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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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    Write a critical analysis of the character of Magwitch in Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. Why does Magwitch become Pip’s benefactor? Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. The first publication of the novel was in 1861. The major themes are a social class‚ criminality‚ guilt‚ love‚ growth from childhood to adulthood‚ the desire for self-improvement‚ becoming a gentleman. Dickens uses very interesting way to represent the ideals of mid-nineteenth century to the reader

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    What evidence is there that the convict has "human" qualities and is not merely a criminal? The convict is a fearful man all in coarse gray‚ with a great iron on his leg‚ no hat‚ with broken shoes‚ and had an old rag tied around his head. The evidence that supports that the convict has human qualities is he somewhat shows compassion when seeing Pip’s dead parents so he does not rob him he just scares Pip and asks him to do a favor. 3. Why do you think Pip believes the convict’s story about his

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    Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol: A True Gentleman According to Dictionary.com‚ a gentleman is a civilized‚ educated‚ sensitive‚ or well-mannered man. However‚ by Victorian definition‚ a gentleman was‚ perhaps most importantly‚ a rich man. “Charles Dickens…was an author of relatively humble origins who desired passionately to be recognized as a gentleman‚ and insisted‚ in consequence‚ upon the essential dignity of his occupation” (Victorian Web). In Great Expectations he portrays Pip‚ a

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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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    Your mood will change throughout the novel because that’s the power of storytelling. She shared how Esperanza was in difficult situations in her life‚ which some of us can agree with or understand. Also‚ in the novel Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens shares the life of Pip and his journey. This relates to our discussion because by hearing how Pip had grown into a gentlemen‚ may inspire some of us to grow up and become more successful and thank the people who had helped us

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    Great Expectations a novel by Charles Dickens takes reader on an epic adventure filled with unexpected encounters with a myriad of people with vastly different backgrounds that ultimately shape Pip into the man that he becomes. Pip moves from the social class that he was born to‚ to one that he is elevated to by an anonymous benefactor. The two people that typify the conventional expectations of romanticism and realism are Pip the protagonist and Joe Gargery the humble blacksmith. Joe clearly shows

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    Quote Response “‘... in the ease of his temper‚ and the straitness of his means‚ he appeared to have utterly lost at this time the idea of educating me at all’” (p.58). In Great Expectations‚ Joe’s father made alcohol a priority‚ forgetting about the fact that his own son needed to be educated. This is exactly like Charles Dickens’ childhood since he couldn’t get an education either because his father went to jail for his debts. Both Joe and Charles Dickens had to work at a really young age to

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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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    standards of femininity‚ masculinity‚ and motherhood. However‚ the novel Great Expectations incorporates contradictions within these social norms with female characters who dishonor the principles and male characters who replace the role of the failed women. Author Charles Dickens subverts popular Victorian ideals and stereotypes in Great Expectations through the characters Mrs. Joe‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Joe Gargery. Mrs. Joe‚ Pip’s overbearing and tyrannical sister‚ contrasts with typical female standards

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