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    When something is done wrong‚ one can’t go back and change it‚ but the guilt can remind them to do better next time or do fix what’s been done. In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens describes how some characters treat others cruelly or…. Dickens analyzes how those certain characters feel ashamed of their previous actions and how it brought them anguish. As Pip was walking through the marshes‚ he encounters a convict who threatens him to obtain a file and some food. Pip agrees to do so as he didn’t

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    are related‚ structured‚ and how they depict change in the major characters. The majority of plots will follow some process of change in which the main characters are caught up in a conflict that is eventually resolved. The plot of a novel can be broken down in five parts: exposition‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and resolution (Wikipedia). The exposition usually occurs at the start of the story. Here is when the characters are first introduced and were we also learn about the setting of

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    Victorian Era Social Justice Issues: The Victorian Era was the Era under the reign of Queen Victoria‚ which started on the 20th of June 1837 and ended on the 22nd of January‚ 1901. The Edwardian Era followed it. This time period is considered a time of great prosperity for the arts‚ schools‚ and gave rise to political and social reform. The population of England also doubled its’ population in this Era from 16.8 million in 1851 to 30.1 million in 1901. Some major social issues that were faced in the Victorian

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    their current path in life. However‚ the mentor and pupil relationship between Pip and Miss. Havisham contradicts tradition. Miss Havisham influences the outcome of Pip’s life by exposing him to the idea of wealth and its relation to social status. In “Great Expectation” by Dickens Pip’s expectation of wanting to be a gentleman shows that reality is sometimes ignored when it doesn’t fit within the same premises of the desired expectation. Pip is introduced to Estella by Miss Havisham when he visits

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    mode" in Great Expectations? Great Expectations is like a fairy tale without a fairy tale ending‚ reinforcing the idea that we need to make our own way in life‚ and can’t expect it to be given to us. A poor orphan is granted riches by a secret benefactor. It sounds like the plot of a fairy tale. Great Expectations may start out as a fairy tale‚ but in the end the poor orphan is left not much better off than he started--except that he’s wiser for it. Like most fairy tales‚ Great Expectations intends

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    Explore the manipulation of expectations in ‘Great expectations’‚ with particular reference to the first eight chapters. By Narmina Clark Charles Dickens manipulates the reader’s expectations greatly throughout the novel; he does this by focusing mainly on his idea of the ‘social class’ in society and how his characters transform through lessons learnt of their own life experiences. He subtly gives the information across‚ while controlling the readers mind’s with style as he slowly unravels

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    toured orphanages and factories and was subsequently horrified by the deplorable living conditions. Worried that such a rough upbringing would lead to a life of crime for many young orphans‚ Dickens sought to reform society by writing works like Oliver Twist and David Copperfield (Shephard). Dickens eventually passed away on June 9‚ 1870‚ from a paralytic stroke (Shephard). A Tale of Two Cities‚

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    story “Great Expectations” to show that cruelty acts as a bridge to a newer phase in one’s life and wants to show how one has or will become in that phase. In Great Expectations‚ Miss Havisham will present cruelty at its finest after one gets to know her more and learn what tragedies she has been through. Dickens also presents that cruelty comes at a different time later on after you assume you got to know someone really well. It will come as you are in someone’s “trap.” In Great Expectations‚ Miss

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    Estella‚ in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations‚ is presented with flat attributes and as a very static character. Estella shows her flat attributes when she tells Pip how she feels about love: “ ‘ You must know‚’ said Estella‚ conceding to me as a brilliant and beautiful young women might‚ ‘ that I have no love in my heart- if that has anything to do with my memory….. Oh! I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in‚ I have no doubt‚’ said Estella; ‘and of course‚ if it ceased to beat‚ I should

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    Oliver Cromwell-Hero or Villain Oliver Cromwell was born on 25th April 1599 in Huntingdon‚ Huntingdonshire. Many historians are still battling for the fact that Cromwell is a hero but some are fighting that he is a villain. Cromwell himself said‚ “Without me England would have drowned in blood” We don’t know yet. But there are a lot of facts that Cromwell is a hero and villain. In my humble opinion I think that Oliver Cromwell is a hero because he created a new model army and defeated King Charles

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