Biddy is a constant in Pip’s life‚ a stable aspect in which he knows he can always depend on. Another person who Pip depends on throughout his coming of age is Miss Havisham when she says "You made your own snares. I never made them” (361). Pip can depend on Miss Havisham to be honest with him. Without the honesty from Miss Havisham‚ it would be harder for Pip to grow up. Once Pip learned whom he could depend on‚ those individuals helped him grow up and come of
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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 doesn’t necessarily come with status and money. Miss Havisham represent the aristocratic world and lets Pip to taste of how nice life is for gentility but with no kind thoughts. She uses him to get revenge of her broken heart but instead she destroys Estella’s life and leave Pip heart-broken. And yet she teaches
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denotes an anxious tone and a concern for the ability of the Justices. Dowd portrays the Justices as being out of touch by referring to the “The Nine” (Dowd‚ 2013) as being “back there in their Miss Havisham lairs” (Dowd‚ 2013). This reference to Charles Dickens Great Expectations character Miss Havisham‚ a spoiled‚ rich women who has separated herself from reality and knows nothing of real life and its trials‚ shows that Dowd views the Justices as completely out of touch with the general public and
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How much are you willing to do for winning the love of your life? Great Expectation is a classic and romantic novel that depicts the personal growth and personal development of a poor orphan child. Pip is one of main characters and he has two important expectations: to becoming a gentleman and marrying the beautiful Estella. Charles Dickens included in this book topics like‚ the difficult to win the love‚ wealth and poverty‚ romanticism‚ rejection‚ contemporary issues of social justice and inequality
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How does Dickens introduce the main themes and concerns of the novel in the opening chapters of “Great Expectations”? “Great Expectations” is a “Tragi-comedy” written by the famous novelist Charles Dickens during the early 19th centaury. It is synonymous with the suffering of real people during the Victorian Era‚ and it looks at life from the downcast eyes of a small boy unknowingly pitched as an apt pinup boy for the era of poverty and hardship‚ in harsh juxtaposition with the perspective later
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jail‚ and feels that he must help him. Although the man threatens Pip‚ Pip still shows him kindness and brings him a file and some bread. He is raised by his sister‚ and her husband‚ Joe Gargery. Then Pip meets Estella‚ the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham‚ an old lady who is bitter and has an eccentric style
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Universial Themes in "The Return of the Native" and "Great Expectations" Classic novels usually share in the aspect of universal themes which touch people through out the ages. All types of audiences can relate to and understand these underlying ideas. Victorian novels such as Thomas Hardy ’s The Return of the Native and Charles Dickens ’ Great Expectations are examples of literary classics that have universal themes. Hardy ’s tale illustrates the role of chance in his characters lives
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shown growing many ways throughout the novel. When the story first begins‚ Pip lives with his eldest sister (he is an orphan) and her husband‚ Joe. They are quite poor and live on the marshes. When he is asked to come play at the large house of Miss Havisham‚ he meets Estella‚ Miss Havisham’s haughty‚ beautiful‚ and cruel daughter‚ whom he falls in love with almost immediately‚ and who is the object of his infatuation throughout the novel. When writing a novel the author incorporates personal experiences
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the injustice of the upper class’ control over the working class. Class distinction is evident in the characterisation of Mrs Joe and Miss Havisham. Mrs Joe “always wore a coarse apron‚ fastened over her figure behind with two loops‚ and having a square impregnable bib in front‚ that was stuck full with pins and needles” (page 8). On the other hand‚ Miss Havisham “was dressed in rich materials – satins‚ and lace and silks” (page 57). Mrs Joe’s appearance defines her as a blacksmith’s wife and of the
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Both Jane Eyre‚ by Charlotte Brontë‚ and Great Expectations‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ have many Victorian similarities. Both novels are influenced by the same three elements. The first is the gothic novel‚ which instilled mystery‚ suspense‚ and horror into the work. The second is the romantic poets‚ which gave the literature liberty‚ individualism‚ and nature. The third is the Byronic hero‚ which consists of the outcast or rebel who is proud and melancholy and seeks a purer life. The results
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