Great expectations- all themes
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- Created on: 11-05-16 06:56
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- Great Expectations- themes
- Growing up
- It is external factors, that define who Pip becomes
- Pip grows into a better man, selfless man.
- " I cried in good earnest... that my expectations had done somthing good to somebody"
- (This shows a turning point in Pip's life, he's realised the source of happiness, isnt wealth but kindness and love)
- he said: I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common"
- " I cried in good earnest... that my expectations had done somthing good to somebody"
- We see a change in MH charcter, she soon realises her mistakes
- " Break his heart"
- " That there is anything human in my heart"
- " Show you that I am not all stone"
- His attitude towards Magwitch shows his change
- "awfully hungry"(ealier)
- " He ate in a revenous way.. greedy"
- Crime and law
- Social class and society
- What makes someone a gentleman in a big question
- Is it ill-mannered, "slugish" Drummel, due to his wealth
- Or "simple", "sweet tounge" Joe
- Was it fair that Compeyson, was allowed off with the same crime as Magwitch?
- When is Pip most favourable- when he is wealthy or kind ?
- What makes someone a gentleman in a big question
- Love
- There are two types of love explored, unrequited love and mutual
- There is an unrequited love, when Pip is infactuated by Estella and her "beauty'.He does this at the cost of Biddy, Pip never marries
- Untitled
- There are two types of love explored, unrequited love and mutual
- Expectations
- + The idea of GREAT, is a play on words. Great is a homophone. It could be impliying that Pip's expectations seem great, in a wonderful way, but it could be that "great" simply means too big
- Dickens had many lower class readers, and he had lived poor himself. He could use this idea, to show them that sometimes striving to 'better' yourself, isnt a good thing. That you should be content with yourself.
- Pip's expectations of being a gentleman, both from himself and from society
- I want to be a gentleman
- I want to make Joe less ignorant and common (Ironic)
- Ashamed of home
- Pip also has expectations of Estella falling in love with him, which causes him a lot of pain. Are expectaions good?
- "Like a dog is disgrace"
- Miss Havisham had expectations of love, and once she was "jilted at the alter", she never recovered. So having expectations can be a bad thing
- "Broken heart"
- "Day after day after terrible day"
- "You think you will die"
- "Jilted"
- She seeks a twisted revenge
- Orlick had ambition of becoming an apprentiship to Joe, once his expectations were desclined he became angry and bitter
- Other charcters, such as Joe, only aim to be the best person they can be. The charcter of Joe is admirable.
- One is a "black smith... copper smith.... goldsmith. Diwisions along such must come"- (this shows how Joe is content. He uses a very complex metaphor here, and it shows his intelligence and wisdow, so clears knowledge isnt from wealth
- Control
- Control is shown by Miss H to Estella.
- " I stole her heart away and put ice in it's place"
- "It was a part of Miss Havisham's plan for me Pip"
- " I am what you have made"
- Mrs Joe controls Pip
- Dickens uses a list to show this when Mrs Joe is preparing Pip for his visit at Satis house, I was "squeezed", "kneeded.. towelled... thumped and harrowed and rasped"
- She concluded by throwing me
- she "fished me up"
- Control is shown from Miss Havisham and Estella to Pip, they munipulate him
- "Love her, love her, love her... if she wounds you love her"
- "Wait her boy"
- "Tear came to my eye... the girl looked at me with quick delight, having been the cause of them"
- " I cried.. kicked the wall,,, and took a hard twist at my hair"
- "Love her, love her, love her... if she wounds you love her"
- Control is shown by Miss H to Estella.
- Growing up
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