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    was born‚ not knowing that he was destined to become a phenomenal novelist in his later years. With joyful early years‚ a rough later childhood‚ and a heartbreaking experience‚ Dickens reflects on it by writing the novel Great Expectations. Dickens had an amazing ability to give readers a good grasp as to what the novel explains‚ in true detail. Great Expectations shows a rather large resemblance with Charles Dickens’ own life and experiences‚ and also describes Dickens’ thoughts of love and of

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    Copperfield and of course‚ Pip’s ’getting away from it all’ in Clarriker’s in Egypt with Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations. All these examples play very minor roles in Dickens’ fiction - they serve as narrative devices and little else. However‚ one other consequence of Britain’s colonial process - the policy of transportation - plays a far more fundamental part in Great Expectations. It is true‚ however‚ that‚ as Donald Simpson asserts in ’Charles Dickens and the Empire’‚ the concept of transportation

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    GREAT EXPECTATIONS” BY: CHARLES DICKENS Submitted by : Melissa D. Galve BSEd-2 Submitted to: Mrs. Bella Corazon Tejano SPEC-4 Instructor S.Y 2012-2013 “GREAT EXPECTATIONS” BY: CHARLES DICKENS SETTING: * among the marshes of Kent * and in London * Mid-nineteenth century MAIN CHARACTERS: Pip and his family * Philip Pirrip‚ nicknamed Pip‚ an orphan and the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. Throughout his childhood‚ Pip thought that his life would

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    Miss Havisham is the most important character in Great Expectations. How far do you agree? Miss Havisham appears regularly throughout the novel and is a key character. However‚ Pip is the protagonist‚ he is the one the book is about so he must be the most important character? This is what it would seem if you don’t look deeply enough: But I think the further you search‚ the more you will see how important Miss Havisham’s character really is and you will eventually conclude that she is most

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    DOES DICKENS GREAT EXPECTATIONS SHOW THAT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH MORAL DEVELOPMENT? Great Expectations ititlalics for titles iacs for titles is widely regarded as Charles Dickens’ finest novel. It was written during the Victorian period in England‚ a time of immense change. The industrial revolution of the late 18th and 19th centuries had transformed the social landscape. There were significant divisions between rich and poor. People moved from sparsely populated rural

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    Katerina Alexander Period 4 Knox 1/24/2011 Great Expectations Timed Write Essay In the passage provided from Chapter 37 of Great Expectations the characters of Pip‚ Miss Skiffins‚ Wemmick‚ and the Aged P use adequately calm and gentle actions to provide a safe and homely setting for Pip. This passage begins with a description of a post meal event where Pip feels “warm” and “greasy”. The Aged P‚ Wemmick‚ and Miss Skiffins moved around in a gentle manner as Miss Skiffins “washed up the tea-things

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    life? Great Expectation is a classic and romantic novel that depicts the personal growth and personal development of a poor orphan child. Pip is one of main characters and he has two important expectations: to becoming a gentleman and marrying the beautiful Estella. Charles Dickens included in this book topics like‚ the difficult to win the love‚ wealth and poverty‚ romanticism‚ rejection‚ contemporary issues of social justice and inequality and the eventual triumph of good over evil. Great Expectations

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    Settings: KENT: Pip’s hometown of Kent is where the book opens up‚ it “was a marsh country‚ down by the river‚ within‚ as the river wound‚ tweny miles of the sea” (pg 1). Within the town‚ around the churchyards criminals are always presently lurking about and because the town is so near the ocean‚ the mists hung around and not only gave a visual of the murkiness of the area‚ but also represented the ominous atmosphere. LONDON: London is broken‚ every single place described in London‚ including

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    Question: How does Dickens in his portrayal of Miss Havisham explore the theme of isolation? The oldest of eight children‚ Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. Dickens experienced a very traumatic childhood which included the ordeal of seeing two of his brother pass away. John Dickens‚ his father‚ worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office‚ due to his occupation‚ the Dickens family had to move a lot. Financial problems led to the imprisonment of John Dickens‚ who couldn’t afford to look

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    Chapter 8 The important plot development in the early chapters of Great Expectations occurs at the beginning of Chapter 8 with the introduction of Miss Havisham and Estella. The themes of social class‚ ambition‚ and advancement move to the forefront of the novel as Pip explores his feelings for the "very pretty and very proud" young lady. His want for self-improvement compels him to idealize Estella. Her condescension and disdain spurns Pip’s desire for self-improvement as he longs to become

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