There were several themes associated with the novel "Great Expectations". One of the most fascinating themes dealt with "infatuation and how it compares to and relates to love" ("Infatuation"). Infatuation is basically an obsession‚ or extravagant affection towards a person (Webster‚ 667). There is really no definite reason behind their passion‚ therefore this feeling is often short in duration and indicative of faulty judgement (Webster‚ 667). The person doesn’t know what these feelings mean‚ this
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Pip‚ the young orphan boy from the forge was soon to become a young gentleman of great expectations. With a series of unpredictable events‚ unforeseen emotions‚ and a great deal of moral development we learn what it took for this young boy to learn how to be what he had always dreamed of becoming- a true gentleman. Never knowing who his parents were or what his true identity was we learn from the start that Pip has an ongoing voyage of self discovery. He started life as a blank canvas along with
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Horace Greeley said‚ “Fame is a vapor‚ popularity an accident‚ and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” Despite this‚ people throughout history have been obsessed with fame‚ fortune‚ and social status. This kind of obsession is shown through the protagonist of Dickens’ novel‚ Great Expectations‚ Pip‚ as he visits Miss Havisham and Estella. Obsessions like this are also shown in today’s society‚ (with celebrities‚ status‚ and becoming famous) and such obsessions are created
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it didn’t. In return‚ he had more problems personally then before to face and wasn’t enjoying his wealthy life. Wealth brought him to the path of broken love and change him because if Pip didn’t take the job or opportunity to become rich at the Satis House where he first fell in love when he saw Estella. And now for him to get Estella‚ he has to change his old way of life to a higher class of people like Estella herself to even have a chance with her.(Chater 8) So according to Pip‚ wealth doesn’t
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Stage Two Pips Expectations Pip goes to London to start his new life and to live his dreams of being educated and wealthy. When Pip arrives‚ Mr. Jaggers shows him where he will be staying and gives him a tour around town. He begins to have less and less time for other people outside of his little circle but when he arrives he begins to meet new people. He first meets a man named Herbert Pocket‚ who is related to Miss Havisham. He tells Pip about her past and why she is the way she is now. He tells
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For those who are not familiar of Sati‚ Sati is a ritualize suicide [or murder?] of widows. When the husbands die‚ the widows are so “grief-stricken”‚ that they offer themselves to the flames of the funeral pyre. This is mainly practiced in India. Introduction Roop Kanwar. 1987. Eighteen years old. She was from a tiny village in Northwest India. Who would have known that this young lady would stir such controversy. For Roop Knawar is not an ordinary person. She is
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SATI-Widow Immolation I am here today to provide knowledge to my audience about the origins‚ practice and abolition of an age-old Hindu custom called Sati which was prevalent in some communities in India. I would like to take you all for a short journey to a modern village called Deorala which is situated in Rajasthan‚ a north-western Indian state. It was 4th September‚ 1987 and the entire village was drowned with sounds of bands‚ drums‚ hymns and religious chantings like ‘Sati ki pati ki jai’
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affluent clothing and accessories but it is until he goes further on that the image of Miss Havisham becomes more clear. When he explains further he mentions that her dress is faded and yellow and that she looks as if she is dying along with her house her dress and the flowers in her hair. Another thing in the extract is that different objects in the description resemble something the wedding veil‚ dress and bridal flowers represent the time she was left at the altar and wasn’t strong enough to
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Joe gets into a shouting argument with a co-worker of her husband named Orlick and has to get Joe to defend her and gets him to quickly beat him up in a match. This helps explain why Lady Macbeth and Mrs. Joe are sometimes considered the “men of the house‚” or the “ones who wears the pants in their relationships‚” which is usually expected of the man in the relationship‚ which becomes much clearer why this is once the behaviour of the men in the two relationships is
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In Great Expectations‚ Charles Dickens uses the mist’s presence or lack thereof‚ as a tool to foreshadow big events in Pip’s life‚ and to relay Pip’s emotions or feelings in response to whatever may be happening at the time of the mist’s reference. Dickens can only express so much of Pip’s feelings with his words‚ so to further allow the audience to connect to Pip and truly understand how he is viewing and/or processing his current situation‚ Dickens uses the mists. He also uses the mists to foreshadow
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