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    In stave 3 Dickens introduces two children called Ignorance and Want who are described as: ‘wretched‚ abject‚ frightful‚ hideous‚ miserable.’ This list of negative adjectives makes the reader empathise with the young children as they are innocent and haven’t chosen to live this saddening life. Dickens also used the adjectives scowling‚ wolfish’ to describe the children which is describing them as wolves and monsters‚ indicating that they have been neglected to live like savages. Poor people‚ throughout

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    setting in the novel. London. An important setting in “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is London‚ which is viewed as a place of economic competition and death. The bleakness of the places in London foreshadow a series of unfortunate events for Pip Dickens did not romanticize London but instead gives us a good hard look at the backstreets and alleys where the real life existed. An important setting in the novel Great Expectations is London this setting reveals important themes in the novel

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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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    revenge but holds his temper. "When they hurled their insults at him‚ he did not retaliate; when he suffered‚ he made no threats. Instead‚ he entrusted himself to him who judges justly."� (1Peter 2:23) Charles Dickens teaches us in his novel‚ Great Expectations‚ that people who seek revenge on others often end up hurting themselves as well. One person who finds herself getting hurt after she takes vengeance on others is Miss Havisham. After being left at the altar by a man named Compeyson‚ she vows

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    Today our world is filled with hate. There are wars between countries and groups of people‚ there are unloving relationships‚ and there are countless hateful insults that people are called daily. Unfortunately‚ indirectly or directly‚ teenagers get caught up in a lot of these issues and can have a devastating impact and fill the individual with hate. This is common in high school especially with the diverse group of personalities and different types of people. Teens can completely forget who they

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    Dear Pip‚ I know you’ve been through troublesome times. And I want to let you know that I believe the reason for this is Estella. You see‚ her lack of feelings and caring gives your attraction for her an inevitable pain. For the reason being she has no feelings‚ doesn’t regard others feelings‚ & treats you terrible! Essentially‚ what love & care can be given/shown to a person when there isn’t any love or care to give? Estella has no feelings Pip. She constantly uses your attention for her benefit

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    Dickens including the scene where Miss Havisham dress catches fire is symbolic in that she has been wasting her life away‚ while her house falls to ruin around her. At this time she is finally feeling remorse in how she raised Estella‚ treated Pip and in wasting her life. She is begging forgiveness‚ seeking to be absolved and something so tragic happens to her is symbolic and ironic. Pips vision of Miss Havisham hanging from a beam and going back to check on her is foreshadowing in what he

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    Great Expectations Do our views of Magwitch change during the course of the novel? Great Expectations is about an ordinary‚ working class boy who suddenly finds himself with a secret benefactor who wants to make him into a rich gentleman. The boy comes to learn some hard lessons in life. In this story Dickens wants us to realise that being rich is not the most important thing in life compared to love and loyalty. Pip meets a convict in the graveyard where the story starts. The convict scares

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    Great Expectations Essay Essay Task: Read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and write an essay in which you describe the conflicts faced by Pip and the author’s attitude toward English society. Hailed by many as his greatest novel‚ Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is a self-narrated story which tells the life of an orphan named Pip‚ raised by his abusive sister‚ who leaves behind a childhood of misery and poverty to embark on a journey to become a gentleman after an unnamed benefactor

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    beginning of the story he is at a marsh country down by the river. 2. Briefly describe the convict. 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

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