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    Descriptive writing on satis house As I approached Satis house inside of my carriage I could feel the nerves growing inside of me. I got close to the rusted gates and stopped I had to get out and walk up to the old withered gates. I felt my feet stick to the ground and I found it quite hard to breath. The sounds around me was getting very load like I was standing next to a roaring plane even know I was getting further away I could hear the crows in the background and the snorting horses. When

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    where fire symbolism is used the most in the entire book is at the dark and eerie Satis House. The fire in the hearth does not seem to ever give off any warmth‚ just like Miss Havisham is cold and heartless. Fire can begin and end things. Fire can also stand for cleansing‚ getting rid of sin and start anew‚ but it can also destroy. Now for the question “How can fire be destructive?”. In chapter 49‚ a very important chapter in the novel‚ the answer comes forward. Pip goes to Satis House to talk to

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    Sati Essay The British were overstepping their rights by abolishing Sati‚ they were completely biased in their opinion toward them. Sati has been around for centuries more than the British East India Company (BEIC). The BEIC has never meddled with their practice before‚ so what is it that sparked their sudden interest? The hindus are positive that if the BEIC continues to pursue this unrealistic task they will not get the final result they want. The BEIC had no right to interfere with

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    of income is necessary for not only happiness but for a continual existence. Without money‚ many of the necessities are out of reach. A person needs food‚ water and shelter to survive. A consistent supply of food costs money. Shelter means a house and a house requires a mortgage. Most things in our life require money things as simple as clothing! Without some money life is either very hard or very short. Either of these are not great options. I agree that a person needs some amount of money to be

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    Estella was meant for him. "I was painting brilliant pictures of her plans for me. She had adopted Estella‚ and had as good as adopted me‚ and it could not fail to be her intention to bring us together. She reserved it for me to restore the desolate house‚ admit the sunshine into the

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    Pip first meets Miss Havisham when he is summoned to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Satis house is set in a very upper class area but is very run down‚ the windows and doors are barred and locked‚ to keep people in as well as out. There is a dark and brooding image of the house. The reader’s first introduction to Miss Havisham occurs when Pip enters her room which is gloomy and lit only by candlelight. She is dressed in posh clothes like silks and lace‚ all in white which has now yellowed

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    Dickens present Pip’s Childhood? In this essay I am going to focus on Pip meeting the convict in the graveyard in Chapter 1. Pip’s home life with Joe and Mrs Joe. Pip meeting Estella and Miss Haversham at Satis house in Chapter 8. Pip fights the pale young gentleman (Herbert Pocket) at Satis House in Chapter 11. In Chapter 1 one of the first things we learn about Pip is that his mother‚ father and five brothers are dead‚ “Phillip Pirrip‚ late of this parish‚ and also Georgiana wife of the above

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    adjoining houses” and yet it seemed as if everybody was at the courthouse‚ like watching a sport‚ they were watching the Convicts get their sentences‚ from Jaggers‚ whom they were all scared of. SATIS HOUSE: The “Satis House”‚ also known as the “Manor House” or the “Enough House”‚ was a madhouse full of despair‚ sarcasm‚ and morbid decay reflecting not just the literal teardown of the house‚ but also reflecting the inner AND outer breakdown of the owner Miss. Havisham. Within the house‚ the layout

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    WHO IS MISS HAVISHAM? (Analysing the life of Miss Havisham and Dickens’s use of grammar) Miss Havisham and Satis House‚ both in ruins‚ represent wealth and social status for Pip the servant boy; the irony is obvious. Their decayed state prefigures the emptiness of Pip’s dream of rising in social status and of so being worthy of Estella the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham. With them‚ Dickens extends his spoof of society from the abuse of children and criminals to the corruption of wealth. Miss

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    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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