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    Great Expectations offers a diversity of interpretations so various responders will be engaged by the text. The main character‚ Pip‚ is used to establish the journey of a young boy’s life as he learns the true meaning of life and what values are most important. Dickens uses a range of characters to show Pip learning this lesson and to provide insights into various aspects of the Victorian era culture. Characters such as Joe and Magwitch provide an insight into the education and the crime and justice

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    1. Love Love is an emotion‚ where there is no wrong definition‚ for it suits each and every person differently‚ however some characteristics are the same amongst everybody. Pip thinks he is in love‚ but in my paper I investigate if it s a real desire of infatuation for Estella‚ or just a first big crush which lasted through out his teenage years. Pip s love for Estella is usually a one-way street‚ at least in his eyes. From the moment Pip meets her‚ he feels an attraction towards her. At the

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    1/16/13 ELA 1LL/9th Great Expectations Thesis Paper Throughout the novel Great Expectations by Charles dickens‚ Pip’s character goes through the journey of coming of age. Pip has a mysterious benefactor named Abel Magwitch who is a convict. In the process of giving Pip money‚ Magwitch influences him in many different ways. Even though Pip is asked to steal food for Magwitch when they first meet‚ Pip comes to a better understanding of Magwitch and his actions. As Pip comes of age

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    the play “A Man for All Seasons” by Robert Bolt the character Sir Thomas Mores characteristics are brought out by a couple of other characters in the play. Thomas More encounters characters in situations that really bring out the personality of Thomas More. One of these characters is Richard Rich. This character clearly helps the reader with understanding Thomas More better and better as they interact with each other in the play. This character contrasts from Thomas More by the way More believes

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    noble Joe‚ to the heart-breaking Estella‚ the idiosyncrasies that Dickens develops among his characters make them both enjoyable and memorable. Their personality‚ physical features‚ actions‚ and feelings all contribute to the lovable characters in Great Expectations. Estella‚ Miss Havisham‚ Wemmick‚ and Joe are produced from the many characteristics that make them pleasant and unforgettable. These characters are what makes this book so profound. They add to the excitement‚ suspense‚ care‚ and sadness

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    In the novel “Great Expectations” written by Charles Dickens the story is about moral redemption and self discovery. Pip‚ the protagonist‚ struggles to find out who he is in his life‚ he struggles to find his great expectations‚ but at the same time wanting to be morally redeemed for all the bad things he thinks he does throughout his story. Through out the story‚ Pip is always trying to have a clean conscious‚ so when he helps an escaped convict the guilt almost swallows him up. The convict terrifies

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    The evolution of a person can be complicated when one has "great expectations." In Charles Dickens’ finest novel‚ "Great Expectations‚" a young boy named Phillip Pirrup known as Pip who’s great expectations are a dramatized exploration of human growth and the pressures that distort the potential of an ordinary individual‚ especially in the process of growing up. Pip is a simple blacksmith’s boy who aspires to cross social boundaries when he realizes his own upbringing is common; however‚ he has no

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    张雪 英语1004 Pip’s great expectations can be treated as a dramatic exploration of human growth and fame that distort the value of an ordinary people and make him lose his original virtues . Pip‚as a simple blacksmith’s boy ‚ intends to challenge the social boundaries . Although His dream is just to be a common blacksmith at first‚ his dream has gradually changed since he goes to Miss Havisham’s house as a company. It’s quite inevitable that people change as the environment changes. Life in Miss Havisham’s

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    and later went to college and getting a master degree plus a well-pay career bring you wealth. Being poor to wealthy or being rich and staying rich as a child to an adult‚ does the wealth usually bring you happiness? In the novel "Great Expectation‚" Pip is a character who as a child become a wealthy person from a poor background family. As he grew up in a poor childhood‚ an opportunity came up for him to become rich and surely he took that opportunity from a secret benefactor which was Magwitch

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    General Info: A story of moral redemption. The hero is an orphan raised in humble surroundings‚ in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ comes into a fortune‚ and promptly disavows family and friends. When the fortune first loses its lustre‚ then evaporates completely‚ he confronts his own ingratitude‚ and learns to love the man who both created and destroyed him. The story is told by the hero himself‚ and the challenge Dickens faced in devising this first-person narrative was two-fold

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