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    and the attack by Charles Dickens on the gentility of society‚ in the reading of Great Expectations. “Biddy‚” said I‚ after binding her to secrecy‚ “I want to be a gentleman” This line in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a catalyst for a great discussion and debate‚ one which baffled the people of the Victorian age and still baffles critics to this day‚ what is a true gentleman? Great Expectations is regarded as a masterpiece by Dickens‚ it moves away from the more uplifting novels

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    Mr. Pip

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    monk. He taught me a lot of interesting things. I learned a lot of him. Section 1 (p. 1-49) 1. Character list * Mr Watts (Pop eye) * ‘Everyone called him Pop Eye’ * ‘He looked like someone who had seen or known great suffering and hadn’t been able to forget it’ * ‘His large eyes in his large head stuck out further than anyone else’slike they wanted to leave the surface of his face’ * ‘His nose was already big’ * ‘We never saw him

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    Discuss the importance of Joe Gargery and the life of the forge in the presentation of the central issues of Great Expectations. “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is a novel about a young boy‚ named Pip‚ who’s expectations are raised from being a blacksmiths apprentice to being a gentleman after he is adopted by an unknown benefactor. As a result of this Pip leaves his childhood home of the forge and his father figure‚ Joe Gargery. The novel explores the key themes of corruption of money‚

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    Heights and Great Expectation Studying ‘structure’ begins by standing back from the details of the novel and taking an overall view. The structure of a text is present in anything the author does to give a shape to our experiences as we read. So‚ we begin to study structure by thinking about the text in a particular way‚ concentrating on the question of its shape‚ and how it is fitted together. Comparing the structure of great masterpieces like Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations becomes

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    Gargery House Fire

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    In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ fire is symbolic of many things. It is noticed in all the stages of Pip’s expectations‚ from his being raised by hand to his entrance into the shipping business. It is used to represent a variety of things; happiness‚ bonding‚ livelihood‚ destruction‚ lack of warmth and emotion‚ and freedom. In the time in which Great Expectations takes place‚ there were no heating systems to warm the home. There was always a fire in the hearth to heat the home

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    Social Reform in Dickens In Oliver Twist and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ both main characters refuse to except the poor hand the world has dealt them. Pip and Oliver reach a great epiphany in regards to social injustice‚ and in turn rebel against the system that oppresses them. They are tired of being mistreated and neglected‚ and thusly decide to make a stand. Charles Dickens exhibits to us through Oliver and Pip that the revolt of the weak against the strong results from the

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    Romeo go through many life changing events that end of shaping their future‚ to something they never wanted it to become. The tragic tale‚ Romeo and Juliet was written by the author William Shakespeare. The novel‚ Great Expectations was written by Charles Dickens. In the novel Great Expectations‚ Pip goes through his journey of growing up‚ and eventually becomes a gentleman after being apprenticed to Joe for several years. In the tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo goes through the experience of loving a

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