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    Why do readers find Great Expectations so enjoyable? Michael Johnson Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to illustrate the predicament that faces the characters in the novel. It also depicts the emotions the characters feel and indicates how the scene is going to change. For example‚ the dramatic weather change‚ conveyed in the line‚ “The evening mist was rising now‚” during the second ending when Estella and Pip meet‚ mirrors the realisation of Pip and Estella’s true feelings for each other.

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    Ashley Harsanyi Mrs. Meagher-DiEllo Period 4B 5 April 2013 Imprisonment in Great Expectations. Charles Dickens used Miss Havisham as a symbol of hypothetical imprisonment. Miss Havisham; although not being physically imprisoned as Abel Magwitch‚ was a strong representation of a mental imprisonment. She was never told to stay locked up in her house rotting away and tormenting herself for years without any human interaction besides that of her step-daughter Estella and eventually Pip. She not

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    Havisham contradicts tradition. Miss Havisham influences the outcome of Pip’s life by exposing him to the idea of wealth and its relation to social status. In “Great Expectation” by Dickens Pip’s expectation of wanting to be a gentleman shows that reality is sometimes ignored when it doesn’t fit within the same premises of the desired expectation. Pip is introduced to Estella by Miss Havisham when he visits her home at “Satis house‚” but Estella’s attitude towards Pip’s social status causes Pip to envisage

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    Layers of the Atmosphere The envelope of gas surrounding the Earth changes from the ground up. Five distinct layers have been identified using... • thermal characteristics (temperature changes)‚ • chemical composition‚ • movement‚ and • density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics‚ chemical composition‚ movement‚ and density occur. Troposphere The troposphere begins at the Earth’s surface and extends from 4 to 12 miles (6 to 20

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    Without our atmosphere‚ there would be no life on earth. Two gases make up the bulk of the earth’s atmosphere: nitrogen (78%)‚ and oxygen (21%). Argon‚ carbon dioxide and various trace gases make up the remainder. Scientists divided the atmosphere into four layers according to temperature: troposphere‚ stratosphere‚ mesosphere‚ and thermosphere. The temperature drops as we go up through the troposphere‚ but it rises as we move through the next layer‚ the stratosphere. The farther away from earth

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    Gillis Pre-Ap English 1‚ Period 6 December 10‚ 2014 The Final Destination Growing up is a fact of life. Growing and changing come hand in hand. Coming of age isn’t determined by a number‚ but a series of life lessons and experiences. Pip in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens goes through many different states on the road to finding himself. The states that Pip goes through as he comes of age are finding a place to belong‚ discovering who he can depend on‚ and defining what really matters in life

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    With close reference to the extract‚ show how J.B. Priestley creates mood and atmosphere for an audience here. Priestley‚ in ‘An inspector calls’‚ creates mood and atmosphere for an audience‚ in the extract‚ by using stage directions and writing how the character is talking. ‘(Bitterly)’ or ‘(with authority)’ shows that the character who is talking is talking with a certain tone in his/her voice and this makes the audience think that the person‚ who is talking‚ is trying to get the other person

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    In the Novel Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens inserts a theme of love into the novel. Not always intimate love‚ and some times the complete lack of love‚ is used. Joe‚ Mrs. Havisham‚ and Magwitch are all themselves capable of different types of love. Dickens examines three kinds of love as seen in Joe‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Magwitch. First‚ love as seen with Joe. The home Pip grows up in‚ under the domineering hand of Mrs. Joe‚ isn’t exactly bursting with love. Only Joe seems to translate his love

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    Estella‚ in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations‚ is presented with flat attributes and as a very static character. Estella shows her flat attributes when she tells Pip how she feels about love: “ ‘ You must know‚’ said Estella‚ conceding to me as a brilliant and beautiful young women might‚ ‘ that I have no love in my heart- if that has anything to do with my memory….. Oh! I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in‚ I have no doubt‚’ said Estella; ‘and of course‚ if it ceased to beat‚ I should

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    Colleen Ward Mr. Klingelhoffer Advanced Freshman English-6 14 November 12 Dickens’ Great Characterizations Mr. Jaggers is displayed in the book as an awe-inspiring‚ almost fatherly‚ figure to the people in London. On the other hand‚ in his day to day life‚ he is quite harsh and haughty. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses juxtaposition and cut‚ strict and sharp diction to characterize Jaggers as a powerful‚ haughty man respected by all. Charles Dickens uses juxtaposition to evolve

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