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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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    the nation’s attention should be invited to Sardar Patel’s concrete and constructive contribution in various areas of Indian polity and administration. Sardar Patelji‚ the first Home Minister of free India‚ was a remarkable personality and he is my favourite leader for his innumerable qualities. There is no one in modern India who has achieved so much in so many directions and in such a short time as Sardar Patel. At the time of his death‚ the Manchester Guardian wrote that without Patel‚ Gandhiji’s

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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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    Great Expectations (Chapters 7-25) Chapter 7 1. Dickens is noted for giving his characters names that are descriptive to their personalities. The names often sound like other words or are a pun. How could Mrs. Wopsle’s name be descriptive of her personality? Mrs. Wopsles name describes her personality because “Wopsle” sounds like “wobble” and Mrs. Wopsle is has a very wobbly and carefree personality. 2. How are Biddy and Pip alike? Biddy and Pip are alike because they were both “brought up

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    Have you ever done something just to hurt or to mess with someone else who has wronged you at one time? In reading Great Expectations we learn that revenge is what drives people on in this book. For people like Miss Havisham her revenge on men by raising Estella to spite them. We also see in able how he wants to have Compeyson caught and locked away for making him get more jail time. Miss Havisham fell in love with a man from you lower class‚ then she was but on the day of their wedding her soon

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    rigged her laptop to announce that it would self-destruct in five seconds. While Donna was on her laptop‚ he activated the computers announcement. The computer said “five… four… three… two… and up the stairs she ran screaming “HIT THE DECK! HIT THE DECK‚ MY COMPUTER IS GOING TO BLOW UP!!” He told her what he did and she bit him. Later on‚ Randi‚ Donna‚ and Mark had decided to make videos. At first he wanted to make up a movie‚ but then they used Star Wars Trilogy but called it the “Star Wars Sill-Ogy”

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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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    The change or growth of a character throughout a book is necessary or else the book would be bland and the reader would lose interest‚ Charles Dickens and he did that with his character Phillip or Pip in the bookGreat Expectations. Pip was a simple boy raised by his mean sister and kind brother in law‚ he never wanted or expected much till he met a cold hearted little girl raised by an insane woman‚ but yet he wanted to become a gentleman to win her heart. His wish came true‚ he was becoming a

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    Consider the function of the imagery in Great Expectations and explain how it conveys ideas about class or gender. Imagery is a crucial device employed in literary texts that affects how we interpret dominant ideologies of the society represented in the text. This is the case in Charles Dickens’ realist novel‚ Great Expectations (1860-61)‚ which enacts the stratified class structure and power relationships of Georgian and early Victorian England. The novel is a critique of a society where capital

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    people to experience‚ for it can possibly make them better people. Many characters in Great Expectations have to experience and deal with change as well‚ such as Pip. Independence is a change most people have to experience in their lives‚ and helps shape them into more mature‚ better people. Pip has to be independent for the majority of the book‚ and the experience impacts him positively. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ the character Philip Pirrip‚ better known as Pip‚ is used to present

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