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    Well within those chapters of the story " Great Expectations" Magwitch which is Pips bean factor and also the thief that made Pip bring him food has died in prison. Before he died though he tell Pip about his daughter which is a coincidence because Pip is in love with his daughter Estella. So as he dies talking about his daughter Pip would go through a change. Basically because now the way he saw the world has changed. Like how him and Magwitch didn’t get off at a good start but he sent him money

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    Great Expectations Lecture One Dr Mandy Treagus Lecture Plan • Realism and the rise of the novel • More on the Bildungsroman • Indicators of adult looking back at childhood • Narrator and narrative voice • What drives the narrative? Great Expectations and Realism • Realism a reading as well as a writing practice • Realism strongly connected with philosophy • The individual in relation to society • ‘Modern philosophical realism … begins from the position that Truth can be

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    Magwitch Magwitch a fearsome criminal just recently escaped from prison and terrorizes Pip at the beginning of Great Expectations. Chapter 1 “You fail‚ or you go from my words in any partickler‚ no matter how small it is‚ and your heart and your liver shall be tore out‚ roasted and ate. Now‚ I ain’t alone‚ as you may think I am. There’s a young man hid with me‚ in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I speak. That young man has

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    Great Expectations – Class Notes Chapter 1-5 Major characters: Pip‚ Graveyard digger man‚ mr and mrs gargery‚ uncle p‚ mr w Plot: Prisoner told pip to get food‚ chirtsmas time Themes: Honesty‚ family‚ fear Social Class: Working class Children seen not heard Married couples don’t love each other (arranged marriages) Relationships: Joe is close to Pip   Chapter 5-7ish Pip’s parents are dead Pip’s sister is raising Pip Pip’s sister is mean Themes: how do men know who they are? Lower

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    In the journey that is coming of age there are many lessons that we have to learn‚ and one of them is being humble. In both books‚ Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ both main characters learn from the mistakes they have made in their life as we see unfold in the end of both novels. Once these characters learn humility‚ light is shown upon the errors of their ways and they can move on with their life. The authors of both novels‚ in turn‚ try to educate the

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    Throughout both ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘Macbeth’ surroundings are used to influence and define Miss Havisham’s and Lady Macbeth’s characteristics. These surroundings are not only physical‚ but also psychological; found in their relationships and trauma from past events. Although both women are presented in different forms Lady Macbeth is also strongly influenced by her physical surroundings. Like Miss Havisham‚ her home is metaphorical of her characteristics. She lives in a great castle from which

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    Great Expectations The title of Charles Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ refers to Pip’s many expectations. Pip expects to inherit money‚ but he first has to be educated a gentleman. Pip has “great expectations” of himself and Jaggers also tells Pip that “he is a young man of great expectations”. During the time of his education‚ Pip focuses too much on himself and values too little what he already has. For an example‚ Joe always lets Pip talk to him and Joe never takes advantage of Pip

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    Imprisonment in Great Expectations Prison is a very grim and doleful place for humans in which everyone might experience once in their life physically or mentally. The theme of imprisonment is demonstrated frequently in many works of literature‚ as many characters must struggle with the reality of their prison whether it is a physical or mental prison. In Charles Dickens’s bildungsroman novel‚ Great Expectations‚ the characters Miss Havisham‚ Estella‚ and Pip must struggle and endure physical and/or

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    Miss Havisham is the most important character in Great Expectations. How far do you agree? Miss Havisham appears regularly throughout the novel and is a key character. However‚ Pip is the protagonist‚ he is the one the book is about so he must be the most important character? This is what it would seem if you don’t look deeply enough: But I think the further you search‚ the more you will see how important Miss Havisham’s character really is and you will eventually conclude that she is most

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    GREAT EXPECTATIONS” BY: CHARLES DICKENS Submitted by : Melissa D. Galve BSEd-2 Submitted to: Mrs. Bella Corazon Tejano SPEC-4 Instructor S.Y 2012-2013 “GREAT EXPECTATIONS” BY: CHARLES DICKENS SETTING: * among the marshes of Kent * and in London * Mid-nineteenth century MAIN CHARACTERS: Pip and his family * Philip Pirrip‚ nicknamed Pip‚ an orphan and the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. Throughout his childhood‚ Pip thought that his life would

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