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    anonymous benefactor has left him an enormous sum of money. He is to move to London‚ where he will be trained to act as a gentleman. A lawyer‚ Jaggers‚ will oversee his inheritance. Pip is certain his benefactor is Miss Havisham‚ and believes he is being trained as Estella’s future husband. Pip’s happiness is unfathomable as he moves to London‚ away from the only family and friends he has ever known. He is educated by Mr. Mathew Pocket and strikes a great friendship with his son‚ Herbert. His wealth and

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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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    who possess wealth are thought to also possess happiness. From the outside looking in‚ the common man always believes that the wealthy live happier lives. But two landmark authors portray a different story. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and F. Scot Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ both show that in order to be truly happy‚ one must reject superficial things‚ such as one’s position in the caste system of society‚ and pursue one’s true desires. When given the choice between upper class and common

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    Title: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Main Characters: Pip – The main character‚ Estella – The rich girl‚ Joe – Pip’s uncle the blacksmith‚ Miss Havisham – The rich old lady‚ Magwitch – The convict and Pip’s benefactor Setting: Kent a town full of marshes by the river Point of View: Dialogue Theme(s): Becoming a gentleman and living in poverty‚ falling in love with a beautiful girl named Estella who is very rich. Summary: Pip is a young boy who lives in

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    Great Expectations Brief Synopsis The novel begins with the main character‚ Pip‚ encountering a runaway convict. Pip procures supplies for the man from his house. The convict then gets into a fight with another runaway convict and is take back to jail. Pip is soon after invited to the house of Miss Havisham‚ a rich‚ eccentric old lady who lives in isolation. Pip gets to know her adopted daughter Estella during his visit and begins to have feelings of love for her. However‚ it is not easy for

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    In the novel Great Expectations which is written by Charles Dickens‚ and the play Macbeth which is written by Shakespeare the themes portrayed are very similar especially between the two leading characters‚ Macbeth who starts of the play as the Thane of Cawdor and Pip who starts of the novel as a blacksmith son from Great Expectations. Macbeth and Pip both ambitious people and strive have higher in status and are will stop at nothing to achieve that goal. In both Great expectations and Macbeth they

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    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 readers. One of the devices Dickens uses to explain status further are motifs. At the beginning

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    the writer’s concern with issues of social injustice and misguided values. Two strong examples of social criticism through literature are Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In both novels the writers project their social criticisms to the reader through the use of characterization and setting. Great Expectations was written and set in mid-Victorian England‚ having been first published as a serial in "All The Year Round" a weekly English periodical.

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    Money plays an extremely important role in “The Grape Gatsby”‚ and it affects the way the entire plot plays out. Money is seen as a source of power‚ and people with money are more respected. Often‚ the characters are more concerned about money than happiness. They will do anything for money‚ and to be able to buy the “perfect life”. However‚ this is not possible‚ and the flaws are evident throughout the text. In the book "The Great Gatsby"‚ the characters value money more than anything else‚ and

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    Dictionary of Narratology Terms for Charles Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’ Narratology- The branch of literary criticism that deals with the structure and function of narrative themes‚ conventions‚ and symbols. A term used since 1969 to denote the branch of literary study devoted to the analysis of narratives‚ and more specifically of forms of narration and varieties of narrator. Narratology as a modern theory is associated chiefly with European structuralism‚ although older studies of narrative

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