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    Dear Pip‚ I know you’ve been through troublesome times. And I want to let you know that I believe the reason for this is Estella. You see‚ her lack of feelings and caring gives your attraction for her an inevitable pain. For the reason being she has no feelings‚ doesn’t regard others feelings‚ & treats you terrible! Essentially‚ what love & care can be given/shown to a person when there isn’t any love or care to give? Estella has no feelings Pip. She constantly uses your attention for her benefit

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    Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations as a Fairy Tale Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations as a Fairy Tale  There are many ways in which Great Expectations resembles a fairy  tale‚ such as the themes- poor people receiving riches‚ the moral  reasons‚ - do good unto others and you shall be repaid. During  Victorian times stories were used mainly for morals purposes.  One of the main reasons why resembles a fairy tale is due to its  characters  Great Expectations has many characters that

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    signal fire was a symbol of civilization‚ and the boys’ attempts and willingness to return to society and real life. You can use this as a gague throughout the book to tell how close or how far away the boys are from society‚ and when they’ve given up all hope of being rescued.. At the beginning of the book‚ the boys set up a fire at the highest point on the island. This fire is to be a signal to flag down any ships that might be passing by and then could rescue the lost children. This fire burns

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    story “Great Expectations” to show that cruelty acts as a bridge to a newer phase in one’s life and wants to show how one has or will become in that phase. In Great Expectations‚ Miss Havisham will present cruelty at its finest after one gets to know her more and learn what tragedies she has been through. Dickens also presents that cruelty comes at a different time later on after you assume you got to know someone really well. It will come as you are in someone’s “trap.” In Great Expectations‚ Miss

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    Great Expectations: A Character-Driven Novel The novel‚ Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens is heavily a character-driven novel due to the fact that the sequence of events in the novel are causes and effects of the actions of the characters as well as the interactions between them. The novel mainly depicts the growth and development of an orphan named Pip‚ who is greatly influenced by the other characters and became a gentleman and a bachelor in the end of the novel through his encounters with

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    of Symbolism in The Great Gatsby A symbol in literary work can be described as “something that represents something else by association‚ resemblance‚ or convention‚ especially a material object used to represent something invisible. Symbolism is used greatly through out the novel The Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many of the symbols portrayed in the novel provide great significance in the development of and the fate of its characters. Three major attributes to symbolism this

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    The criminal character is usually the most hated literature‚ but Magwitch in Great Expectations is a little different‚ for many reasons. In the novel‚ Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Magwitch‚ even though he is a criminal‚ earns the reader’s compassion and admiration. The reader’s introduction to Magwitch makes the humanity of the character shine through with his irons on his leg. Magwitch’s childhood is less than ideal‚ which basically leads him to his life of crime‚ and finally‚ the death

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    to the story or hint at an emotion or attitude towards something without directly stating it. Sometimes they are obvious while other times sometimes they are hidden‚ regardless‚ they are used to enhance the story. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Fitzgerald uses symbolism to create a more realistic story for the reader. Although‚ many symbols are present throughout the story‚ Gatsby’s house represents something more than just a luxurious building; his house reveals Gatsby’s true character

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    Briana Moore Mrs. Black Period: 9 4 March 2012 Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Authors often use color symbolism in their writing to show a deeper meaning. Often‚ these colors associate with a particular feeling of object. Fitzgerald is no different in his work‚ The Great Gatsby. It is discernible that Fitzgerald uses a multitude of color references in his writing. The ones most easily recognizable are the use of yellow‚ white and green. There are however‚ such colors as silver‚ blue and

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    The flourishing 1920s were an amazing time full of wealth. F Scott Fitzgerald depicted that in the story “The Great Gatsby”. The main character great Gatsby is searching for his past love‚ Daisy. Gatsby lived across the lake in west egg‚ but every night he looks out across the lake and sees that green lantern and realizes that there is still hope. Through the empty lives of the three characters from this novel- George Wilson‚ Jay Gatsby‚ and Daisy Buchanan-Fitzgerald shows that chasing hollow dreams

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