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    Love in Great Expectations

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    ways‚ “A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person) (Webster‚ love)”. In Great Expectations‚ Pip is going through maturity‚ and is always undergoing maturity. We find that Pip is always longing for friends‚ family‚ and for love. Love can be a number of things to different people. Love is an emotion‚ where there is no wrong definition

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    Great Expectation Summary

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    Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round[1] from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.[2] Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman‚ which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity‚ usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character’s eventual adulthood. Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip‚ writing

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    The positively and negatively ways influenced by traditional gender roles and expectations From the beginning of this year I realized that I have been influenced positively and negatively ways by traditional gender roles and expectation. The traditional gender roles are present in all parts of world and they vary between cultures. Basically these are behaviors‚ attitudes and

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    “If You Can’t Be With the One You Love‚ Love the One You’re With” Love‚ as much as any other theme or motif‚ drives the storyline of Dickens’ Great Expectations. As the naturalists of the era believe‚ characters are the products of their circumstances‚ and so Great Expectations is an exploration into the psychology of a young boy‚ based on the circumstances into which he is placed. Pip‚ the protagonist‚ is motivated by love‚ the love of a young girl named Estella. However‚ while he tirelessly

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    only do you good in the long run. Instead of taking the best you can from it‚ some people take suffering as a way to mourn and be miserable‚ and tell other people how unfortunate you are. This will do you no good. Dickens uses both of these in Great Expectations‚ and it shows you a different side of each of his

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    Anna Catherine Chapman Mrs. White H English 10 September 7‚ 2014 Pip’s Benefactors Thesis: Through Charles Dickens’s use of doubles in Great Expectations‚ Dickens illustrates that it is possible to control future happiness and that it is not based on past experiences. Great Expectations’ main character‚ Pip‚ meets both his pseudo benefactor and his true benefactor in very interesting ways. As Pip is in the graveyard visiting his deceased mother and father‚ he stumbles across an escaped convict

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    REVENEGE IN THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS NAME: TARYN LUU| DATE: NOVEMBER 13‚ 2012| COURSE: ENG4U9-A| TEACHER: K‚ VILCIUS Revenge is a primary theme in the novel Great Expectation by Charles Dickens. In this novel‚ many characters go out of their way to extract revenge‚ leading them to misfortunes such as death and imprisonment. Dickens makes it very clear that nothing positive can come from revenge through his characters and the results that come from their revenge. These acts range from petty resentment

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    After being exposed to the life of the upper class and apprenticed to a blacksmith‚ Pip‚ from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations takes a walk with his friend Biddy and confesses his inordinate desire to become a gentleman on behalf of a beautiful‚ yet snotty Estella. As Pip struggles through the snare of distress over his aspirations‚ he dismisses Biddy’s difference in opinion about the significance of the upper class. Through this‚ Dickens expresses that the misperceptions of class bring unnecessary

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    Extreme Sports An extreme sport can be defined as a sport which has a high degree of risk or danger. These types of sports are attempted by trained athletes in controlled conditions. An extreme sports person would express fearless‚ adventurous‚ risky and reckless behaviour. This is because extreme sports athletes attempt dangerous sports and must be fearless and adventurous. There are many extreme sports. New sports are being added to the list continually because people are always finding new ways

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    The Novel – Close Study Question 1 A) Dickens’ key theme in the novel is the concept of a true gentleman through which he conveys how society often mistakes wealth and social-class for gentility and shows that true gentility comes from high moral qualities. Dickens’ bildungsroman focuses on Pip’s development as he pursues his aspiration to become a gentleman. Firstly‚ when Pip first encounters Satis House and the “decaying” and “corpse-like” Mrs Havisham he is inspired to become a gentleman

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